Want to be part of Indiana Landmark’s efforts to preserve Indiana’s Black heritage? Three upcoming opportunities to work with their Black Heritage Preservation Program:
HISTORIC PRESERVATION ASSISTANT, PART-TIME
DEADLINE: April 4, 2025
Apply to be a Historic Preservation Assistant for the program, assisting the Black Heritage Preservation Program director in overseeing surveys of Black heritage sites, an oral history project, and developing walking tour content, among other tasks.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND INTERNSHIPS
DEADLINE: May 2, 2025
Indiana Landmarks Black Heritage Preservation Program (BHPP) is offering a college scholarship for Indiana residents who identify as Black or African American and who are attending or planning to attend an accredited college or university. Two $10,000 scholarships to cover education-related expenses at an accredited college or university will be awarded for the 2025-26 school year. In addition, two full-time paid internship positions with the Black Heritage Preservation Program are available for summer 2025.

Indiana Landmarks launched the Black Heritage Preservation Program to combat the erasure of African American history throughout the state. The program provides funding to support the restoration and preservation of Black heritage sites.
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