Insight Pt II - Happy Place, Praise is the Cure and Slay by Brittney Morris

Published: Sept. 27, 2019, 12:11 a.m.

b'Insight is sponsored by the American Association for Cancer Research
www.aacr.org/donate

We all need to find our Happy Place don\\u2019t we? I speak with Nikole Vallins Creative Producer at Faculty Productions about (wait for it) Happy Place which features an assortment of fun, larger-than-life installations, multi-sensory immersive rooms, and dozens of moments curated to \\u201cCapture Your Happy.\\u201d largest indoor Confetti Dome, jumping off a massive rainbow into a pot of happiness, and posing inside the venue\\u2019s signature tub full of rubber duckies plus much more. It is an experience that has proven to be an innovative family attraction much like a spontaneous theme park breaking out in an otherwise unused space. It was dubbed \\u201cThe Most Instagramable Pop-Up in America\\u201d by Urban Daddy. I speak with Nikole about the Happy Place upcoming take over at the King of Prussia Mall. You may recall the immersive pop-up experience will be there from October 5 through January 5.
https://www.showclix.com/event/happy-place-philly

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Praise is The Cure (PITC) is a nonprofit organization founded by Anita T. Conner in 2005 to encourage individuals diagnosed with breast cancer, celebrate survivors, promote overall breast cancer awareness and raise funds to aid research for Black women.
Each year, PITC hosts its signature event \\u2013 Praise in The Cure Week of Hope. This year, the 14th Annual Week of Hope, Health and Healing, runs from Sunday, September 29 through Sunday, October 6. The week begins with worship services at various churches throughout the region. Saturday, October 5 is Super Saturday, an entire day of free events for women, men and children at Mt. Airy Church of God in Christ, 6401 Ogontz Avenue in Philadelphia. I speak with Kerri Conner-Matchett, Co-Founder, Praise Is the Cure, and breast cancer survivor, Meg Grant, Director of Public Affairs & Marketing, Community Outreach \\u2013 Keystone First, Aisha Childs, Resource Specialist, PHMC. http://praiseisthecure.org/pitc-news/

Entertainment Weekly calls SLAY \\u201cThe YA debut we\\u2019re most excited for this year.\\u201d Now that I\\u2019ve read it \\u2013 the book deserves the hype. I speak with author Brittney Morris who\\u2019s written a page turner seventeen-year-old Kiera Johnson is an honors student, a math tutor, and one of the only Black kids at Jefferson Academy. But at home, she joins hundreds of thousands of Black gamers who duel worldwide as Nubian personas in the secret multiplayer online role-playing card game, SLAY. The game is infiltrated by a troll who threatens to sue Kiera for \\u201canti-white discrimination.\\u201d The book examines Keira journey as she learns to harness how to be unapologetically Black in world intimidated by Blackness.
https://www.authorbrittneymorris.com/'