StoryCorps is launching a major new initiative Brightness in Black, a celebration, a truth-telling, a showcase of the richness and complexity of Black life in America—with your stories front and center. Join us as we kick it off with them in Philadelphia at The Kimmel Center on Saturday, September 14 12–4pm, hosted by Cherri Gregg and featuring performances from Philly poet laureate Kai Davis, Seraiah Nicole and Chill Moody and a panel moderated by Marc Lamont Hill, with Gregory Walker, Jos Duncan-Asé, and Jeannine Cook. The StoryCorps Mobile Booth will be parked in front and the celebration with live music and spoken word performances, storytelling installations, panels and chats, and giveaways will be inside Commonwealth Plaza. storycorps.org/bib-launch