Tiff's Community Corner: Lace Up For Life Sneaker Ball

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're waking up with Fifth in the morning.

Speaker 2 (00:02):
Kiss, good morning. It's Community Corner time with Tiff in
the morning. I usually highlight something or someone or an
event I think would be beneficial to you in your
community in the Community Corner segment.

Speaker 1 (00:16):
And today I have.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
A Keisha who is the founder of the Lace Up
for Life sneaker Ball, which is happening this weekend where.

Speaker 1 (00:27):
At Saban Hall in the Liberty Center in the Liberty Center. Okay, Keisha,
welcome to the show. Thank you for having me.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
So sneaker Ball already says exactly what the event is.
I have to know right out the gate what your
sneaker is going to be for this ball.

Speaker 1 (00:43):
Oh, I am.

Speaker 3 (00:44):
Doing Jordan retro and so they're black and gold, black
and gold, black and gold to go with the dress.
And so I am ready to demonstrate all the style
that comes.

Speaker 1 (00:56):
With the sneaker bar.

Speaker 2 (00:57):
Is it?

Speaker 1 (00:58):
Are they mids highs Lowe's? Are they they are high? Nice?

Speaker 2 (01:02):
Is this something you've already kept at home or is
this something you had to buy for the sneaker Ball.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
I definitely had to buy it for the second ball.

Speaker 3 (01:08):
And actually when they dropped, yeah, I was like on
the thing trying to be and there was like, oh,
you're in the queue.

Speaker 1 (01:14):
And I was like, oh no, not.

Speaker 3 (01:15):
The cue, no nothing, but like, please don't let me
be in the cue.

Speaker 1 (01:18):
At least I congratulations you got this snag.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
I was like, yes, but you have when you line
when you line up for sneakers you have to put
your credit card in in advance. It's almost like trying
to buy a Taylor Swift ticket sometimes.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
Absolutely, if you're going to get the tickets blindly, yes, absolutely.
If you're a seven, you're like, I'll take a seven
point five. I don't care what it is.

Speaker 3 (01:38):
It's like I'll just stuff tissue paper in the shoe
and wear it. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
We'll get to what the sneaker ball is for in
a hot second. But I also have to know do
you keep your Jordan's in the box?

Speaker 1 (01:48):
I keep them in the box.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
Thank you, sneaker heads unite, Here we go, Here we go,
all right. Keisha came to me and said, hey, we
have this lace up for life sneaker Ball. I always
like to hear it out of your words as to
why you're putting on an event, Because to be the
founder of the inaugural event in Butler County for this,
I mean, it has to come from somewhere. So tell
me a little bit about it. What the expectation is

(02:11):
for this weekend.

Speaker 3 (02:11):
Yeah, so the story is really that we are as
a community taking a pledge that we are going to
lase up for life.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
I like to tell people when the.

Speaker 3 (02:22):
World is grief adjacent and your grief stricken, and I
have been grief stricken for this touch touches home that
I have to do something about it. And so it's
not one thing just to have a cause, but you
have to have a life to go with the cause,
and we want life, life to continue to preserve. This
Saturday is about us being a beacon of hope. We

(02:43):
know that September is prevention suicide prevention month, and this
week is actually suicide Prevention week worldwide. And so it's
a conversation, although a dark one, but a much needed
one during this time.

Speaker 2 (02:59):
Keisha my bad as the interviewer and the host, I
failed to mention that the Lace Up for Life is
for suicide prevention this weekend.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
And you know, it is one of those things.

Speaker 2 (03:09):
Where if it's if you're grief adjacent, you always feel
for your community. But if you're grief stricken, that grief
is heavy and it shows up. Grief shows up in
weird places at weird times, and this is the this
place this weekend. You'll meet people, I'm sure that are
going through something similar. So that's a great way to

(03:29):
go and connect with others that are maybe in a similar.

Speaker 1 (03:32):
Boat to you if you feel lost or hopeless.

Speaker 2 (03:34):
And then also alternatively, it's a way to just help
out Butler, Butler County and help out Cincinnati in general.

Speaker 3 (03:40):
Absolutely, we were going to do a candlelight vigial for
those who have gone on, and we're just going to
honor the generation that is here and of course come
together as the community and really supporting those who need it, because,
as you said, grief adjacent you have empathy, and some
people don't even know what this saved during grief. Sure,

(04:02):
and so it's like sorry for your lost You didn't
think I'm sorry for my own loss. And so it's
really like understanding the importance of life, really understanding what
to look for if you could, even if there's not
no science. Are you paying attention to the person in
front of you, That's the first part of communication.

Speaker 1 (04:21):
Do you observe the person that you talk to.

Speaker 2 (04:24):
Yeah, you know what I was going to ask, if
you've if something has happened in your life that you know,
if grief has happened to you, do you have advice
for someone like me who is maybe grief adjacent that
would want to help someone? And you kind of just
answered it there, open up your eyes right, and we
get so lost in our soul phone or is that
new iPhone sixteen coming out? But pay attention to what's

(04:45):
across from you.

Speaker 3 (04:46):
Absolutely like the form of clear communication, as Brenari Brown says,
is kind communication. And the first part of communication when
I teach my students is what do you observe about
the person in front of you? If you're really paying
attention and being very present, you can notice the subtle
changes that are happening when they have started to check

(05:09):
out with life. So you want to be there for
that person. Ask and then have people like to be
fueled by connection, and connection is important where you were
driven by connection and so ask be connected, then follow
up look for supports to help. Hey, I know this
is a conversation you may not want to have, but

(05:29):
I'm here for you because sometimes words don't fuel the
connection being there does.

Speaker 2 (05:34):
Okay, we'll leave it there a Keisha. That's a good
place to leave it. The Lace Up for Life sneaker
Ball is this weekend. Details on where and how.

Speaker 1 (05:42):
We buy the tickouts?

Speaker 3 (05:43):
Yes, so details on where save in haul September fourteenth,
from six to nine. You can go on Better World
link dot com and find it. Go to our Facebook
page CC Counsel or Instagram CC Counsel and the link
is there. Need you there, help us? Yes, lace Up
for Life, take a step for take the.

Speaker 2 (06:05):
Jordans out of the box, wear them to the event tonight.

Speaker 1 (06:08):
Thank you, Keisha, thank you,