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This week on WURD: A history of protest movements in Philadelphia, A controversial triage center proposed in Fairmount, NAACP endorsement of 76 Place at Market East slammed 

todayMay 16, 2024

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Amadee Braxton and Brother Shomari co-moderated on Evening WURDs with Dr. James Peterson to contextualize protests past and present with a cohort of community experts.

Councilmember Jeffery Young condemned Mayor Parker Administration’s proposed triage center in Fairmount. He detailed on Wake Up With WURD with Solomon Jones the residents disapproval to in-take Kensington’s encampment population.

Bishop Dwayne Royster is the Executive Director of POWER Interfaith and member of the Save Chinatown Coalition. He joined Reality Check with Tonya Pendleton in retaliation to NAACP’s endorsement of the proposed 76 Place at East Market Street.

U.S. Representative James Clyburn serves the 6th congressional district of South Carolina. He touted on The Source with Andrea Lawful-Sanders the achievements of the Biden-Harris Administration on behalf of Black Americans from infrastructure to accessible education and debt relief.

Activist and journalist Sergio Hyland spoke to Amadee Braxton on Solutions on his first-hand experience of the Kensington encampments and what the future holds for those who had lived in the encampment.

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