This week on WURD: Confronting anti-DEI, senior citizens organize tenant union, ICE raid in Northeast Philly

Bill Dorsey of The Business Center and Brian Olgesby of the Eastern Minority Supplier Development Council joined Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD to discuss the economic and political consequences of cutting DEI initiatives. Olgesby also emphasized the need for an aggressive approach to push back against DEI rollbacks.

Residents of the Hardy Williams Veterans Senior Apartments in Southwest Philadelphia are facing serious security, safety and quality-of-life issues. They joined Solutions with Amadee Braxton to share their concerns and discuss their efforts to organize a tenants’ union.

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, a law professor at Stetson University, and Dr. Nadia E. Brown, director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Georgetown University, joined Reality Check with Tonya Pendleton to cut through the sensationalism surrounding the recent wave of executive orders issued by President Donald Trump.

Kelle Rozell, one of Forbes’ 50 Most Entrepreneurial CMOs of 2022 and founder of the Black Dollar Initiative—an organization holding corporations accountable for racial injustice—joined Dr. James Peterson on Evening WURDs. Rozell discussed how to support Black-owned businesses amid the rise of anti-DEI movements.

Chris Norwood joined Dr. James Peterson for his weekly Critical Commentary with Cousin Chris on Evening WURDs. Norwood provided detailed legal advice on ICE raids, making the important distinction between administration and judicial warrants.