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This week on WURD: Schools and COVID-19, James Mtume and Sidney Poitier

ICYMI: Here’s a roundup of the biggest topics of conversation this week on WURD Radio.Sidney Poitier's Impact: Tim Gordon is editor-in-chief of FilmGordon, WETA's Around Town critic, Film Capo of WAFCA and host of "Keeping It Reel with FilmGordon," He spoke on Wake Up With WURD about the legacy of Sidney Poitier.https://soundcloud.com/onwurd/wake-up-with-wurd-11022-tim-gordonSchools and COVID-19: Councilmember Helen Gym joined WUWW to discuss ensuring a safe return to in-person learning. Otis Hackney, […]

January 14, 2022

Events

Learn about Pennsylvania’s candidates for U.S. Senate

Your voice counts. Join the conversation and learn about the candidates for Pennsylvania U.S. Senate at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church. There will be candidate introductions, platform presentations, and a question-and-answer session. The conversation will be hosted by the Rev. Alyn Waller, Evening WURDS host Nick Taliaferro, friends and Philadelphia-area clergy members. You can listen to a livestream of the conversation on air on WURD […]

January 14, 2022

Events

MLK DAY EVENTS IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA 2022

Walter P. Lomax Jr., M.D.'s history with Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.In this archival interview, Walter P. Lomax Jr., M.D. speaks with his daughter, WURD President and CEO Sara Lomax-Reese, about treating the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. just two months before Dr. King’s assassination.https://soundcloud.com/onwurd/sara-lomax-reese-interviews-walter-p-lomax-jr-md MLK Day events (note: list includes in-person and virtual events) 27th ANNUAL GREATER PHILADELPHIA MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY OF SERVICE - WURD RADIO SPECIAL LIVE […]

January 13, 2022

News

City Releases Preliminary Findings of the Investigation of Fatal Fire in Fairmount

Press ReleaseThe city of Philadelphia announced today preliminary findings of the investigation into a devastating fire that claimed the lives of 12 people in the city’s Fairmount section on Jan. 5.An investigation by the Philadelphia Fire Department’s Fire Marshal’s Office – with support from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Philadelphia Police Department and other agencies – indicated the intense and quick-moving fire began after a lighter was […]

January 12, 2022

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Commentary

Sara Lomax-Reese: Your votes – and support – are critical

Hello, friends:I grew up about an hour north of Philadelphia in Hilltown, Pa., a rural, blue-collar community in Bucks County in the 1970s. Today we would describe it as a Trump stronghold. Then I was just a little Black girl in an all-white elementary school that reinforced the gospel of white supremacy quietly and completely.Last Thursday, the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, the public school that I attended, Pennridge […]

January 11, 2022 1

News

Philly took $5 million in foster children’s Social Security payments without telling them

By: Steve Volk and Julie Christie | Resolve PhillyPhoto Credit: Tyger Williams | Philadelphia InquirerVaughn Jackson wanted his new foster sons to feel welcome, so he marked their first weekend together by loading them into his car and driving them to a family party at his mother’s house.“I always enjoyed kids,” he said of his decision to take the boys in, “and felt like I had something to give. So […]

January 10, 2022

Commentary

Sgt. Harry Dunn’s Congressional testimony exposed the racist undertones of January 6th

Solomon Jones | The Philadelphia InquirerThere are times when criticism of American policing is not only warranted but necessary. Jan. 6, 2021, was not such an occasion. On that day, when a traitorous commander in chief turned an armed mob against them, the U.S. Capitol Police stood and fought.Yes, one could argue, as I often have, that the officers would have reacted with a barrage of gunfire if the insurrectionists had […]

January 7, 2022

ICYMI

This week on WURD: The insurrection anniversary, COVID test site issues

ICYMI: Here’s a roundup of the biggest topics of conversation this week on WURD Radio. Thursday marked the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Below is a roundup of WURD's reflections on the day, including interviews with: Karl Racine, attorney general of the District of Columbia Craig Harrington, senior research fellow for Media Matters Lauren Victoria Burke, media owner and independent journalist Dr. Robert […]

January 7, 2022

News

A new kind of safe haven: ‘I see a person who just wants to be understood and loved’

WURD is one of more than 20 news organizations producing Broke in Philly, a collaborative reporting project on solutions to poverty and the city’s push towards economic mobility. Follow us at @BrokeInPhilly.By Zari Tarazona | Kensington VoicePhoto Credit: Solmaira Valerio*Editor’s note: Jeremy’s last name was withheld for privacy reasons. Since May, Patrice Rogers has supported dozens of people at risk of addiction, homelessness and mental illness through her street outreach and […]

January 6, 2022

Press Release

Mayor’s Office of Black Male Engagement Launches Black Male Resource Finder

PRESS RELEASEThe Mayor’s Office of Black Male Engagement (OBME) launched the Black Male Resource Finder, a virtual interactive tool that enables Philadelphia residents to access City and community resources more effectively through a digital platform. This new platform is OBME’s latest tool to bridge the opportunity divide for men and boys of color by striving to better the communities where they live and reduce the economic and social disparities that […]

December 28, 2021