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Meet the panelists for WURD’s 2021 Empowerment Experience

WURD Radio will host the 2021 Empowerment Experience on Friday, Dec. 17. This year’s theme is “The Power, Purpose and Possibility of Black Women: Conversations on Healing and Wholeness,” which will feature a keynote from Dr. Robin Smith and several hours worth of exciting panel discussions! Read below for more information about the panelists for WURD Radio’s 2021 Empowerment Experience discussions. 1-1:40 p.m.: Kickoff Keynote Conversation with Dr. Robin SmithDr. Robin […]

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Press Release

City of Philadelphia Announces Food Establishment Vaccine Mandate

Starting Jan. 3, 2022, any establishment in Philadelphia that sells food and/or drink for consumption on-site may admit only those patrons who have completed their vaccine series against COVID-19. For the first two weeks of this mandate, Jan. 3-17, establishments may choose to accept proof of a negative COVID-19 test within 24 hours of entry in lieu of proof of vaccination. After Jan. 17, negative COVID-19 tests can no longer be […]

December 13, 2021

News

City announces final round of anti-violence community expansion grant program awardees

The City of Philadelphia announced Wednesday the fourth and final round of the Anti-Violence Community Expansion Grant Program awardees. The final round of awardees includes 18 additional organizations that will collectively receive more than $7 million in funding, bringing the total amount distributed through this program to the total $13.5 million allocated for the Community Expansion Grant program.The final awardees are: Put It Down Philly; Unity in the Community; Men […]

December 9, 2021

Blogs

This week on WURD: The Omicron variant explained, plus help for returning citizens

ICYMI: From pandemic news to police shootings, here’s a roundup of the biggest topics of conversation this week on WURD Radio.The Kim Potter Case: Linn Washington Jr. is a professor of journalism at Temple University, where he is a co-founder of the award-winning Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab. In addition to his Temple degrees, Washington holds a law degree from Yale University. He joined Wake Up With WURD to talk about […]

December 3, 2021

Business & Technology

Philly public works program lights the way to contracts for diverse talent

This story is part of a series called The Future of Work, which explores what work will look like as we move beyond the pandemic. It’s produced with funding from the William Penn Foundation and the Lenfest Institute for Journalism. 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 […]

December 3, 2021

Finance

Thinking About Retiring Early? Things to Consider Before You Do

By Ted Quillen, CFP®, AIF® | WSFS BankFor many Americans the thought of early retirement can be very appealing. For those that enjoy their career, having the flexibility to spend more time with family, travel, play golf or enjoy other activities during “normal’ work hours can lead workers to contemplate early retirement.If you’re confident that you have the resources to live your desired lifestyle and are considering taking the next […]

November 15, 2021

Evening WURDs with Nick Taliaferro

A Black-Owned Radio Station, a Presby Physician, and a Quest to Prevent Colon Cancer

By: Daphne Sashin | Penn Medicine NewsBlack Americans are more likely to get colorectal cancer — and even more likely to die from the disease — than any other racial or ethnic group in the United States. And while Black people experience health disparities across a host of diseases, colorectal cancer is largely preventable through screening. Furthermore, at-home stool testing kits — which take just a few minutes to administer […]

November 11, 2021

Education

Philadelphia is fighting street violence through hospital and doctor visits

This story is part of the SoJo Exchange of COVID-19 stories from the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to rigorous reporting about responses to social problems.By Peak Johnson | Solutions JournalismAs Philadelphia’s homicide count rises, community groups and medical professionals are using trauma-based cognitive therapies to better serve victims. Now, Portland and Chicago are following suit. When Jermaine McCorey was shot in North Philadelphia 11 years ago, he met […]

October 25, 2021

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Evening WURDs with Nick Taliaferro

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi discusses colorectal cancer diagnosis, importance of screening

As part of WURD Radio’s Go to Know campaign, award-winning author and professor Dr. Ibram X. Kendi joins Nick Taliaferro for a conversation about his life, fight and recovery from stage IV colon cancer.Dr. Kendi, a Temple University graduate, has written three books: “Stamped from the Beginning,” “How to Be An Antiracist” and “400 Souls.” He is a recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant and the W.E.B. DuBois Book Prize […]

October 25, 2021 1

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Criminal Justice

‘Just Mercy’ author: Roots influenced career fighting for wrongfully accused

Driven by the fight against racial inequality, attorney Bryan Stevenson, author of the bestseller “Just Mercy,” talked with Wake Up With WURD host Solomon Jones to discuss how his upbringing in a segregated Delaware led to his career fighting for the wrongfully accused. Stevenson also discussed little-known facts about northern states’ participation in the slave trade, his belief that equality can be a reality in this country and how the […]

October 19, 2021 3