What You Missed: WURD Radio's 2024 Empowerment ExperienceOn Saturday, December 7, 2024, WURD Radio held its 8th Annual Empowerment Experience at Enon Tabernacle Church. The day consisted of a live broadcast and 2 panel discussions led by Dr. Aaron Smith and Tonya Pendleton and a holiday marketplace was comprised of Black vendors.If you missed out, take a look at some of our pictures and video below. Photo Gallery Creating and […]
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel appeared on Wake Up With WURD with Solomon Jones to discuss critical topics, including the use of deadly force by Philadelphia police, the role and authority of the Citizens Police Oversight Commission (CPOC) and tips for staying safe during the holiday season.Linn Washington, Jr., a professor of journalism at Temple University, joined Wake Up With WURD to talk about the Sixers arena controversy, the history of […]
Dr. Ayana T. Hardaway is the founder and editor in Chief of Wildflowers & Co. Publishing. She joined Dr. James Peterson on Evening WURDs to discuss her new book "From Crack Mother to Wildflower: Writing to Transgress—The Sankofa Writing Method," which takes a deep-dive into Black woman-centered groups during the 80’s crack epidemic. Laura C. Chavez-Moreno is a qualitative scientist and author of “How Schools Make Race Teaching Latinx Racialization […]
District Council 33 President Greg Boulware represents a majority of unionized city workers. Boulware spoke to Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD about how the union could potentially head into a “city shutdown” as they negotiate a new contract. Dr. Lyra Monteiro joined Dr. James Peterson on Evening WURDs to discuss the revelation that Penn Museum has been keeping even more remains of victims of the 1985 MOVE bombing, likely a […]
Grammy award-winning artist Jennifer Hudson joined Dr. James Peterson on Evening WURDs to talk about her newly released Christmas album “The Gift of Love.” Hudson discussed the process of making the album and her career victory lap this year. Joan Myers Brown, a trailblazing force in Philadelphia's arts community and the founder of Philadanco—the Philadelphia Dance Company—joined Dr. Peterson on Evening WURDs. Brown reflected on the legacy of the late Judith Jamison, who […]
However we feel in this moment, we are not powerlessBy Sara M. LomaxPresident and CEO of WURD RadioThis is a gut punch. Trump didn’t just win in a squeaker. It was a landslide. The people have spoken. More accurately, the white people have spoken. While Donald Trump increased his support from Latino men, Black men and many other groups, the majority of his support still resides squarely with white men […]
Khalil Thompson is the executive director of Win With Black Men, a movement dedicated to empowering and uplifting Black men. Khalil joined Reality Check with Tonya Pendleton to talk about President-elect Donald Trump and what is at stake for vulnerable communities in the upcoming Trump administration. Philadelphia City Commissioner Lisa Deeley had made it a priority to bring an accessible electoral process. Lisa spoke with Tonya Pendleton about voter turnout […]
Grammy award-winning musician and UPenn graduate John Legend joined Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD. He discussed how his wife Chrissy Teigen's pregnancy complications and miscarriage motivate the couple to campaign for Kamala Harris and reproductive rights. South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn joined Wake Up With WURD to comment on the Pennsylvania senate race and other key elected positions that are on the ballot on Election Day. Jackie Wiggins, Gail Loney and […]
WURD Radio, Pennsylvania’s only Black-owned talk radio station, has never endorsed a political candidate – local, state or national. We have stood by this decision since our inception in 2003. Our role is to engage and inform our community, to explore the diversity and complexity of the Black experience in Philadelphia and beyond. WURD Radio is a marketplace for ideas, conversation and public dialogue. That said, we are also keenly […]
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro joined Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD and discussed how critical Pennsylvania is for the presidential election, what’s at stake and Elon Musk’s million-dollar donations to petition signers in PA.Ivan Douglas is from the Literacy Lab, which runs the Leading Men Fellowship, a program that trains young Black and Latino men to become early literacy instructors in preschool classrooms. Douglas spoke to Solomon Jones about […]
