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2023 Empowerment Experience Photo Gallery

On Saturday, December 9, WURD Radio celebrated Black commerce, the holidays, and the spirit of ujamaa at our annual Empowerment Experience marketplace. More than 25 vendors, selling high-quality items like eyeglasses, crocheted goods, dolls, health supplements, clothing, books, beauty products and much more, gathered in the Family Life Center at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church East. For five hours, WURD welcomed the public to shop, eat and have fun alongside friends and […]

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This week on WURD: Kwanzaa celebrations at AAMP, Eagle’s record 10-game winning streak, councilmember votes on Sixers arena

Morgan Lloyd is the program coordinator for The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP). She joined Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD to promote AAMP's 2024 Kwanzaa Celebration, a series of special programs and events beginning December 26 that celebrate Kwanzaa and its cultural traditions and practices that uplift principles of family and community.Ruth Naomi Floyd is a vocalist, composer, photographer, justice worker and the first African-American woman to serve as […]

December 20, 2024

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Mail delays, paperwork problems prevent hungry families from accessing food benefits in Pa.

Sarah Boden for Spotlight PAPhoto courtesy of Commonwealth Media ServicesThis story first appeared in How We Care, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA featuring original reporting and perspectives on how we care for one another at all stages of life. Sign up for free here.More than 2 million Pennsylvanians participate in SNAP, a federal program that helps low-income people afford food.SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, is funded by the […]

December 18, 2024

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America’s future depends on a thriving free press, and it’s time we take it back

Christopher Baxter of Spotlight PAPhoto courtesy of Vicki Vellios Brinner of Spotlight PASpotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters.The press is the only profession specifically named and protected in the United States Constitution. And that’s because our founders knew it was inextricably linked to the success […]

December 18, 2024

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This week on WURD: Downtown Sixers arena approved by council, Remembering Nikki Giovanni, the roots of Philly’s gun violence

Marco Cerino is a reporter at the Philadelphia Tribune. He spoke with Solomon Jones on Wake Up With WURD about the approval vote for the highly contested Sixers arena downtown and what's at stake for local communities.Julian Plotnick is the founder of 4 Day Philly. Plotnick joined Evening WURDs with Dr. James Peterson to discuss his efforts to advocate for a four-day work week for the city’s workers and how it […]

December 13, 2024

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ICYMI: WURD Radio’s 2024 Empowerment Experience

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 […]

December 12, 2024