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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: Philly police violence, continued Sixers arena conflict, Black male educators

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 […]

December 6, 2024

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This week on WURD: Holiday service, Donald Trump’s presidential immunity, Black women enduring the crack epidemic

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 […]

November 27, 2024

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This week on WURD: Philly’s largest worker union authorizes strike, utility bill relief, Black economics

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 […]

November 22, 2024

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This week on WURD: Jennifer Hudson brings holiday cheer, SEPTA fares soar, remembering Judith Jamison

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 […]

November 15, 2024

Editorial

What A Difference A Day Makes

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 […]

November 8, 2024