Name: Wake Up With WURD w/ Solomon Jones 2.2.24 - Michele Stephenson by WURD Radio in Wake Up With WURD 2024 Playlist
Duration: 6 min 23 s
Description: Michèle Stephenson joins the show to talk about "Black Girls Play.” An ESPN acclaimed short film, that is included on the Academy Awards shortlist for Best Short Documentary. It chronicles the origins of the “hand games” that young Black girls have played for generations and their influence on music, dance, and community across the American creative landscape.

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The Puttin' in the Work Labor Day Special is a yearly day long series featuring the Community Impact Award winners sharing their personal stories and the playlist that represents the soundtrack to their lives. The 2023 Community Impact Award winners are:
Reverend Andy Jenkins
The Twin Sister Docs
Troy Wilmore
Jazmine A. Smith
Meeka Johnson

Troy Wilmore 9 4-23  12pm

Troy Wilmore  9 -4-23  11am

Troy Wilmore 9 -4-23 10am

Ronald Sizer is a career and technical education teacher & CNC Machining Instructor for Benjamin Franklin High School in Philadelphia. Ronald joins the show to talk about the career & technical education program at Benjamin Franklin High School, where students can make an average of $1,000/ week upon completion of the program!

The Source w/ Andrea Lawful-Sanders | Ronald Sizer - 10.10.23

Monica Rush is the program manager who is responsible for overseeing the ITWorks Program. She joined Tonya Pendleton to discuss it.

Reality Check 10.10.23 - Monica Rush

Tracey L. Gordon, Register of Wills, Joins the show to discuss tangled titles and how to ensure that money and property are safely transitioned after the death of a loved one.

Wake Up With WURD w/ Solomon Jones 10.24.23 - Tracey Gordon

Dr. Ayo Maria Gooden (AKA Dr. Ayo Sanyika) is a board certified African-Centered/Black psychologist, the immediate past president of the Delaware Valley Association of Black Psychologists (DVABPsi), and a licensed psychologist in PA. Dr. Ayo joins the show to talk about whether or not it's a good idea to be in a relationship with someone who is of a different religion than you.

Love & Life | Dr. Ayo Maria Gooden - 10.25.23

Marc Lamont Hill is a City University of New York Presidential Professor and host of BET News, TheGrio, and Al Jazeera UpFront. He is the owner of Uncle Bobbie's Coffee and Books in Philadelphia and joins us to talk about the forced resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay.

Wake Up With WURD with Solomon Jones 1.3.24 - Marc Lamont Hill

State Sen. Art Haywood joins us to talk about his ethics complaint against Sen. Doug Mastriano, who participated in the January 6th insurrection.

Wake Up With WURD w/ Solomon Jones 1.4.3 - State Senator Art Haywood

Linn Washington Jr., is a Professor of Journalism at Temple, 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. We discuss Nikki Haley, who is the latest politician of color to say America is not a racist country

Wake Up With WURD w/ Solomon Jones 1.17.24 - Linn Washington

Melanie Burney joins the show. Melanie is a reporter with the Philadelphia Inquirer. She joins us to discuss her latest story on sexual abuse allegations against a prominent member of the Camden School Board.

Wake Up With WURD w/ Solomon Jones 1.17.24 - Melanie Burney

Philadelphia City Council member Isaiah Thomas joins the show. As the chair of the education committee, he talks to us about the state of Philadelphia's public schools, when it comes to the budget, safety, and infrastructure.

Wake Up With WURD w/ Solomon Jones 1.23.24 Isaiah Thomas

Michèle Stephenson joins the show to talk about "Black Girls Play.” An ESPN acclaimed short film, that is included on the Academy Awards shortlist for Best Short Documentary. It chronicles the origins of the “hand games” that young Black girls have played for generations and their influence on music, dance, and community across the American creative landscape.

Wake Up With WURD w/ Solomon Jones 2.2.24 - Michele Stephenson

Chris Norwood joined Dr. James Peterson on Evening WURDs for the weekly Critical Commentary with Cousin Chris segment.

Evening WURDs 3.6.2024 - Chris Norwood

UNUSUAL POLITICS AT P4 HUB 8 13 2024

Aisha Winfield is the executive director for the Blues Babe Foundation: a North Philadelphia-based organization that provides leadership, development, and academic programming for children, youth, and young adults hailing from North Philadelphia with the expectation that it might continue to fuel their brilliance and open windows of opportunities.

Aisha joins the show to talk about Blues Babe Foundation’s recent launch of their "year-end" giving campaign, and to discuss the various programming Blues Babe Foundation has for its youth, and how it benefits North Philadelphia.

Aisha Winfield | Reality Check w/ Dr. Aaron Smith - 12.11.24

WURD Radio is the only African-American owned and operated talk radio station in Pennsylvania, and one of few in the country. Taking a multimedia approach – on-air, online and in the community – WURD is widely recognized as the pulse of the African-American community locally, regionally, and nationally. From mayoral races to presidential elections, from the street corner to the corner suite, WURD has tackled the hard issues as an influential, respected and powerful voice in the marketplace.

Wake Up With WURD w/ Solomon Jones 2.2.24 - Michele Stephenson

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