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Host P.O.C and Matt Kerr of Philly Youth Music Fest discuss working with juveniles who need programs like his to help students by using music as a basis for learning and discipline. Kerr describes numerous students who started off reluctant in the program who have now returned as teachers ready to teach the next generation.

P.O.C invites Pennsylvania House Representative Andre D. Carroll to discuss House Bill 1506- regarding inmate communication services in state and county correctional institution and how this can help the families of incarcerated people. They also discuss how this can help keep relationships stable while inside the prison and once they are released.

Guest host P.O.C sits down with Denise Burch the author of “Beating The Odds: My Journey Through Life with Parents who have IDD”. Denise tells her story and what misconception the public have pertaining to people with IDD.

Guest host P.O.C joins the founder of Fatherhood Foundation, Dr. Jonathan Wilson as they discuss the importance of recreation centers for youth as well as why mentorships are great motivators for the youth.

Gina Craigo is the Community Engagement Manager for Riverfront North Partnership. She joins the show to talk about the opening of Robert A. Borski Jr. Park in Bridesburg. This 10-acre green space reclaims industrial land and reconnects residents to the Delaware River. It’s a major step toward environmental equity, cleaner air, and accessible nature in Northeast Philly communities long cut off from the waterfront.

Carlton Williams is the director of Philadelphia’s Clean and Green Initiative. He joined the show to talk about the city’s recovery efforts following the DC-33 sanitation strike. He also addressed what residents can expect now that trash pickup has resumed, how the city is managing the backlog, reminders for proper disposal, and steps being taken to keep Philly clean moving forward.

Tanya T. Morris is the founder of “Mom Your Business”, an organization that specializes in equipping Black and Brown women, ages 35 to 55 years old, with the skills, resources, and capital necessary to achieve both personal and professional success. Tonya is leading a series of Black Business Pop-Up events this July and August, traveling across PA and NJ to deepen community connections and provide valuable resources for entrepreneurs. The next pop-up is happening on Wednesday, July 16th from 6 PM to 8 PM.

Tanya joins the show to talk about the series of business Black Pop-Up events she will be having later this month & in August, why she started MOM Your Business, her entrepreneurship journey, and much more.

Mia Ives-Rublee Senior Director for the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress. Best known for founding the Women’s March Disability Caucus and helping to organize the original Women' s March on Washington in 2017.

Before coming to American Progress, Mia advocated for disability justice and inclusion at nonprofit organizations and businesses across the United States. She joined guest hosts Dr. James Peterson and Keir Bradford-Grey on Wake Up With WURD to discuss the impacts of Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” on disabled people, the cuts to Medicaid, and Medicare and the recent Department of Labor’s Section 14(c) rollback.

Sister Milele, Patrick Adzadu and host David Barnes speak with various members of Drexel University's Mandela Washington Fellowship program. Guests Dr. Palatine Nyuyki and Margret Mwale cover health and wellness strategies they are studying as well as speaking about troubled and at risk youth in the United States and Africa.

Sports Journalist and talk show host Ronnie Duncan joins Chris Murray to talk about the current state of boxing, talking about boxers like Tank Davis and Shakur Stevenson.