28 JUN. 2024 · It always seems too early, until it is too late. Advance directives, also known as living wills, are legal documents that allow you to name the person who should make healthcare decisions for you in case you cannot speak for yourself due to illness or injury. Advance directives also allow you to document the kinds of care you want, or do not want. I speak toJoanne Rosen, Chief Marketing & Public Affairs Officer for which  offers many resources to help, including https://samaritannj.org/resources/5-wishes-living-will-documents/, a legal advance directive and conversation tool.  http://www.SamaritanNJ.org/Five-Wishes Right2ReadPhilly is a summer campaign to help families support early literacy for their kids. They are piloting a program to promote Simple Signs (First Words in American Sign Language) that can boost speech and early learning.  I speak to Sara Novic, best selling novelist, and deaf rights activists with her interpreter Sarah Reed and Dr. Heseung Song, President and CEO of Mighty Engine, lead consultant on the Right2Read Campaign. Some great ways to get involved: Post your family’s unique spin on https://www.right2readphilly.org/simple-signs for a chance to win $1,000! We don’t care if you’ve perfected https://www.right2readphilly.org/simple-signs. We just want you to have fun practicing together as a family. Take the https://www.right2readphilly.org/simple-signs survey of just six questions on the website and get a $10 Amazon card.   Website: Right2ReadPhilly.org   Email: https://gmail.com Instagram: righttoreadphilly  X/Twitter: right2readphl Tik Tok:  right2readphl   Finally, iHeartMedia Philly is hosting students through the Philadelphia Youth Network's WorkReady Program.  I asked them to share their dreams.

28 JUN. 2024 · First I speak with Josette Adams founder of Sequoya and Jaylin's Gourmet Barbecue Sauce who got her start with Brown's Shoprite business incubator program.  Adams is relaunching her barbecue sauce names after her children on July 1st 1-3 at Brown's Shoprite Market at 3400 Fox St.  Instagram: Sequoya.and.JaylinsGourmetFood Tiktok and Facebook: sequoyaandjaylinsgourmetfoods If I asked you to guess the number one killer of children and teens – what would be your answer? Shocking but true - It’s gun violence. I speak to Scott Charles Trauma Outreach Manager at Temple University about a collaboration between local hospitals to raise awareness about gun safety. http://www.HospitalsTogether.com https://www.templesafetynet.org/ Right2ReadPhilly is a summer campaign to help families support early literacy for their kids. They are piloting a program to promote Simple Signs (First Words in American Sign Language) that can boost speech and early learning.  I speak to Sara Novic, best selling novelist, and deaf rights activists with her interpreter Sarah Reed and Dr. Heseung Song, President and CEO of Mighty Engine, lead consultant on the Right2Read Campaign. Some great ways to get involved: Post your family’s unique spin on https://www.right2readphilly.org/simple-signs for a chance to win $1,000! We don’t care if you’ve perfected https://www.right2readphilly.org/simple-signs. We just want you to have fun practicing together as a family. Take the https://www.right2readphilly.org/simple-signs survey of just six questions on the website and get a $10 Amazon card.   Website: Right2ReadPhilly.org   Email: mailto:right2readphilly@gmail.com Instagram: righttoreadphilly  X/Twitter: right2readphl Tik Tok:  right2readphl Finally, iHeartMedia Philly is hosting students through the Philadelphia Youth Network's WorkReady Program.  I asked them to share their dreams.

28 JUN. 2024 · Talk with Chad Eric Smith, Senior Director of Communications and Brand Management for Mural Arts Philadelphia about forty years of supporting art that transforms communities. https://www.muralarts.org/

21 JUN. 2024 · For the first time in five years, Philadelphia FIGHT is bringing its HIV Education Summit back to the Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch St., on Thursday, June 27th from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.    Keep Going, Keep Moving, A Cure is in Sight is the theme for the event Philadelphia FIGHT will spearhead in honor of AIDS Education Month. The annual summit raises awareness about the latest innovations and strategies to prevent and treat HIV, and the newest developments in the quest to find a cure. I speak to Dr. Tashina Reeder Director of the Community Health Training Alliance for  Philadelphia FIGHT. https://fight.org/ Pennsylvania’s courts declared that our school funding system is unconstitutional because the quality of students’ education is determined by their zip code. This year lawmakers have a chance to end the underfunding via a proposed $1.8 billion increase for public schools and a long-term commitment to close the entire funding gap.  I’m joined by students who are part of Children First’s Justice in Education Program who are advocates for equitable education funding.  They are: Gwen Shapiro, Tyrese Gordon,  Agnes Kane, Hannah Levere, Jaelyn Walker, Dell Salm, Talia Flavin and Regina Yajah   https://paschoolswork.org/ https://www.childrenfirstpa.org/issues/education/justice-in-education/  

21 JUN. 2024 · Pennsylvania’s courts declared that our school funding system is unconstitutional because the quality of students’ education is determined by their zip code. This year lawmakers have a chance to end the underfunding via a proposed $1.8 billion increase for public schools and a long-term commitment to close the entire funding gap.  I’m joined by students who are part of Children First’s Justice in Education Program who are advocates for equitable education funding.  They are: Gwen Shapiro, Tyrese Gordon,  Agnes Kane, Hannah Levere, Jaelyn Walker, Dell Salm, Talia Flavin and Regina Yajah. https://paschoolswork.org/ https://www.childrenfirstpa.org/issues/education/justice-in-education/ First, I speak to Dr. Camille Ragin, former Chair Minority In Cancer Research Council  for the American Association for Cancer Research.   Dr. Ragin is also  professor in the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center-Temple University Health System in Philadelphia and  Associate Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Fox Chase. The AACR is a recipient of a portion of the proceeds from the recent "Sista Strut" Breast Cancer Walk sponsored by WDAS FM, Power 99 and Rumba 1061.  Dr. Ragin, discuses the latest information on the health disparities for Black women when it comes to breast cancer.  https://cancerprogressreport.aacr.org/disparities/ https://www.foxchase.org/  

21 JUN. 2024 · For the first time in five years, Philadelphia FIGHT is bringing its HIV Education Summit back to the Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch St., on Thursday, June 27th from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.   Keep Going, Keep Moving, A Cure is in Sight is the theme for the event Philadelphia FIGHT will spearhead in honor of AIDS Education Month. The annual summit raises awareness about the latest innovations and strategies to prevent and treat HIV, and the newest developments in the quest to find a cure. I speak to Dr. Tashina Reeder Director of the Community Health Training Alliance for  Philadelphia FIGHT. https://fight.org/    

14 JUN. 2024 · iHeartMedia participated in the annual NRG Choose to Give Media Flag Football Game which benefits Children's Hospital, Philabundance, Big Brothers/Big Sisters and Nemours Children's Hospital.  I speak to Mike Rombach VP and General Manager for NRG Consumer.  .   https://www.picknrg.com/ The newly passed Philadelphia budget removes funding for syringes in needle exchange programs.  Residents in Kensington have complained about the proliferation of needles on the streets and the handling of the program by local nonprofits.  However Ronald Collman, MD, Professor of Medicine and Microbiology Director, Penn Center for AIDS research (CFAR) and Dr. Florence Momplaisir  Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Associate Chief for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine argue that this  is a misguided step that will harm not just people who inject drugs but the broader Philadelphia population. I'm joined by Angela Giampolo, of Giampolo Law Group and Philly Gay Lawyer  for our monthly feature SpeakOUT about issues related to the LGBTQIA community and how they conect  to the broader community.  This week we talk about how we can be better allies.  https://www.phillygaylawyer.com/ https://giampololaw.com/   

14 JUN. 2024 ·  In advance of our 2024 "Sista Strut" Breast Cancer Walk sponsored by WDAS FM, Power 99 and Rumba 106.1 and supported by Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) - I speak to Dr. Oluwadamilola "Lola" Fayanju, Chief of the Division of Breast Surgery at Penn Medicine.  Dr, Fayanju discusses the factors that have resulted in higher mortality rates for Black Women and the critical importance of early detection and knowing family history.   https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpennmedicine.org%2FBreastCancerCare&data=05%7C02%7CLoraineMorrill%40iheartmedia.com%7C1036bc9131114bbc7d0e08dc91444b65%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638544969717472306%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=mE%2F3doROb4uw2FSZ76KAnfYNQRTdD5PTGJR6i%2BKCp8c%3D&reserved=0 I also speak to Dr. Melissa Davis - Chair AACR Minority in Cancer Research Council and  Director of the Institute for Translational Genomic Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine.  We discuss how Racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S. continue to experience health care disparities and advice on how to address these inequities. https://www.aacr.org/ 7th Annual SISTA STRUT Breast Cancer Walk - Saturday, June 22nd at Xfinity Live! A portion of the proceeds go to the American Association for Cancer Research, the largest and oldest cancer research foundation in the world.   https://wdasfm.iheart.com/featured/sista-strut-philadelphia/  

14 JUN. 2024 · I speak to Bonnie Earl, who received the WDAS FM Women of Excellence Sheroe Award for her work in the community especially around hunger.  She brought to my attention a potentially transformative program to create "corner stores" that carry healthy food, the space to prepare it, workforce development training -  that will also serve as a community Hub.  I speak to Alex Imbot, co-founder and CEO of The Community Grocer and Bonnie. https://www.thecommunitygrocer.org/

13 JUN. 2024 · The “Right2ReadPhilly” Campaign offers support and resources so busy families can do fun things together that are proven to help kids become strong readers. One is promoting The Freedom Schools Alphabet Song – a phonics base song founded by Black teachers at the Freedom Schools movement of the sixty’s Civil Rights era. I speak to Dr. Heseung Song, President and CEO of Mighty Engine, Elaine Wells, Founder, Global Thinking Initiatives. She’s also a West Philly Reading Captain and Tiny Trekkers Leader. Also joining us is Sharif El-Mekki, Founder and CEO of the Center for Black Educator Development.   https://www.right2readphilly.org/ https://thecenterblacked.org/