Bridging Philly

Host and KYW Newsradio cmmunity affairs reporter Cherri Gregg asks the burning questions about white supremacy. Chad Dion Lassiter, race relations expert and executive director of the Pennsylvania Commission on Human Relations, joins UPenn Political Science Professor Rogers Smith and Frank Meeink, speaker and authoer of "Autobiography of a Recovery Skinhead" in a very insightful discussion on this...

Host and KYW Newsradio community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg asks the burning questions about the emotional toll divisive political messaging has had on voters. Psychologist Frank Farley, Political Communication expert David Pallent and POWER voter engagement coordinator Kendra Cochran were guests. Newsmaker is Bishop Patricia Davenport, the first African American woman elected Bishop of the Eva...

Controversy over an innovative billboard project that would have provided funding for non-profits in the City of Camden will continue. Earlier this week the city's mayor vetoed the project despite zoning board approval. More from Flashpoint host and KYW Newsradio community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

A North Philadelphia woman who once marched on the front lines for voting rights in Alabama will be casting her ballot tomorrow. As KYW Newsradio community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg explains, Mrs. Bernice Jordan has an election day reminder. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Host and KYW Newsradio community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg asks the burning questions about how to deal with hate in the aftermath of the massacre at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Robin Burstein, Senior Associate Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League, Naomi Adler, President and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia and Derek Grant, Co-Director of Security for S...

Host and KYW Newsradio community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg asks the burning questions about Women Who Work before a live studio audience at the KYW Newsradio Broadcast Center. During our first discussion, we look at women in politics. Honorable Christina Tartaglione, the Democratic State Senator representing Pennsylvania's Second Senatorial District, Jasmine Sessoms, founder of She Can Win, Dr...

Host and KYW Newsradio community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg asks the burning questions about the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections recent policy changes that ban shipment of books to inmates and new processes for mail. Su Ming Yeh, managing attorney at the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, Dr. Brian O'Neill, criminal justice radio host and West Chester University associate professor,...

Host and KYW community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg asks the burning questions about cannabis. Decriminalization and growing acceptance of marijuana is giving Philadelphia area residents the false impression that the drug is legal everywhere. So it's no surprise, arrests are up in the Philadelphia suburbs and in New Jersey. Marijuana activist and writer Chris Goldstein, criminal defense attorney...

Host and KYW Newsradi community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg asks the burning questions about the what happens when development clashes with public art. Jane Golden, executive director of Mural Arts of Philadelphia, Andrew Goodman, Director of Community Engagement at the New Kensington Community Development Corporation and Claudia Smith Sherrod, a community activist and former leader of South Phi...

The ballot box opens this November 6th. KYW Newsradio's Community Affairs reporter Cherri Gregg sat down with writer and lecturer Lorene Carey about the student driven #VoteThatJawn initiative. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Host and KYW community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg asks the burning questions about the impact of the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. What will be the impact of the hearings on the mid-term elections? What about politics? Will it leave a stain on the nation's highest court? Linda Dale Hoffa, a former federal prosecutor who spent two years serving as counsel for t...

Bill Cosby began his three to ten year prison sentence last night when he was checked into a state correctional facility in Montgomery County. KYW Newsradio community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg spoke to two men (Haywood "Red Dog" Fennell and J. Jondhi Harrell) who spent a collective 75 years behind the wall to find out what Cosby's new life will be like.  See omnystudio.com/policies/listener fo...

Flashpoint host and KYW Newsradio community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg asks the burning questions about a knowledge discrimination. If you've never heard of it, it's the phenomenon that occurs when employers ignore experience, intellect, non-traditional education and hidden credentials. Tens of millions of adult Americans are under-employed and underpaid because they do not possess a four-year...

City Council approved a resolution in June that would name a section of North 59th Street after Philadelphia's first black mayor, Wilson Goode, Sr. KYW Newsradio community affairs reporter and Flashpoint host Cherri Gregg lays out the story, including an interview with Goode. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Host and KYW Newsradio community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg asks the burning questions about a viral GoFundMe campaign gone wrong. It all began last year when Johnny Bobbit, a homeless veteran gave $20 to a stranded Katie McClure. To return the favor, McClure and boyfriend Mark D'Marco set up a GoFundMe account to help Bobbitt. The effort got widespread support, raising $400,000. Fast forward a...

The ACLU is considering whether to take legal action against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections after the agency banned shipment of all books to inmates inside of state prisons. KYW community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg speaks to ACLU Pa Legal Director Vic Walczak and then has an extended interview with Keir Neuringer of "Books Through Bars" about efforts to block the new policy. See omn...

A new Philadelphia art exhibit highlights the diversity of Muslim Women. KYW Newsradio community affairs reporter and Flashpoint host Cherri Gregg interviews Yuself Abdule Jaleel the artist behind Art Sanctuary's showcase, "Covered." See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Host and KYW Newsradio community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg asks the burning questions about healing communities following trauma. Homicides are up about six-percent in Philadelphia and there have been more than 800 shootings city wide this year. But many for those who survive the violence, there can be scars that are both visible and invisible. Trauma from violence can change a victim's brain...

A Trenton man who once spent time behind bars for dealing drugs is now in the running to become a medical marijuana dealer in the Garden State. Trenton City Council is expected to introduce an ordinance this week to designate a section of the city a medical marijuana area. KYW Newsradio community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg sat down with business owner Tracey Syphax about his new company, his 20...

Host and KYW Newsradio community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg asks the burning questions about the upcoming confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The Yale and Yale Law educated jurist has strong ties to the Bush family and is seen as a staunch conservative. Democrats have threatened to stall his confirmation in light of recent indictments follow...

The legendary R&B band Earth, Wind and Fire will give a group of youth the opportunity of a lifetime on Sunday. KYW Newsradio community affairs reporter and Flashpoint host Cherri Gregg speaks with band member Philip Bailey Bailey about the philanthropic effort to provide support for kids who age out of foster care. Music Is Unity is the foundation he started in 2007.   See omnystudio.com/poli...

Host and KYW community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg asks the burning questions about intimate partners abuse following the recent murder suicide of beloved City Hall staffer Linda Rios Neuby. In America, half of all homicides of women were committed by an intimate partner. However, most of those relationships started out loving. So when does love become abuse? Jeannine Lisistski, executive direct...

Flashpoint Host and KYW Newsradio community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg asks the burning questions about the recent efforts to remove monuments, memorials and signage dedicated to individuals who were once revered but today are seen as "racist." The Newsmaker of the week is Shaurn Thomas, 44. Thomas walked out of prison on May 22, 2017 after 24 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit. H...

Dozens of pedestrians have been hit over the past several years at the intersection of Roosevelt Blvd and Somerdale Avenue. On August 18th, the family of Markaylah Jackson, a 17-year-old girl killed at that busy intersection by a hit and run driver in 2016 is hoping to raise awareness about the danger. KYW Newsradio community affairs reporter and Flashpoint host Cherri Gregg spoke to Ophena Walker...

A recent dust up over the destruction of a beloved mural in South Philadelphia put the spot light on a growing issue-- how do you preserve public art that stands in the way of development? KYW community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg spoke with Jane Golden, executive director of Mural Arts of Philadelphia See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.