Dr. Angela D. Crawford & Dr. James Peterson | Midday Break Room w/ Tiffany Bacon - 8.26.26

Dr. Angela D. Crawford is an Assistant Principal with the School District of Philadelphia and a 30-year veteran educator. She is the founder of Liberated Soul Leadership and Wellness, where she brings together holistic practices including Reiki, sound bath, reflexology, and energy coaching with her decades in education. She is the author of Crowned in Purpose: Sacred Letters of Love, Healing and Community to My Sistahs, a collection of letters born from that same intersection of classroom and spiritual practice, offering healing, affirmation, and community to Black women navigating their own becoming. Dr. Crawford speaks on resilience, purpose, and the power of collective healing, drawing on both her educational leadership and her wellness work. Dr James Peterson is the host of WURD’s evening show, Evening WURDS, which airs Monday-Thursday from 4p-7p. He is the author of several books, including The Hip Hop Underground and African American Culture, Prison Industrial Complex for Beginners, and Hip-Hop Headphones: A Scholar’s Critical Playlist. He is a columnist for The Philadelphia Citizen and has written for Fortune.com, Newsweek.com, The Guardian, The LA Times, Reuters, The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, and The Grio. Dr. Peterson is also a professional wordsmith who has ghostwritten and edited projects for a variety of individuals and corporate entities across a wide spectrum of professions. They both join the show to further discuss the context of Dr. Crawford's book.