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EPISODE · Jan 26, 2020 · 51 MIN

Flashpoint: Hair & identity, truancy or asbestos and a compassionate food truck

from Bridging Philly · host Audacy

Host and KYW Newsradio community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg asks the burning questions about hair and identity after Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley revealed that she has alopecia and is bald.  Syreeta Scott, owner of Duafe Holistic Haircare joins Lori Tharps author of Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair and Chinere Wright, a hair stylist who suffers from alopecia. The newsmaker of the week is asbestos. Stephanie Marrero, a mother with three children enrolled at the Richmond School, opted to take her children out of schools and has kept them home until the Philadelphia School District deals with the issue. Finally, the Patriot Home Care changemaker of the week is The Church of Christian Compassion    See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

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