Cherri Gregg is the community affairs reporter for KYW Newsradio 1060. Cherri has a B.S. from Boston University, a J.D. from Howard University School of Law and a M.J. from Temple University’s College of Communications and Theater. She is the past president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists and is a member of the Pennsylvania and Georgia Bars.
Cherri is a rarity within the world of journalism ˗ she is a licensed attorney. She puts her law degree to work, providing analysis and extensive coverage on many highly publicized community legal issues. As an award-winning journalist, one of Cherri’s mission is to highlight diverse perspectives, positive people and cultural events in the greater Philadelphia area.
In a recent interview with FunTimes, Cherri had this to say:
What does HBCU mean to you and how has your experience impacted what you do in the community?
I am a proud graduate of Howard University School of Law and I attribute my passion for social justice and civil rights, as well as my love for helping the community, to my experiences at that wonderful institution. During my three years at Howard, we were repeatedly taught about those who came before us. “A lawyer is either a social engineer or … a parasite on society … A social engineer [is] a highly skilled, perceptive, sensitive lawyer who [understands] the Constitution of the U.S. and [knows] how to explore its uses in the solving of problems of local communities and in bettering conditions of the underprivileged citizens,”
Charles Hamilton Houston said, “I see myself as a social engineer and while I no longer practice law, I understand the privileges and the obligation levied by such an esteemed education. I see it as my duty to stand for what is right for my people and for all underserved communities,” and I apply that to my work as a journalist and in everything that I do.
How can HBCUs be better?
It is up to alumni to make HBCUs better by giving back to our schools. Many of us graduate but make few donations to the schools that poured into us. If we want to hold our institutions to higher standards, we must hold ourselves to those same higher standards.
