Black Talk Sacramento #013 – Special Guest Author Aquanetta Gordon

Program Notes Current Show Date: September 8, 2015 / 5pm-7pm Introduction: We would like to welcome you to the monthly podcast of Black Talk Sacramento, held at Underground Books, 2814 35th Street, Sacramento, CA / (916) 737-3333 Segment 1: Guest: Author Aquanetta Gordon Gordon has appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and TV programs around the world with her son, Ben Underwood. She continues to share inspirational stories about raising Ben, a blind boy who was known as "the boy who could see with sound." With him, Gordon co-founded the Ben Underwood Foundation to assist disadvantaged teens. Gordon continues to speak about her life with Ben at personal empowerment seminars, churches and other events around the United States. Gordon was also chosen by the United Way in Sacramento to speak on behalf of the organization and share her story with corporate leaders. She is a native of southern California who has raised five children. Gordon lives in Sacramento. Observer News: Tony Harvey http://sacobserver.com/ Other News Million Man March 20th Years Anniversary 2015: Justice or Else (C-Span) http://www.c-span.org/video/?328654-1/millions-justice-march Raven-Symoné apologizes for controversial comments on 'The View,' says she has 'never discriminated against a name' http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/raven-symone-apologizes-controversial-view-comments-article-1.2393774 The Legal Murder Of Tamir Rice http://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2015/10/the-legal-murder-of-tamir-rice/410128/ Kanye West stuns ‘American Idol’ judges, auditions for show http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/kanye-west-stuns-american-idol-judges-auditions-show-article-1.2393217 Tech News: Laser razor kicked off Kickstarter http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34516907 Google offers virtual reality Street View http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34515610 Stephen Hawking: Technology is making inequality worse http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/12/news/economy/stephen-hawking-technology-inequality/index.html Stephen Hawking warns that great technological advances can leave most people "miserably poor." Etsy, look out ... Here comes Amazon Handmade! http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/08/technology/amazon-handmade/index.html