Afterthoughts With S. Denice Newton

International guest speaker, celebrated author and  Philanthropy Consultant,  Rooney International ScholarGetrude Matshe is an inspirational speaker who has been described as a vibrant bundle of African energy whose zest and passion for life inspires everyone she meets. She is passionate about helping people achieve their full potential and find their individual life purpose. She is passionate about individuals’ success. This makes her an energetic, inspirational and enlightening speaker. Getrude has written several books and is now a book writing coach.Her speaking career started in Norway 1989 and for 12 years she has worked in the IT industry as a Systems Analyst, Systems Support Manager and Project Manager. Getrude immigrated to New Zealand in 2001 with nothing and is now the Director of three successful companies.As an owner she formed Simzisani Ltd, a talent agency catering for the film and advertising industry and has been instrumental in supplying ethnic extras for prominent movies such as Peter Jackson’s “King Kong” and James Cameron’s Avatar. She is the founder and CEO of the Africa Alive Education Foundation, an organization that supports HIV orphans in Zimbabwe. She formed Walk on the Wild Side Tours – a symbiotic tourism company that takes tourist to Zimbabwe to work with HIV and Aids orphans.She is married and the mother of three children and a well-known African Storyteller, poet, artist and published author..

SNR Radio Network welcomes Cephus Johnson, uncle of Oscar Grant and Founder/CEO of the Oscar Grant Foundation and other special guests to discuss the upcoming 5th anniversary of the Fruitvale Tragedy in addition to more relevant news and information. 

Bob Suh is an art director, graphic designer, illustrator, and photographer. He is the Graphic Designer at Teatro ZinZanni. Most previously, he was the Senior Graphic Designer at Talyst, Inc. and the Design Director at City Arts Magazine. Previously, he was a senior graphic designer at the Seattle Art Museum, Sasquatch Books, The Seattle Times and lots of other freelance gigs. A polymath by nature, his creative pursuits include music, photography, filmmaking and writing — usually bathed in the glow of a MacBook Pro. He is also an avid daydreamer, collector of rare antiquities, and taco connoisseur.Charleston Pierce Is An Author,Director, Producer, Fashion Choreographer, Model Coach & Trainer. www.charlestonpierce.com

As a board certified Rheumatologist, Glenn Parris has practiced medicine in the northeast Atlanta suburbs for over 20 years. He has been writing for nearly as long. Originally from New York City, Parris migrated south to escape the cold and snow, but fell in love with the southern charms of Georgia and Carla, his wife of 22 years. He now writes cross-genre in medical mystery, science fiction, fantasy, and historical fiction. The Renaissance of Aspirin is his debut novel.*The characters in The Renaissance of Aspirin or any other story that Dr. Parris writes are purely works of fiction. Any similarity to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

Cephus Johnson, Uncle of Oscar Grant whose unjustifjied murder by a law enforcement officer was the basis for the popular movie Fruitvale, will join SNR for a conversation about his nephew's life, death, and the Oscar Grant Foundation.