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Glocal Citizens

Glocal Citizens

Hosted by Florence Amerley Adu

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340

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Nov 2026

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Glocal Citizenship is the recognition that we are simultaneously citizens of our local communities and of the world as a whole. It's about understanding how local actions have global impacts and how global issues affect our local communities. As Glocal Citizens, we strive to be informed, engaged, and responsible individuals who work to create a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world. Explore the intersection of local and global impact with Glocal Citizens! Hosted by Florence Amerley Adu, this podcast delves into the experiences of inspiring individuals bridging their local selves with the wider world. Through engaging conversations with Dynamic Diasporans, Florence explores the personal and professional journeys that define Glocal Citizenship. Along the way, get to know more about the business of their business, including the technical and operational aspects involved in the work of manifesting a new world. Go beyond the headlines and discover how individuals are shaping a more just and sustainable world, both in their own communities and on a global scale.

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November 3, 202651 min

Episode 341: Welcome to Kawsara with Fallou Wadje

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week, our mic and lens are aimed at Harlem in New York City, by way of Dakar, Senegal. Artist, designer, and experiential creator, Fallou Wadje, whose practice spans mural work, set and scene decoration, tapestry, art installation, fashion and wardrobe styling, digital art, illustration, and full-scale event design shares how the streets of New York found her as a muse and vice versa. Her creative identity is rooted in Baayfall, a spiritual and cultural lineage of self-discovery and elevation passed down from her great-grandfather, Maam Cheikh Ibrahima Fall and it shows up in her work as vibrant, healing-driven visual storytelling. After moving to the U.S. in 2013 to pursue a graduate studies in finance, Fallou chose to heed her inner voice, which she believes is the guiding spirit of her ancestors. This calling led her to embrace her passion for art and fashion, inspiring her to create a beautiful language of expression through her work. Her artistic vision manifests in everything she touches, transforming everyday experiences into art. Starting her journey as a street vendor with one table, she has grown her business to include six tables and operated her first storefront on 125th street in Harlem, where she sells custom hats, prints, airbrushed shirts, and African accessories. The pandemic forced her to close her storefront and redesigned her home to a art studio of creativity and receiving clients until 2025. This week, Fallou's new creative space, Kawsara (Source of Greatness), will host its first open house showcasing both her studio and a welcoming environment for those interested in her art. As a talented fashion designer and Harlem artist, continues to bridge the physical with the otherworldly through her unforgettable works. Check out our tour of her studio on YouTube in the coming weeks! Where to find Fallou? At her Kasarwa Open House Saturday, November 7th On LinkedIn On Instagram On Artsy On Facebook What’s Fallou reading? The Prophet Moses What’s Fallou listening to? Isaia Huron Other topics of interest: Senegal, the land of Teranga What’s an Outdooring in Ghana? More about Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill in New York City About Amadou Bamba, founder of the Mouride brotherhood About Fallou’s great grand-father, Maam Cheikh Ibrahima Fall Jordan Casteel’s The BaayFalls on the High Line When is World Children’s Day About Iesha Sekou and Street Corner Resources Special Guest: Fallou Wadje.

October 27, 202655 min

Episode 340: 25 Years of Taking Care of the BASICS with Patricia Wilkins

Greetings Glocal Citizens! For more than 25 years, my guest, Patricia Wilkins has worked across the United States and Ghana at the intersection of education, community development, youth opportunity, workforce development and social impact. As Founder and CEO of BASICS International, a nonprofit organisation committed to breaking cycles of poverty by creating pathways to education, opportunity and self-sustainability, her journey to this work has not been traditional. She began her professional career in New York's fashion industry, working in fashion production and textiles before eventually leaving corporate America and moving into international service. Her work took her from New York to Russia and West Africa. With a strong belief that where a child is born should never determine how far they can go, Patricia has been putting this belief into practice impacting 300,000 lives as BASICS celebrates 25 years of service to Ghanaian families. In addition to her community development work, last year she penned her first book, So You Started a Nonprofit… Now What? - a practical and honest reflection on the realities of building and sustaining mission-driven organizations. As an author, social entrepreneur and creative, she is especially interested in the space where community, culture, technology, storytelling and good ideas come together to create meaningful change. And this what your’ll hear shine through in our conversation. Where to find Patricia and BASICS International? On LinkedIn + here On Instagram On Facebook On YouTube Show your support BASICS here ! What’s Patricia playing? Magnetic Chess Othello Phase 10 Left Center Right Other topics of interest: A Brooklyn Story on Winthrop Street A brief guide to Flatbush, Brooklyn A short story about Chorkor, Ghana About Camp Aklowah About Shai Hills, Ghana About Liberia’s Civil Wars Abouth the Congo People, Americo-Liberians Special Guest: Patricia Wilkins.

October 20, 202652 min

Episode 339: Farming as the Property Pivot with Chanell Henry

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week we’re back to Borderless Building with Black Women in Real Estate . So far this year we’ve showcased the personal and professional journeys of Black women in careers spanning project design, development, investor relations and community engagement with experience from as far east as Japan to the western United States. This week we’re taking a grip down south--south east to be more precise with a finance professional doubling as a farmer. She truly embodies the spirit of land stewardship. Chanell Henry is a British-Jamaican entrepreneur, with a background in investment operations across hedge funds and asset management in London. After several years working in finance, Chanell made the decision to channel her commercial and investment experience into agriculture, co-founding Clarendon Gold Limited - a 100-acre commercial orchard, with her father, Vendrys Henry . Together, they are applying all of their crafts and learning all things commercial orchard farm in Clarendon, Jamaica, where their primary crop is ackee - Jamaica’s national fruit . All the while, they are also building the infrastructure, team and commercial relationships needed to develop a wider agricultural business. Self-funded with over £300,000 invested to date, Clarendon Gold is being built with a long-term vision spanning cultivation, processing, packaging and export. Chanell’s journey reflects her commitment to connecting diaspora capital and expertise with productive opportunities in Jamaica, while contributing to local employment and the development of Jamaica’s agricultural value chain. Where to find Chanell? On the farm @ Clarendon Gold What’s Chanell reading, watching and listening to? Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin Educated: a memoir by Tara Westover The Office Michael, the movie Other topics of interest: South East London Flavour About Clarendon, Jamaica Jamaica’s Argo Parks Initiative About Grace Kennedy A documentary about Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa Special Guest: Chanell Henry.

October 13, 202645 min

Episode 338: Creativity in Community with Rahman Ali Bugg Part 2

Greetings Glocal Citizens! We recorded this two-part conversation in the final days of my summer sojourn to the U.S. While it was a bit shorter than it has been in the recent past, this summer was another one for the books; made possible in large part by community, a consistent theme that I hope you too can appreciate as the way we become us and collectively move humanity forward. My guest, Rahman Ali Bugg is part of my "BK Fam" community — which you'll learn more aobut in our conversation, and he’s sharing his inspiring journey from Paterson, New Jersey, to becoming a seasoned executive producer in the unscripted television industry, rooting in NYC by the strength of community bonds. He’s an executive producer, showrunner, and creative director with 30+ years leading unscripted television, documentaries, live broadcasts, and multi-platform storytelling for BET, MTV, A&E, Amazon, Roc Nation, MSG, and major cultural brands. As an entrepreneur he founded PopStar Media, built around one core idea: that stories have power, and that power comes with responsibility. This ethic carries into his roles as Lead Exectutive Producer and Creative Director at Red Summer TV, a full service production company specializing in television and digital programming. His work includes docu-series “Exposing Parchman” (ITV/A&E/Roc Nation) to Free Meek (Amazon) to Welcome to Rap City (Mass Appeal/BET) — lives at the intersection of culture, justice, and great television. In addition to building the kind of content that moves audiences and making sure the teams behind that content are developed, challenged, and supported, he is passionate about media education — teaching at the university level, leading workshops for emerging producers, or building curriculum for the next generation of storytellers. What I hope you will take away from this discussion is an understanding of how Rahman's diverse experiences, community roots, and passion for storytelling shaped his career and approach to media that matters. In Part 2, we go deeper with thoughts on how creatives can reimagine industry practices and build resilient, collaborative communities. Where to find Rahman? On LinkedIn On IMDB On Instagram On Facebook On YouTube What’s Rahman watching? Lioness Slow Horses Reacher The Pitt and other medical dramas to check out The Carol Burnett Show Animal Control What’s Rahman listening to? Snoh Aalegra Eric Benet Chante Moore Anita Baker New Edition Other topics of interest: About Paterson, New Jersey About The Great Migration About the Nation of Islam from the 1934-75 Brooklyn by Neighborhood About Exposing Parchman Music Video Television in the 1990s About the W.E.B. DuBois Scholars Institute About Rahman’s Alma Mater About music duo Foreign Exchange Special Guest: Rahman Ali Bugg.

October 6, 202658 min

Episode 337: Creativity in Community with Rahman Ali Bugg Part 1

Greetings Glocal Citizens! We recorded this two-part conversation in the final days of my summer sojourn to the U.S. While it was a bit shorter than it has been in the recent past, this summer was another one for the books; made possible in large part by community, a consistent theme that I hope you too can appreciate as the way we become us and collectively move humanity forward. My guest, Rahman Ali Bugg is part of my "BK Fam" community — which you'll learn more aobut in our conversation, and he’s sharing his inspiring journey from Paterson, New Jersey, to becoming a seasoned executive producer in the unscripted television industry, rooting in NYC by the strength of community bonds. He’s an executive producer, showrunner, and creative director with 30+ years leading unscripted television, documentaries, live broadcasts, and multi-platform storytelling for BET, MTV, A&E, Amazon, Roc Nation, MSG, and major cultural brands. As an entrepreneur he founded PopStar Media, built around one core idea: that stories have power, and that power comes with responsibility. This ethic carries into his roles as Lead Exectutive Producer and Creative Director at Red Summer TV, a full service production company specializing in television and digital programming. His work includes docu-series “Exposing Parchman” (ITV/A&E/Roc Nation) to Free Meek (Amazon) to Welcome to Rap City (Mass Appeal/BET) — lives at the intersection of culture, justice, and great television. In addition to building the kind of content that moves audiences and making sure the teams behind that content are developed, challenged, and supported, he is passionate about media education — teaching at the university level, leading workshops for emerging producers, or building curriculum for the next generation of storytellers. What I hope you will take away from this discussion is an understanding of how Rahman's diverse experiences, community roots, and passion for storytelling shaped his career and approach to media that matters. In Part 2, we go deeper with thoughts on how creatives can reimagine industry practices and build resilient, collaborative communities. Where to find Rahman? On LinkedIn On IMDB On Instagram On Facebook On YouTube What’s Rahman watching? Lioness Slow Horses Reacher The Pitt and other medical dramas to check out The Carol Burnett Show Animal Control What’s Rahman listening to? Snoh Aalegra Eric Benet Chante Moore Anita Baker New Edition Other topics of interest: About Paterson, New Jersey About The Great Migration About the Nation of Islam from the 1934-75 Brooklyn by Neighborhood About Exposing Parchman Music Video Television in the 1990s About the W.E.B. DuBois Scholars Institute About Rahman’s Alma Mater About music duo Foreign Exchange Special Guest: Rahman Ali Bugg.

September 29, 202635 min

Episode 336: Globalizing Gender with Natasha Johnson Part 2

Greetings Glocal Citizens! In this two-part conversation, Natasha Johnson, shares her impressive experience in both the nonprofit and academic sectors. For over two decades, she has been an activist, educator, lawyer, and artist working primarily on intersectional gender justice. She served as the executive director of several nonprofit organizations, as an anti-trafficking legal specialist drafting reform legislation in the Solomon Islands, and as a director of education working to support homeless LGBTQ youth. She is skilled at creating arts-based programming that integrates human rights and social justice awareness in elementary through graduate school environments. She has also taught courses in law, ethics, policy, civic engagement, education, nonprofit leadership, business development, and more. in her scholarly roles, she has been a professor and a director of academic programs at multiple colleges and universities, including Metropolitan College, St. Joseph’s College, Adelphi University, and Medgar Evers College. In 2015, she founded Globalizing Gender, a nonprofit organization committed to creating a just world and preventing gender-based violence through capacity building, law, governance, and awareness. In 2018, she organized New York City’s inaugural march to end female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) in the United States and was one of the lead contributors to a local statute that created a mayoral-appointed culturally aware task force on FGM/C, the first of its kind in the country. After years of selfless work in diverse communities across the globe, Natasha is at an inflection point in her career and we’re fortunate to get a glimpse of how she’s approaching finding and settling into a new next. Where to find Natasha? On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook Her TEDxFlatbush Talk on YouTube What’s Natasha reading? All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby The Revelation of Dionne Daphne by Mara Brock Akil Delicious Foods by James Hannaham Other topics of interest: About Flatbush, Brooklyn About Brooklyn’s oldest High School - Boys and Girls High School About the Solomon Islands Melanesian, Polynesian and Micronesian peoples of the Pacific Revist Glocal Citizen, Brigitte Perenyi’s own personal experience in the trokosi system What defines Gender-based Violence? What is FGM/C? What is a B-Corp? About Tower Records Special Guest: Natasha R. Johnson.

September 23, 202638 min

Episode 335: Globalizing Gender with Natasha Johnson Part 1

Greetings Glocal Citizens! In this two-part conversation, Natasha Johnson, shares her impressive experience in both the nonprofit and academic sectors. For over two decades, she has been an activist, educator, lawyer, and artist working primarily on intersectional gender justice. She served as the executive director of several nonprofit organizations, as an anti-trafficking legal specialist drafting reform legislation in the Solomon Islands, and as a director of education working to support homeless LGBTQ youth. She is skilled at creating arts-based programming that integrates human rights and social justice awareness in elementary through graduate school environments. She has also taught courses in law, ethics, policy, civic engagement, education, nonprofit leadership, business development, and more. in her scholarly roles, she has been a professor and a director of academic programs at multiple colleges and universities, including Metropolitan College, St. Joseph’s College, Adelphi University, and Medgar Evers College. In 2015, she founded Globalizing Gender, a nonprofit organization committed to creating a just world and preventing gender-based violence through capacity building, law, governance, and awareness. In 2018, she organized New York City’s inaugural march to end female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) in the United States and was one of the lead contributors to a local statute that created a mayoral-appointed culturally aware task force on FGM/C, the first of its kind in the country. After years of selfless work in diverse communities across the globe, Natasha is at an inflection point in her career and we’re fortunate to get a glimpse of how she’s approaching finding and settling into a new next. Where to find Natasha? On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook Her TEDxFlatbush Talk on YouTube What’s Natasha reading? All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby The Revelation of Dionne Daphne by Mara Brock Akil Delicious Foods by James Hannaham Other topics of interest: About Flatbush, Brooklyn About Brooklyn’s oldest High School - Boys and Girls High School About the Solomon Islands Melanesian, Polynesian and Micronesian peoples of the Pacific Revist Glocal Citizen, Brigitte Perenyi’s own personal experience in the trokosi system What defines Gender-based Violence? What is FGM/C? What is a B-Corp? About Tower Records Special Guest: Natasha R. Johnson.

September 15, 20261 hr 12 min

Episode 334: Encore Episode | Jumping and Pivoting into Beautiful Spaces with Jackie Edwards-Flowers

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week’s encore episode revisits a conversation with a fellow teammate and black woman in real estate, motivational speaker, 5-time Olympian representing the Bahamas, and #ChocolateCardinal, Jacqueline "Jackie" Edwards-Flowers. As an adjunct to our collaboration with Black Women in Real Estate, which, so far taken us from London, via Nigeria and Barbados, to The South Bronx in the United States. Keeping local in the US, we’re traveling across the country from New York to California, via the Bahamas (and Jamaica) where we get into real estate from the value-added perspective. With a professional background spanning competitive sports, personal training, entrepreneurship--she founded a compressions socks company, and event planning, Jackie’s path in real estate is grounded in the know how and passion to apply her marketing, design and project management skills in getting to “Sold!” Be sure to continue following our #BorderlessBuilding series, back next month, with another scaffolding conversation and Pan-African women’s real estate story (pun in tended 😉). Where to find Jackie? Gold Medal Home Staging and Design On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook On Thumbtack On Wikipedia What's Jackie watching? HGTV The Bachelorette The Bachelor The Real Housewives of Atlanta What's Jackie reading? Crushing: God Turns Pressure into Power by T.D. Jakes Other topics of interest: Thomas Robinson Stadium Frank Rutherford Jackie Joyner-Kersee Brooks Johnson Mike Powell Meet Dr. Ross Flowers Altra Running Shoes Special Guest: Jacqueline "Jackie" Edwards-Flowers.

September 8, 202658 min

Episode 333: A Conversation at the Intersection of AI, storytelling, and digital culture with Eric Hamilton

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast storytelling takes center stage with Eric Hamilton, an award-winning AI filmmaker, technology visionary, and innovation leader with over 30 years of experience at the intersection of artificial intelligence, storytelling, and digital culture. Eric and I met during early 2000’s when the recent scaffold of tech innovation was in its infancy. Fast forward to these new age “'roaring 20s” and Eric is now the President and Executive Producer of EHAMX Studios , a next-generation AI film and media company producing hyper-real, cinematic content through advanced generative AI systems. His feature film EHAM Classified —a high-intensity sci-fi action thriller—won Best Sci-Fi Film at the New York International Film Festival and has earned recognition from international festivals including Top Shorts. Before founding EHAMX Studios, Eric held leadership roles at global technology organizations including Google, Yahoo!, Cisco Systems, and Dow Jones, where he led innovation across analytics, digital platforms, and emerging technologies. Through his films and media projects, Eric continues to push the boundaries of what’s possible when cinematic storytelling and artificial intelligence unite on screen. #Listenandlearn more as Eric shares his journey from tech executive to innovative creator, exploring how artificial intelligence is transforming cinematic storytelling and discover his tools, techniques, and insights on the future of AI in film and culture. Where to find Eric? On LinkedIn On IMDB On Instragram On Facebook On YouTube What’s Eric reading? Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of AI by Max Tegmark What’s Eric listening to? Diary of a CEO Other topics of interest: All about Cary, North Carolina Revisit Glocal Citizen, Jon Laster and the BLAPP app On Eric’s viral video and interview with David Malkoff MLK Ski Weekend Creative AI tools to try - Sora , VEO3 , ComfyUI . SeeDance , Suno Urban Film Festival FilmFreeway On Ben Affleck’s InterPositive AI company About Uganda’s visionary leader, Archbishop Janani Luwum Special Guest: Eric Hamilton.

September 1, 202657 min

Episode 332: Making a Way from Land to Sea as a Global Builder with Rob North

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast we’re getting to know Robert “Rob” North, a U.S. Marine Veteran, All–American, lovable off-the-wall, skilled carpenter that has truly carved out a niche for himself. Born and raised on Chicago's South Side, Rob inviites us through getting to know his story of becoming a Marine, to a TV personality, and an all-around global builder. Taking the world of DIY by storm and making home improvement affordable and accessible to all, in his projects Rob breaks down home repairs and improvement, inspiring his audience to follow his motto, “If you can’t find a way, make a way!” Teaching his audience how to make that way, Rob has built a large television and online following as a finish carpenter on HGTV’s Designed to Sell, as a Co-host on Frank Fontana’s Down and Dirty, Co-host on Reality Series Skrew’d, as well as spokesman and DIY Guru for Craftsman. He is currently featured as one of the main hosts of the popular BYU TV humaniitarian travel show, The Fixers – think Habitat for Humanity meets IShowSpeed . In each episode he goes around the world helping non-profit organizations improve their work to help others. From the Kingston’s Inner City Streets to a remote riverside village in Ghana, Rob and The Fixers are making the world a better place one project at a time. Listen, learn and discover how Rob’s diverse experiences and investments shape his approach to life, work, and making a difference worldwide. Where to find Rob? @ Ron North on TV On The Fixers Seed & Stone Builders On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook What’s Rob listening to? Theater for the Mind Podcast Other topics of interest: Native American an and Irish interactions in American History GI Joe the cartoon series BCII Productions About Hempcrete Check out Mrs. North aka Cissa Paz Music and @Aurora Planning About the Mackinac Sailing Event Fun Facts about Lake Michigan What exactly is a Square Wave? Black Americans and Bow Hunting Traditions With the tragic landslide and flooding in Nepal, it’s heartbreaking to think about how already limited resources are impacting those with longstanding needs for assistance. As Rob mentioned in the conversation, he is about a third of the way to raising the funds to support his apprentice with the lifesaving procedure for his niece. Check out Rob’s appeal and the GoFundMe he started to help this family in need. Special Guest: Rob North.

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