Glocal Citizens

Florence Amerley Adu
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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.

  1. 1d ago

    Episode 330: On Being the Dreamer and the Dream with Mwamba-Salim Wilson

    Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast we’re visiting points east, west, north and south with my guest who began his professional career as a graffiti artist on the streets of Houston, Texas in the late 1990s at the age of 16. By the 2000s, he had evolved into an acclaimed Primitive Abstract and Primitivism painter, a body of work he calls Living Dreams. As you’ll here in the conversation, he does not sit down and plan his paintings. He dreams them. The images, the phrases, the poetry you see on his canvases come to him in a dream state, and he wakes up and puts them down exactly as he received them. The patterns behind them are sound itself, translated into color and shape. Look closely and you will find Mayan glyphs, Native American symbols, Egyptian and Sumerian script, alongside a language he invented entirely on his own. His work has traveled as he has. From Houston to London, from Osaka to Miami, from Brooklyn to Bogotá and Cartagena, from Santo Domingo and points beyond. Wherever he lands, the questions in his art stay the same. Wealth against poverty. Integration against segregation. Power, and who gets to hold it. He does not just make the work for commercial purposes, he gives it away. A significant share of every piece he sells goes straight back to the people he paints alongside, the ones working hard for very little, the ones the world calls poor. He is, in his own words, the Dreamer and the Dream. Where to find Wambo? mwamba-salim-wilson.com On Instagram In Books Other topics of interest: [U.S. Armed Forces Sports](https://armedforcessports.defense.gov](https://armedforcessports.defense.gov) On Abstract Expressionism and Neo Expressionist Artists Living in Thailand Visiting Sweden Fun times @Six Flags On the Columbian Art Scene In case you’re curious about the studio tour, check out the video episode on YouTube. Special Guest: Mwamba-Salim "Wambo" Wilson.

    Episode 330: On Being the Dreamer and the Dream with Mwamba-Salim Wilson

  2. Aug 4

    Episode 329: Local in London with Eric Collins, Ayisha Osori, Leye Adenle, Elizabeth Solaru, Robertson Ahomka-Lindsay, Lavinya Stennett

    Greetings Glocal Citizens! Hello from Londontown, where I find myself officially starting my summer antics for the 2026 season. And where I’ve found inspiration for this week's compilation episode. From an early episode with crime writer, Leye Adenle, to last year’s conversation with activist and social entrepreneur, Lavinya Stennett, we’ll hear a range of Pan-African perspectives on how London is local for these guests--all of which happen to also be writers. Serial entrepreneur, investor and author of We Don’t Need Permission: How Black Business Can Change Our World, Eric Collins shares perspectives as an immigrant from the US to the UK. Lawyer, international development consultant, journalist, politician and author of Love Does Not Win Elections, Ayisha Osori helps us to understand home as presence. Award-winning author of Easy Motion Tourist, with a forthcoming new series due to launch this year with Fall From Grace, Leye Adenle shares about his London before experiencing it as a writer. As a lux-preneur herself, award-winning luxury business consultant, Elizabeth Solaru, author of best-selling book, Opulencia and LUXpreneur: How to start and build a successful luxury brand, is taking us along in her experiences transitioning from a career in the sciences to business. Architect, artist, and multi-faceted creative, Robertson Ahomka-Lindsay shares how his talents from design to music helped to give his London life an artisic flair. And finally, founder of The Black Curriculum, fimmaker and author of Omitted: The Untold Black History Lessons We Need to Change the Future, Lavinya Stennett helps us to understand effective organizing techniques for impact. If you haven’t already settled in, mind the gap and take a seat on this Tube ride through London. Where to find full conversations and show notes from episodes with this week’s guests? Eric Collins Ayisha Osori Leye Adenle Elizabeth Solaru Robertson Ahomka-Lindsay Lavinya Stennett Soundscape: Sounds Like a Train on YouTube Special Guests: Ayisha Osori, Elizabeth Solaru, Eric Collins, Lavinya Stennett, Leye Adenle, and Robertson Ahomka-Lindsay.

    Episode 329: Local in London with Eric Collins, Ayisha Osori, Leye Adenle, Elizabeth Solaru, Robertson Ahomka-Lindsay, Lavinya Stennett

  3. Jul 28

    Episode 328: Digitizing a More Representative Democracy with Ramon Perez

    Greetings Glocal Citizens! This past spring, a volunteer from the Digital Democracy Project reached out to me about its founder and this week’s guest, Ramon Perez. I’d never heard of the project and as a podcast about the many dimensions of citizenship, this was a very necessary conversation exploring innovative ways to enhance citizen participation and reform democracy using technology like AI, blockchain, and mobile voting. As an AI technology executive and US military veteran, Ramon founded the Digital Democracy Project as an accountability system and mobile voting platform that connects voters directly with their legislative representatives to address systemic problems in the electoral system that result in hyper-partisanship and widespread voter alienation. To achieve better outcomes, he believes technology can be used as a catalyst for building a more modern, representative system of government giving greater control directly to voters. #Listenandlearn more as we discuss systemic challenges in US politics and how technology can create a more transparent, accountable, and inclusive democratic process. Where to find Ramon and the Digital Democracy Project? On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook On Bluesky On YouTube What’s Ramon Listening to? The Lord of the Rings Series Audiobooks Empire Podcast Other topics of interest: On the Enduring Legacy of 9/11 About OneVirginia21 What is Gerrymandering? About ranked-choice voting What is Hyperledger Fabric? Homomorphic encryption explained Chapters 00:06 Intro and Guest Bio 01:54 Ramon Perez's Background and Motivation 03:14 Defining Democracy in the 21st Century 03:22 Limitations of Current Electoral Systems 05:30 Civic Responsibility and Voter Engagement 07:16 Educating Voters with Technology 09:50 AI's Role in Legislative Summaries 13:57 Systemic Problems in US Elections 16:16 Verifiability, Accountability, and Transparency 17:54 Ramon Perez's Career Path and Transition to AI 20:06 Public Perception of AI and Ethical Use 21:14 Tools and Innovations in Digital Voting 26:07 Global Examples of Democratic Success 35:34 Glocal Speak: Transparency as a Key Value 37:19 Organizing and Operating a Nonprofit Project 42:51 Historical Progress of Voting Rights 44:34 Future Goals and Expansion of the Project 46:44 Ramon Perez's Leisure and Personal Interests 47:42 Reflections on the Evolution of AI and Democracy Special Guest: Ramon Perez.

    Episode 328: Digitizing a More Representative Democracy with Ramon Perez

  4. Jul 14

    Episode 327: Youth Advocacy Voice Amplifiers with Augusta Barlow

    Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week, as the summer heat inches up across the northern hemishphere, we’re hosting our youngest guest yet on the podcast. Augusta Barlow is a 14-year old change agent. Born and raised in Maryland in the United States, with family roots in Cape Verde, she believes in assistance through advocacy and service through sharing. She recently completed her freshman year at Northwestern High School, a public comprehensive and magnet school in Hyattsville, Maryland known for its rigorous Center for the Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) program. This year, in addition to starting high school she took on another new challenge as one of 12 participants globally in The Kuda Vana Partnership International’s, Youth Advocacy Voice Amplifiers-YAVA group which kicked off it’s inaugural cohort in October of 2025. YAVA is KVPI's youth program, where students learn to advocate for the mission and amplify it responsibly online. This cohort is running a capstone project driven by a set of interviews plus a coordinated push to grow the organization's reach the right way. In a why the where teaser, when her mother, friend to the podcast and colleague of our guest in Episode 93, Sef Ashiagbor, suggested she join YAVA so she could use her new Instagram account to help people, she agreed wholeheartedly. When not in school or doing work for YAVA, Augusta enjoys theater, movies, cooking and baking. Where to find YAVA? @ KVPI On Instagram On TikTok On YouTube On GoFundMe What’s Augusta reading? None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell …watching? The Knives Out Trilogy …listening to? Lyn Lapid Music Other topics of interest: What is KVPI? Kuda Vana Partnership International is a US nonprofit supporting family-based care for vulnerable children in Zimbabwe, working to strengthen families and communities so fewer children become vulnerable in the first place. Full picture and the Theory of Change: kudavana.org. Take a culinary tour of Cape Verdean Cuisine As you'll hear in the beginning of the episode, with the recent devastating floods that happened across Accra on June 28th-29th, conversations like this with young people challenging themselves to action and understanding around issues outside of themselves and their comfort zones, give us hope that the future is in good hands. For information on how you can assist those in need here in Accra visit the following: Joy FM Direct Aid Special Guest: Augusta Barlow.

    Episode 327: Youth Advocacy Voice Amplifiers with Augusta Barlow

  5. Jul 7

    Episode 326: Thoughts on Reclaiming Your Community with Majora Carter

    Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week in our continuing Glocal Citizens x Black Women in Real Estate and Green For All, and in 2017 opened the Boogie Down Grind — a hip-hop-themed coffee and craft beer spot, the first commercial "third space" in Hunts Point since the mid-1980s. Her 2022 book, Reclaiming Your Community: You Don't Have to Move Out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One, argues that communities thrive when they retain talent and investment rather than losing both to brain drain — a line from the book is now quoted on the walls of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. This conversation was truly a treat as trip down memory lane to my early career working across the five boroughs in New York City. I have watched an admired Majora’s economic development acuman since visiting Sustainable South Bronx in the early 2000’s as I was getting my start managing and tech-focused industry development project at the New York City Economic Development Corporation. It speaks to the spirit of this BWRE collaboration bringing together Black women in the real estate sector showcasing the personal and professional journeys and highlight how Black women in the industry invest and structure value in/around land/property across global markets and so much more. Where to find Majora? On LinkedIn On Instagram On Facebook On YouTube What’s Majora reading? All the Shah’s Men by Stephen Kinzer Other topics of interest: Hunts Point, Bronx Coro Fellowship The Burning Bronx US Green Building Council Meet Winona Leduke About the White Earth Reservation Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise Podcast Where were America’s Black Wall Streets What is Birch Coffee all about? Cass Gilbert, Architect Bronxlandia Special Guest: Majora Carter.

    Episode 326: Thoughts on Reclaiming Your Community with Majora Carter

  6. Jun 23

    Episode 325: Encore Episode | Modeling a Life of Art and Experiences with Liz Campbell

    Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast, we re-presenting an episode that first posted nearly five years ago in the summer of 2021. At the time, my guest, Elizabeth Ann [Campbell Parks] Rollins-Moskowitz, Liz Campbell for short, was empty nesting and remote grandmothering while diving ever deeper into her art using her Mill Valley, California setting as a constant muse. Today she’s hands on grandmothering, establishing herself in the Nairobi art scene and making new friend across generations. At 87, Grandma Liz continues to be an examplar of what Glocal Citizenship is all about. She relocated to Nairobi--her new muse, to join fellow podcast alum and son, Salim Rollins three years ago, and with a borderless mindset hasn’t looked back. Last weekend she held [her first exhibit in Nairobi]([https://www.instagram.com/p/DZmt2RWOQSA/) and we couldn’t be happier to celebrate this dynamic diasporan! Where to find [Liz]([https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/elizabeth-rollins-moskowitz) and Salim? Special Guest: Elizabeth Rollins-Moskowitz.

    Episode 325: Encore Episode | Modeling a Life of Art and Experiences with Liz Campbell

  7. Jun 16

    Episode 324: Food for Thought with Mawuli Dzansi

    Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week, Chef Mawuli Dzansi allows us the honor of being his first podcast appearance. And we definitely count that as a win with this rising start in the Ghana food movement. Rooted deeply in his Ghanaian heritage, his passion for food grew as he explored flavors, techniques, and ingredients he discovered while living with his Aunt in Accra. Chef Mawuli’s expertise is largely self-taught, honed through years of dedication and an unrelenting curiosity about food. His experiences as an Executive Chef and his time at a Michelin-starred Kitchen in Amsterdam have shaped his innovative approach to showcasing the vibrancy of African ingredients. He has always been considered unconventional, having led impactful projects like Dawadawa at Impact Hub Accra and The Kitchen By Ghana Food Movement, a food hub designed to train young chefs and promote Ghanaian and West African cuisines globally. He currently works as a private chef and consultant to some of Africa’s bold thinkers and organizations. His serial entrpreneurship journey started from the moment he discovered how to please people’s palatte’s and Prekesse, a hospitality practice focused on private dining, brand activations and culinary consulting, is the culmination of his journey so far—a bespoke dining concept celebrating Ghana’s rich culinary heritage while embracing sustainability and modernity. Working across concept development, sourcing, menu design, and execution of immersive experiences for brands and private individuals his focus is on building considered hospitality that connects food, people, and place through African ingredients and contemporary dining formats. Where to find Mawuli? @Prekesse On LinkedIn On Instagram What’s Mawuli listening to? Omawumi’s In the Music Other topics of interest: Where is Ho, Ghana? Visit Ashaiman On Ewe languages About Ga Fisherfolk Culture Out and about in Surulere, Lagos On “Continental” Cuisine Dikan Center, Accra Akuna Pod The story of the Clubhouse app Chef Mawuli at Odo Valley Special Guest: mawuli dzansi.

    Episode 324: Food for Thought with Mawuli Dzansi

  8. Jun 9

    Episode 323: Encore Episode | Real Egypt with Samir Abbass

    Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week we have an encore episode inspired by the many pitch decks that I’ve been reviewing from companies based in Egypt as part of my Dream VC Investor Accelerator Fellowship. Back in 2020, while we were still in the thick of the pandemic, I connected with Samir Abbass. I connect with my guest, Samir Abbass, while he was studying in Spain and when tours of any kind were on hold all over the world. Take a virtual tour with us into his real Egypt in this is two part conversation that I couraage you to visit or revist from the beginning. Special Guest: Samir Abbass.

    Episode 323: Encore Episode | Real Egypt with Samir Abbass
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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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  • Creator
    Florence Amerley Adu
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    328
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 LEAP Transmedia Productions
  • Show Website
    Glocal Citizens