Glocal Citizens
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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Episode 287: The Fight for Equity in Teaching, Learning and Leading with Dr. Elaine Ruiz Lopez
Greetings Glocal Citizens! As the season of academic studies begins in many institutions across parts of the world including New York City where I have spent many years working with charter schools to open their doors to children and families, it’s a flashback moment for my guest and me to the days when she was first g
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week’s interview was recorded while my guest and I were on the same time zone in Western Europe--she in Portugal and the UK for me. My guest, Serene Lewis Lyles spent most of her 30-year career making complex things simple. She was on the forefront of launching technologies that, today,
Episode 285: Where Palm Wine Meets Music and Digital Transformation with Emmanuel Agbeko Gamor
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast we’re flashing back to June 2020 when we first met Emmanual Agbeko Gamor (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/e-a-gamor) while he was based in South Africa attending Wits Business School (https://www.wbs.ac.za). Now glocal in his native Ghana and South Africa he
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast we have Part 1 of a two-part conversation centering a favorite topic of mine - education. The effectivenss of LinkedIn and it’s networkinng superpower facilitated our connection through common connects, Adja Maymouna Sakho (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/ad
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast we have Part 1 of a two-part conversation centering a favorite topic of mine - education. The effectivenss of LinkedIn and it’s networkinng superpower facilitated our connection through common connects, Adja Maymouna Sakho (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/ad
Greetings Glocal Citizens! The spirit of summers past visits with us this week; it’s another Glocal Citizens @5flashback forward episode. In 2023, my guest this week, Hawa Kombian (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/hawa-kombian) joined us for a two part conversation while she was based in her adopted home coun