web01.fireside.fm Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:15:42 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Glocal Citizens - Episodes Tagged with “Community Strategist” https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/tags/community%20strategist Tue, 27 Jan 2026 05:00:00 -0500 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. en episodic Dynamic Diasporans Making Local and Global Impact Florence Amerley Adu 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. no borderless mindset, pan-africanism, pan-african progress, dynamic diasporans, solutionscape and stretch salon, entreprenuership, argoadu llc, gbekembe, mmofra channel, culture, business, travel, glocal, global citizen, africa, ghana, new york, florence adu, florence amerley adu, leap transmedia productions, glocal citizens podcast, social entrepreneurship, beyond the return, year of return, tourism, expat living, diaspora, mindset hack, glocal speak, returnee, reparative justice Florence Amerley Adu florence@leaptransmedia.com Episode 304: When Lineage Meets Craft and Other Notes on Community with Tai Allen Part 2 https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/304 1ce99081-17b8-4b0d-a612-9290635f4738 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 05:00:00 -0500 Florence Amerley Adu full Florence Amerley Adu 35:19 no This week the US commemorates the MLK Day holiday - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. He would have been 97. The third Monday of January has stood as the official holiday for 40 years, and no matter what the current US administration attempts at erasure, the Black American Diaspora will never forget. I remember growing up, before 1986 when the day became an official holiday, the majority of my Black classmates did not attend school on January 15th. This is the activism that the Civil Rights Movement inspired for two generations, and activism + grassroots organizing are prime topics in this two-part conversation with long-time comrade, fellow Brooklynite, poet, performer, jazz/soul vocalist, musician, producer, designer, and community strategist, Tai Allen. A native New Yorker by way of Panama, Jamaica, and Virginia, Tai’s life story is filled with a history of progressive stands. From his mother’s family being among those that contributed to the suit that integrated schools across the United States—Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education) to his father’s influential network of academics and thought leaders, his craft was in the making for his entire upbringing—without him necessarily knowing it. #Listenandlearn more! Where to find Tai? https://taiallen.com/ On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tai-allen-538660162/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/thetaiallen/) On Facebook (https://web.facebook.com/thetaiallen/?_rdc=1&_rdr#) On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@thetaiallen) On Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/thetaiallen) Other topics of interest: About Yonkers, New York (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonkers,_New_York) Perspective on Jamaican Migration to Panama (https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-american-history/article/black-womanshistory-of-the-panama-canal/3A3F8B448D6C7995F0A1EE3387F793EA) About Colón (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Col%C3%B3n,_Panama) and Panama City (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_City) in Panama About Saint Ann (https://www.nlj.gov.jm/history-notes/History of St. Ann.pdf) and Saint Elizabeth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Elizabeth_Parish) Jamaica The Maroons of Jamaica (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_Maroons) How Scots became a presence in Jamaica… (https://www.scribd.com/document/909168861/Scots-in-the-West-Indies-in-the-Colonial) Flyght Tyme, the band (https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/06/29/the-influence-of-black-music-how-flyte-tyme-changed-the-world-from-a-booth-in-edina) About Tai’s connection to Roots Author, Alex Palmer Haley and Palmer Family Ancestry (https://www.kut.org/life-arts/2025-02-04/remembering-alex-palmer-haley) The Five Cases that lead to Brown v. Board (https://www.nps.gov/brvb/learn/historyculture/fivecases.htm) About recently shuttered community hotspot, The Brooklyn Moon Cafe and Michael Thompson (https://www.bkreader.com/featured-news/this-you-cant-miss-local-stars-come-out-to-help-save-iconic-brooklyn-moon-cafe-8545280) What was Real Player (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealPlayer)? The Last Poets (https://www.thelastpoets.com) Amiri Baraka (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiri_Baraka) Yosef Ben-Jochannan “Dr. Ben” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosef_Ben-Jochannan) About Leonard Jeffries (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Jeffries) Who is Chi Ossé? (https://council.nyc.gov/district-36/) Revisit Anna Malaika Tubbs on Glocal Citizens (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/anna-malaika-tubbs) CBC - Congressional Black Caucus (https://cbc.house.gov/about/) What’s happening in policy in Utah? (https://youtu.be/EDX_irLFvCQ?si=k7A0ztJyGDIAl2H6) A timeline of policing, law enforcement and resistance in the US (https://www.projectsouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/This-is-Not-what-Democracy-Looks-Like-Timeline.pdf) Special Guest: Tai Allen. tai allen, poet, performer, jazz/soul vocalist, musician, producer, designer, community strategist, Yonkers, brooklyn, jamaica, panama, virginia, mlk day, glocal citizens podcast, leap transmedia, pan-african progress, dynamic diasporans, borderless mindset, ghana, accra, africa, florence adu, florence amerley adu, digital nomad, business, returnee, gbekembe, argoadu llc, black business, global citizen, chi osse, amiri baraka, roots, alex palmer haley, activist, civil rights, social democrats, marxism, pan-africanism, florence adu, florence amerley adu, argoadu llc, gbekembe, global citizen, impact investing, returnee, brooklyn moon cafe, leonard jeffries, Yosef Ben-Jochannan, amiri baraka, the last poets, mlk day This week the US commemorates the MLK Day holiday - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. He would have been 97. The third Monday of January has stood as the official holiday for 40 years, and no matter what the current US administration attempts at erasure, the Black American Diaspora will never forget. I remember growing up, before 1986 when the day became an official holiday, the majority of my Black classmates did not attend school on January 15th. This is the activism that the Civil Rights Movement inspired for two generations, and activism + grassroots organizing are prime topics in this two-part conversation with long-time comrade, fellow Brooklynite, poet, performer, jazz/soul vocalist, musician, producer, designer, and community strategist, Tai Allen.

A native New Yorker by way of Panama, Jamaica, and Virginia, Tai’s life story is filled with a history of progressive stands. From his mother’s family being among those that contributed to the suit that integrated schools across the United States—Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka to his father’s influential network of academics and thought leaders, his craft was in the making for his entire upbringing—without him necessarily knowing it. #Listenandlearn more!

Where to find Tai?
https://taiallen.com/
On LinkedIn
On Instagram
On Facebook
On YouTube
On Soundcloud

Other topics of interest:
About Yonkers, New York
Perspective on Jamaican Migration to Panama
About Colón and Panama City in Panama
About Saint Ann and Saint Elizabeth Jamaica
The Maroons of Jamaica
How Scots became a presence in Jamaica…
Flyght Tyme, the band
About Tai’s connection to Roots Author, Alex Palmer Haley and Palmer Family Ancestry
The Five Cases that lead to Brown v. Board
About recently shuttered community hotspot, The Brooklyn Moon Cafe and Michael Thompson
What was Real Player?
The Last Poets
Amiri Baraka
Yosef Ben-Jochannan “Dr. Ben”
About Leonard Jeffries
Who is Chi Ossé?
Revisit Anna Malaika Tubbs on Glocal Citizens
CBC - Congressional Black Caucus
What’s happening in policy in Utah?
A timeline of policing, law enforcement and resistance in the US

Special Guest: Tai Allen.

]]> This week the US commemorates the MLK Day holiday - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. He would have been 97. The third Monday of January has stood as the official holiday for 40 years, and no matter what the current US administration attempts at erasure, the Black American Diaspora will never forget. I remember growing up, before 1986 when the day became an official holiday, the majority of my Black classmates did not attend school on January 15th. This is the activism that the Civil Rights Movement inspired for two generations, and activism + grassroots organizing are prime topics in this two-part conversation with long-time comrade, fellow Brooklynite, poet, performer, jazz/soul vocalist, musician, producer, designer, and community strategist, Tai Allen.

A native New Yorker by way of Panama, Jamaica, and Virginia, Tai’s life story is filled with a history of progressive stands. From his mother’s family being among those that contributed to the suit that integrated schools across the United States—Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka to his father’s influential network of academics and thought leaders, his craft was in the making for his entire upbringing—without him necessarily knowing it. #Listenandlearn more!

Where to find Tai?
https://taiallen.com/
On LinkedIn
On Instagram
On Facebook
On YouTube
On Soundcloud

Other topics of interest:
About Yonkers, New York
Perspective on Jamaican Migration to Panama
About Colón and Panama City in Panama
About Saint Ann and Saint Elizabeth Jamaica
The Maroons of Jamaica
How Scots became a presence in Jamaica…
Flyght Tyme, the band
About Tai’s connection to Roots Author, Alex Palmer Haley and Palmer Family Ancestry
The Five Cases that lead to Brown v. Board
About recently shuttered community hotspot, The Brooklyn Moon Cafe and Michael Thompson
What was Real Player?
The Last Poets
Amiri Baraka
Yosef Ben-Jochannan “Dr. Ben”
About Leonard Jeffries
Who is Chi Ossé?
Revisit Anna Malaika Tubbs on Glocal Citizens
CBC - Congressional Black Caucus
What’s happening in policy in Utah?
A timeline of policing, law enforcement and resistance in the US

Special Guest: Tai Allen.

]]> Episode 303: When Lineage Meets Craft and Other Notes on Community with Tai Allen Part 1 https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/303 f7b0b2ea-bd3f-47aa-a0a2-60fe314c63af Tue, 20 Jan 2026 05:00:00 -0500 Florence Amerley Adu full Florence Amerley Adu 42:45 no This week the US commemorates the MLK Day holiday - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. He would have been 97. The third Monday of January has stood as the official holiday for 40 years, and no matter what the current US administration attempts at erasure, the Black American Diaspora will never forget. I remember growing up, before 1986 when the day became an official holiday, the majority of my Black classmates did not attend school on January 15th. This is the activism that the Civil Rights Movement inspired for two generations, and activism + grassroots organizing are prime topics in this two-part conversation with long-time comrade, fellow Brooklynite, poet, performer, jazz/soul vocalist, musician, producer, designer, and community strategist, Tai Allen. A native New Yorker by way of Panama, Jamaica, and Virginia, Tai’s life story is filled with a history of progressive stands. From his mother’s family being among those that contributed to the suit that integrated schools across the United States—Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education) to his father’s influential network of academics and thought leaders, his craft was in the making for his entire upbringing—without him necessarily knowing it. #Listenandlearn more! Where to find Tai? https://taiallen.com/ On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tai-allen-538660162/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/thetaiallen/) On Facebook (https://web.facebook.com/thetaiallen/?_rdc=1&_rdr#) On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@thetaiallen) On Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/thetaiallen) Other topics of interest: About Yonkers, New York (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonkers,_New_York) Perspective on Jamaican Migration to Panama (https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-american-history/article/black-womanshistory-of-the-panama-canal/3A3F8B448D6C7995F0A1EE3387F793EA) About Colón (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Col%C3%B3n,_Panama) and Panama City (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_City) in Panama About Saint Ann (https://www.nlj.gov.jm/history-notes/History of St. Ann.pdf) and Saint Elizabeth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Elizabeth_Parish) Jamaica The Maroons of Jamaica (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_Maroons) How Scots became a presence in Jamaica… (https://www.scribd.com/document/909168861/Scots-in-the-West-Indies-in-the-Colonial) Flyght Tyme, the band (https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/06/29/the-influence-of-black-music-how-flyte-tyme-changed-the-world-from-a-booth-in-edina) About Tai’s connection to Roots Author, Alex Palmer Haley and Palmer Family Ancestry (https://www.kut.org/life-arts/2025-02-04/remembering-alex-palmer-haley) The Five Cases that lead to Brown v. Board (https://www.nps.gov/brvb/learn/historyculture/fivecases.htm) About recently shuttered community hotspot, The Brooklyn Moon Cafe and Michael Thompson (https://www.bkreader.com/featured-news/this-you-cant-miss-local-stars-come-out-to-help-save-iconic-brooklyn-moon-cafe-8545280) What was Real Player (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealPlayer)? The Last Poets (https://www.thelastpoets.com) Amiri Baraka (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiri_Baraka) Yosef Ben-Jochannan “Dr. Ben” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosef_Ben-Jochannan) About Leonard Jeffries (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Jeffries) Who is Chi Ossé? (https://council.nyc.gov/district-36/) Revisit Anna Malaika Tubbs on Glocal Citizens (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/anna-malaika-tubbs) CBC - Congressional Black Caucus (https://cbc.house.gov/about/) What’s happening in policy in Utah? (https://youtu.be/EDX_irLFvCQ?si=k7A0ztJyGDIAl2H6) A timeline of policing, law enforcement and resistance in the US (https://www.projectsouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/This-is-Not-what-Democracy-Looks-Like-Timeline.pdf) Special Guest: Tai Allen. tai allen, poet, performer, jazz/soul vocalist, musician, producer, designer, community strategist, Yonkers, brooklyn, jamaica, panama, virginia, mlk day, glocal citizens podcast, leap transmedia, pan-african progress, dynamic diasporans, borderless mindset, ghana, accra, africa, florence adu, florence amerley adu, digital nomad, business, returnee, gbekembe, argoadu llc, black business, global citizen, chi osse, amiri baraka, roots, alex palmer haley, activist, civil rights, social democrats, marxism, pan-africanism This week the US commemorates the MLK Day holiday - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. He would have been 97. The third Monday of January has stood as the official holiday for 40 years, and no matter what the current US administration attempts at erasure, the Black American Diaspora will never forget. I remember growing up, before 1986 when the day became an official holiday, the majority of my Black classmates did not attend school on January 15th. This is the activism that the Civil Rights Movement inspired for two generations, and activism + grassroots organizing are prime topics in this two-part conversation with long-time comrade, fellow Brooklynite, poet, performer, jazz/soul vocalist, musician, producer, designer, and community strategist, Tai Allen.

A native New Yorker by way of Panama, Jamaica, and Virginia, Tai’s life story is filled with a history of progressive stands. From his mother’s family being among those that contributed to the suit that integrated schools across the United States—Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka to his father’s influential network of academics and thought leaders, his craft was in the making for his entire upbringing—without him necessarily knowing it. #Listenandlearn more!

Where to find Tai?
https://taiallen.com/
On LinkedIn
On Instagram
On Facebook
On YouTube
On Soundcloud

Other topics of interest:
About Yonkers, New York
Perspective on Jamaican Migration to Panama
About Colón and Panama City in Panama
About Saint Ann and Saint Elizabeth Jamaica
The Maroons of Jamaica
How Scots became a presence in Jamaica…
Flyght Tyme, the band
About Tai’s connection to Roots Author, Alex Palmer Haley and Palmer Family Ancestry
The Five Cases that lead to Brown v. Board
About recently shuttered community hotspot, The Brooklyn Moon Cafe and Michael Thompson
What was Real Player?
The Last Poets
Amiri Baraka
Yosef Ben-Jochannan “Dr. Ben”
About Leonard Jeffries
Who is Chi Ossé?
Revisit Anna Malaika Tubbs on Glocal Citizens
CBC - Congressional Black Caucus
What’s happening in policy in Utah?
A timeline of policing, law enforcement and resistance in the US

Special Guest: Tai Allen.

]]> This week the US commemorates the MLK Day holiday - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. He would have been 97. The third Monday of January has stood as the official holiday for 40 years, and no matter what the current US administration attempts at erasure, the Black American Diaspora will never forget. I remember growing up, before 1986 when the day became an official holiday, the majority of my Black classmates did not attend school on January 15th. This is the activism that the Civil Rights Movement inspired for two generations, and activism + grassroots organizing are prime topics in this two-part conversation with long-time comrade, fellow Brooklynite, poet, performer, jazz/soul vocalist, musician, producer, designer, and community strategist, Tai Allen.

A native New Yorker by way of Panama, Jamaica, and Virginia, Tai’s life story is filled with a history of progressive stands. From his mother’s family being among those that contributed to the suit that integrated schools across the United States—Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka to his father’s influential network of academics and thought leaders, his craft was in the making for his entire upbringing—without him necessarily knowing it. #Listenandlearn more!

Where to find Tai?
https://taiallen.com/
On LinkedIn
On Instagram
On Facebook
On YouTube
On Soundcloud

Other topics of interest:
About Yonkers, New York
Perspective on Jamaican Migration to Panama
About Colón and Panama City in Panama
About Saint Ann and Saint Elizabeth Jamaica
The Maroons of Jamaica
How Scots became a presence in Jamaica…
Flyght Tyme, the band
About Tai’s connection to Roots Author, Alex Palmer Haley and Palmer Family Ancestry
The Five Cases that lead to Brown v. Board
About recently shuttered community hotspot, The Brooklyn Moon Cafe and Michael Thompson
What was Real Player?
The Last Poets
Amiri Baraka
Yosef Ben-Jochannan “Dr. Ben”
About Leonard Jeffries
Who is Chi Ossé?
Revisit Anna Malaika Tubbs on Glocal Citizens
CBC - Congressional Black Caucus
What’s happening in policy in Utah?
A timeline of policing, law enforcement and resistance in the US

Special Guest: Tai Allen.

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