web01.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:18 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Glocal Citizens - Episodes Tagged with “Sesa4life” https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/tags/sesa4life Tue, 11 Mar 2025 05:00:00 -0400 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 263: Diaspora-led Humanitarian Solutions with Elvina Quaison https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/263 f929c4b8-64b5-4d94-abdd-5d7a6e79dc15 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 05:00:00 -0400 Florence Amerley Adu full Florence Amerley Adu 52:05 no Greetings Glocal Citizens! Over the week/weekend just passed, the world recognized International Women’s Day (https://www.internationalwomensday.com) as well as Ghana’s 68th Independence Day (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFioERq8Xfc). Both happenings inspire thoughts, reflections, and movement in my heart and mind especially as I, we sit in constant review of the world we are making, remaking and re-imagining for our now. My conversation this week, in our continued March Herstories Month series is with British-Ghanaian, Elvina Quaison (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/elvina-quaison), is with a diasporan working intently with and within communities engaged in this re-imagining. She's now based back in the London after relocating to Brussels since our last conversation. In her time in the EU hub, she supported diaspora and government representatives as Diaspora Engagement Specialist for the EU Global Diaspora Facility (EUDiF), a pilot project funded by the European Commission and implemented by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD). Elvina recently took on the role of CEO with Shabaka (https://shabaka.org), a values-driven consulting and research organization focused on diaspora and migrants' humanitarian preparedness, response and recovery. She has worked in the international development field, with a focus on African diaspora, for over 20 years; her experience spans diaspora engagement in humanitarianism, development, private and public sector as well as within civil society. She specializes in diaspora and private sector investment with a focus on the utilization of diaspora investment to enhance economic growth in countries of heritage and residence. Our conversation is a wonderful flash forward offering a hopeful persective on how #dynamicdiasporans are engaging with the concept and a #borderlessmindset, and #manifestinganewworld. Where to find Elvina? On LinkedIn (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/elvina-quaison) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sesa4life/) What’s Elvina reading? Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (https://www.loa.org/books/643-kindred-fledgling-collected-stories/) Other topics of interest: Notes on serving on boards (https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/recruiting-for-board-diversity-with-respect) On Belgium’s Human Zoo (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/16/belgium-comes-to-terms-with-human-zoos-of-its-colonial-past) Brussel’s AfricaMuseum (https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/13/belgium-museum-wrestles-with-colonial-past-with-40000-objects-tainted-with-violence) On the brutality of Belgium’s King Leopold (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53017188) On Onyekachi Wambu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onyekachi_Wambu) A conversation with Sophia Stewart, creator of The Terminator and The Matrix (https://youtu.be/tjrpMZXPyKY?si=rIyrvNgrBDosz2yY) Shifters Play UK (https://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/event/shifters-west-end/) About Supacell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supacell) Special Guest: Elivina Quaison. elvina quaison, ceo, shabaka. diaspora engagement leader, ghana, uk, humanitarian, sesa4life, glocal citizens podcast, leap transmedia productions, glocal citizens @ 5, womens herstory month, florence adu, florence amerley adu, accra, brooklyn, argoadu llc, gbekembe, business, sudan, octavia e. butler, onyekachi wambu, shifters play, The matrix, supacell, expat, returnee, travel, borderless mindset, congo, belgium, king leopold, Greetings Glocal Citizens!

Over the week/weekend just passed, the world recognized International Women’s Day as well as Ghana’s 68th Independence Day. Both happenings inspire thoughts, reflections, and movement in my heart and mind especially as I, we sit in constant review of the world we are making, remaking and re-imagining for our now. My conversation this week, in our continued March Herstories Month series is with British-Ghanaian, Elvina Quaison, is with a diasporan working intently with and within communities engaged in this re-imagining. She's now based back in the London after relocating to Brussels since our last conversation. In her time in the EU hub, she supported diaspora and government representatives as Diaspora Engagement Specialist for the EU Global Diaspora Facility (EUDiF), a pilot project funded by the European Commission and implemented by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD). Elvina recently took on the role of CEO with Shabaka, a values-driven consulting and research organization focused on diaspora and migrants' humanitarian preparedness, response and recovery. She has worked in the international development field, with a focus on African diaspora, for over 20 years; her experience spans diaspora engagement in humanitarianism, development, private and public sector as well as within civil society. She specializes in diaspora and private sector investment with a focus on the utilization of diaspora investment to enhance economic growth in countries of heritage and residence. Our conversation is a wonderful flash forward offering a hopeful persective on how #dynamicdiasporans are engaging with the concept and a #borderlessmindset, and #manifestinganewworld.

Where to find Elvina?
On LinkedIn
On Instagram

What’s Elvina reading?
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Other topics of interest:
Notes on serving on boards
On Belgium’s Human Zoo
Brussel’s AfricaMuseum
On the brutality of Belgium’s King Leopold
On Onyekachi Wambu
A conversation with Sophia Stewart, creator of The Terminator and The Matrix
Shifters Play UK
About Supacell

Special Guest: Elivina Quaison.

]]> Greetings Glocal Citizens!

Over the week/weekend just passed, the world recognized International Women’s Day as well as Ghana’s 68th Independence Day. Both happenings inspire thoughts, reflections, and movement in my heart and mind especially as I, we sit in constant review of the world we are making, remaking and re-imagining for our now. My conversation this week, in our continued March Herstories Month series is with British-Ghanaian, Elvina Quaison, is with a diasporan working intently with and within communities engaged in this re-imagining. She's now based back in the London after relocating to Brussels since our last conversation. In her time in the EU hub, she supported diaspora and government representatives as Diaspora Engagement Specialist for the EU Global Diaspora Facility (EUDiF), a pilot project funded by the European Commission and implemented by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD). Elvina recently took on the role of CEO with Shabaka, a values-driven consulting and research organization focused on diaspora and migrants' humanitarian preparedness, response and recovery. She has worked in the international development field, with a focus on African diaspora, for over 20 years; her experience spans diaspora engagement in humanitarianism, development, private and public sector as well as within civil society. She specializes in diaspora and private sector investment with a focus on the utilization of diaspora investment to enhance economic growth in countries of heritage and residence. Our conversation is a wonderful flash forward offering a hopeful persective on how #dynamicdiasporans are engaging with the concept and a #borderlessmindset, and #manifestinganewworld.

Where to find Elvina?
On LinkedIn
On Instagram

What’s Elvina reading?
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Other topics of interest:
Notes on serving on boards
On Belgium’s Human Zoo
Brussel’s AfricaMuseum
On the brutality of Belgium’s King Leopold
On Onyekachi Wambu
A conversation with Sophia Stewart, creator of The Terminator and The Matrix
Shifters Play UK
About Supacell

Special Guest: Elivina Quaison.

]]> Episode 76: Making Space for Transformation with Elvina Quaison https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/76 8ca4f5ff-0fcb-4e5d-8f11-be34c05e1dc8 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 05:00:00 -0400 Florence Amerley Adu full Florence Amerley Adu 58:04 no June greetings Glocal Citizens! We're nearly halfway through "the year after" and in the spirit of reimagining spaces and places for our new next, my guest this week is all about personal development. Elvina Quaison, a British-Ghanaian is the founder of SESA, a global personal development organization. SESA is a space, a resource to assist others find answers, guidance and advice to make the life game more enjoyable. She has also served as Business Club Manager at AFFORD (https://www.afford-uk.org/) straddling continents to add value for businesses in the UK and Africa. Elvina's work in Ghana included a role as Marketing Manager at Beaufort Properties and the Director of Silk Solutions a company that made moving into Ghana easier and opened the market to the small business wanting to expand into a new exciting sphere. Reaching this point followed a path of working with and in African countries for over 11 years in various capacities including include facilitating workshops, trainings and one to ones as well as presenting at events from intimate talks to large international conferences. Fun fact about Elvina, she is also known as "Auntie Vina" and she hosts a story telling channel. She started the channel to share her love for children's books and the amazing journeys the imagination can take little people. She chooses books that focus on black children or are written by black authors. She also includes books that show a diversity of race, culture, religion, gender roles, health and life experiences and so much more, because our little people deserve so much more than just one way of looking at this big wide world. Check it out, her YouTube link is below! Where to find Elvina? On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/elvina-quaison-b182b921/) On Twitter (https://twitter.com/SESA4Life) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sesa4life/) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Sesa4life/?modal=admin_todo_tour) On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9eRwbUYIcPYC6HBz2I4MTg) sesa4life@gmail.com What's Elvina reading? Psycho-Cybernetics (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B00SI02BW4&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_4EEA83STZ808VQYSF52W&tag=glocalcitiz0e-20) by Maxwell Maltz What I Know for Sure (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B00LB89V78&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_8A3HT1GKWWK8AZB50KFC&tag=glocalcitiz0e-20) by Oprah Winfrey Books (https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=Bren%C3%A9+Brown&i=audible&rh=n%3A18145289011%2Cp_lbr_one_browse-bin%3ABren%C3%A9+Brown&dc&qid=1622411527&rnid=2272759011&ref=sr_nr_p_lbr_one_browse-bin_1) by Brené Brown What's Elvina watching? The Matrix (https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/matrix) Other topics of interest: Adinkra Symbols (https://www.adinkrasymbols.org/#:~:text=Adinkra%20are%20visual%20symbols%20with,royals%20wore%20to%20important%20ceremonies) Fante People of Ghana (https://newsghana.com.gh/history-of-the-fante/) Akina Mama Wa Afrika (https://www.akinamamawaafrika.org/) African Women's Development Fund (https://awdf.org/) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curious_Case_of_Benjamin_Button_(film)) and the Syndrome (https://www.healthline.com/health/progeria-syndrome) Special Guest: Elivina Quaison. florence adu, florence amerley adu, africa, global citizens, infotainment, velvet voice, business, travel, tourism, economics, african women's development fund, fante people, adinkra, east legon, camden, visualization, oprah winfrey, brene brown, Elvina quaison, sesa4life, personal development coach, diaspora facilitator, ghana, UK, glocal citizens podcast, leap transmedia June greetings Glocal Citizens! We're nearly halfway through "the year after" and in the spirit of reimagining spaces and places for our new next, my guest this week is all about personal development. Elvina Quaison, a British-Ghanaian is the founder of SESA, a global personal development organization. SESA is a space, a resource to assist others find answers, guidance and advice to make the life game more enjoyable. She has also served as Business Club Manager at AFFORD straddling continents to add value for businesses in the UK and Africa. Elvina's work in Ghana included a role as Marketing Manager at Beaufort Properties and the Director of Silk Solutions a company that made moving into Ghana easier and opened the market to the small business wanting to expand into a new exciting sphere. Reaching this point followed a path of working with and in African countries for over 11 years in various capacities including include facilitating workshops, trainings and one to ones as well as presenting at events from intimate talks to large international conferences.

Fun fact about Elvina, she is also known as "Auntie Vina" and she hosts a story telling channel. She started the channel to share her love for children's books and the amazing journeys the imagination can take little people. She chooses books that focus on black children or are written by black authors. She also includes books that show a diversity of race, culture, religion, gender roles, health and life experiences and so much more, because our little people deserve so much more than just one way of looking at this big wide world. Check it out, her YouTube link is below!

Where to find Elvina?
On LinkedIn
On Twitter
On Instagram
On Facebook
On YouTube
sesa4life@gmail.com

What's Elvina reading?
Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz
What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey
Books by Brené Brown

What's Elvina watching?
The Matrix

Other topics of interest:
Adinkra Symbols
Fante People of Ghana
Akina Mama Wa Afrika
African Women's Development Fund
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and the Syndrome

Special Guest: Elivina Quaison.

]]> June greetings Glocal Citizens! We're nearly halfway through "the year after" and in the spirit of reimagining spaces and places for our new next, my guest this week is all about personal development. Elvina Quaison, a British-Ghanaian is the founder of SESA, a global personal development organization. SESA is a space, a resource to assist others find answers, guidance and advice to make the life game more enjoyable. She has also served as Business Club Manager at AFFORD straddling continents to add value for businesses in the UK and Africa. Elvina's work in Ghana included a role as Marketing Manager at Beaufort Properties and the Director of Silk Solutions a company that made moving into Ghana easier and opened the market to the small business wanting to expand into a new exciting sphere. Reaching this point followed a path of working with and in African countries for over 11 years in various capacities including include facilitating workshops, trainings and one to ones as well as presenting at events from intimate talks to large international conferences.

Fun fact about Elvina, she is also known as "Auntie Vina" and she hosts a story telling channel. She started the channel to share her love for children's books and the amazing journeys the imagination can take little people. She chooses books that focus on black children or are written by black authors. She also includes books that show a diversity of race, culture, religion, gender roles, health and life experiences and so much more, because our little people deserve so much more than just one way of looking at this big wide world. Check it out, her YouTube link is below!

Where to find Elvina?
On LinkedIn
On Twitter
On Instagram
On Facebook
On YouTube
sesa4life@gmail.com

What's Elvina reading?
Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz
What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey
Books by Brené Brown

What's Elvina watching?
The Matrix

Other topics of interest:
Adinkra Symbols
Fante People of Ghana
Akina Mama Wa Afrika
African Women's Development Fund
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and the Syndrome

Special Guest: Elivina Quaison.

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