web02.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:30:33 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Glocal Citizens - Episodes Tagged with “Switzerland” https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/tags/switzerland Tue, 31 Aug 2021 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 89: Modeling a Life of Art and Experiences with Elizabeth Rollins-Moskowitz https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/89 7b7f90af-4376-4243-9cd9-a47807a56785 Tue, 31 Aug 2021 05:00:00 -0400 Florence Amerley Adu full Florence Amerley Adu 47:23 no Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast it's our first family affair. In a one year later flashback, I had the pleasure of meeting Elizabeth "Liz" Rollins-Moskowitz, mother of my guest from Episode 37 (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/37), Salim Rollins. Liz describes herself as "an 82-year old trying to grow up and figure life out." With roots in Westchester County, New York, Liz traveled the world first when her parents moved to Switzerland as a teenager and later as a model and wife of modern day Renaissance Man, acclaimed photographer, musician, writer and film director, Gordon Parks. In her modeling career, Liz appeared in Life Magazine, Vogue Magazine, Ebony Magazine, and other well-known publications of the times. Liz currently lives in Mill Valley, California where she continues to paint and is happily grandmothering, book clubbing, and meditating. Where to find Liz? On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009135356907) What's Liz reading? Under the River into the Sea (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B071FZSWP1&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_M7YPX1PBBB2DS5SMYRA7&tag=glocalcitiz0e-20) by Walter Mosley The Melody Lingers On (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B00NR1CZIE&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_T666ES0PDKXC5FN07GDY&tag=glocalcitiz0e-20) by Mary Higgins Clark The Interpreter of Maladies (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B003K16PBE&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_2MHEE5DDGXCQF7C9E2R8&tag=glocalcitiz0e-20) by Jhumpa Lahiri [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhumpa_Lahiri] Other topics of interest: About Liz's father, E. Simms Campbell (https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/campbell-e-simms-1906-1971/) About Gordon Parks (https://www.gordonparksfoundation.org/gordon-parks/biography) The Learning Tree (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064579/) Ebony Fashion Fair Freda DeKnight's (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freda_DeKnight) Date with a Dish (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B00ILRCCQO&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_XSV424QS32AMG5443K9P&tag=glocalcitiz0e-20) Harlem's Hotel Theresa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Theresa) Cab Calloway (https://www.biography.com/musician/cab-calloway) Duke Ellington (https://www.biography.com/musician/duke-ellington) Count Basie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Basie) Spirit Rock Meditation Center (https://www.spiritrock.org/) On Education Reform in School Books (https://www.nytimes.com/1964/02/09/archives/education-integrated-books-segregated-primers-are-target-of-reform.html) Samuel P. Taylor Park (http://www.redwoodhikes.com/Taylor/Taylor.html) Kokrobitey Institute (https://www.kokrobiteyinstitute.org/#kokrobitey-institute) *When you click and purchase books using the links above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support! Special Guest: Elizabeth Rollins-Moskowitz. glocal citizens podcast, global citizens, podcast, florence amerley adu, florence adu, leap transmedia, business, history, civil rights, kokrobitey institute, cab calloway, duke ellington, count basie, freda deknight, salim rollins, spirit rock meditation center, Elizabeth Rollins-Moskowitz, model, watercolorist, Ebony Fashion Fair, Gordon Parks, Milton Moskowitz, E. Simms Campbell, New York, California, Switzerland, esquire magazine, life magazine, ebony magazine Greetings Glocal Citizens!
This week on the podcast it's our first family affair. In a one year later flashback, I had the pleasure of meeting Elizabeth "Liz" Rollins-Moskowitz, mother of my guest from Episode 37, Salim Rollins. Liz describes herself as "an 82-year old trying to grow up and figure life out." With roots in Westchester County, New York, Liz traveled the world first when her parents moved to Switzerland as a teenager and later as a model and wife of modern day Renaissance Man, acclaimed photographer, musician, writer and film director, Gordon Parks. In her modeling career, Liz appeared in Life Magazine, Vogue Magazine, Ebony Magazine, and other well-known publications of the times.

Liz currently lives in Mill Valley, California where she continues to paint and is happily grandmothering, book clubbing, and meditating.

Where to find Liz?
On Facebook

What's Liz reading?
Under the River into the Sea by Walter Mosley
The Melody Lingers On by Mary Higgins Clark
The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhumpa_Lahiri]

Other topics of interest:
About Liz's father, E. Simms Campbell
About Gordon Parks
The Learning Tree
Ebony Fashion Fair
Freda DeKnight's Date with a Dish
Harlem's Hotel Theresa
Cab Calloway
Duke Ellington
Count Basie
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
On Education Reform in School Books
Samuel P. Taylor Park
Kokrobitey Institute

*When you click and purchase books using the links above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!

Special Guest: Elizabeth Rollins-Moskowitz.

]]> Greetings Glocal Citizens!
This week on the podcast it's our first family affair. In a one year later flashback, I had the pleasure of meeting Elizabeth "Liz" Rollins-Moskowitz, mother of my guest from Episode 37, Salim Rollins. Liz describes herself as "an 82-year old trying to grow up and figure life out." With roots in Westchester County, New York, Liz traveled the world first when her parents moved to Switzerland as a teenager and later as a model and wife of modern day Renaissance Man, acclaimed photographer, musician, writer and film director, Gordon Parks. In her modeling career, Liz appeared in Life Magazine, Vogue Magazine, Ebony Magazine, and other well-known publications of the times.

Liz currently lives in Mill Valley, California where she continues to paint and is happily grandmothering, book clubbing, and meditating.

Where to find Liz?
On Facebook

What's Liz reading?
Under the River into the Sea by Walter Mosley
The Melody Lingers On by Mary Higgins Clark
The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhumpa_Lahiri]

Other topics of interest:
About Liz's father, E. Simms Campbell
About Gordon Parks
The Learning Tree
Ebony Fashion Fair
Freda DeKnight's Date with a Dish
Harlem's Hotel Theresa
Cab Calloway
Duke Ellington
Count Basie
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
On Education Reform in School Books
Samuel P. Taylor Park
Kokrobitey Institute

*When you click and purchase books using the links above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!

Special Guest: Elizabeth Rollins-Moskowitz.

]]> Episode 6: Glocal Citizens with Leslie Bentil, Founder and Director of Gutta Soles https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/6 gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/zZFnWL9i22VhbxJd1dvkMUWxJoMbAcpnYy18TF-uZ9M Tue, 07 Jan 2020 22:45:00 -0500 Florence Amerley Adu full Florence Amerley Adu 20:49 no Hello again, Glocal Citizens! This week I catch up with Ghanaian-American entrepreneur, Leslie Bentil of Gutta Soles from his current home base in Switzerland (hence, we sound a little different this week over the phone line). GUTTA SOLES was established in 2012 in Accra, Ghana. The company's initial intention was to design a shoe that was durable enough to handle surface conditions in Africa. It is has since expanded into a social enterprise with eyes on transforming the welfare of families and delivering innovation to communities using simple indigenous tools. Links of Interest Find your own pair of Gutta Soles here (http://www.guttasoles.com) Gutta Soles YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2oe8BQVE234JUFQb5INiHA) On Instagram: @guttasoles (https://www.instagram.com/guttasoles/) www.Kromanteng.com (http://www.kromanteng.com) Kromanteng YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/kronmanteng/featured) Special Guest: Leslie Bentil. leslie bentil, gutta soles, kromanteng, gutta soles foundation, upcycled clothing, environment, ghana, florence adu, florence amerley adu, afrobeat, african music, africa, entrepreneurship, business, start-up, philanthropy, travel, glocal citizens, podcasting, podcast, global citizens, leap transmedia, childrens content, rap music, hip life, ankara, kente, sneakers Hello again, Glocal Citizens! This week I catch up with Ghanaian-American entrepreneur, Leslie Bentil of Gutta Soles from his current home base in Switzerland (hence, we sound a little different this week over the phone line). GUTTA SOLES was established in 2012 in Accra, Ghana. The company's initial intention was to design a shoe that was durable enough to handle surface conditions in Africa. It is has since expanded into a social enterprise with eyes on transforming the welfare of families and delivering innovation to communities using simple indigenous tools.

Links of Interest
Find your own pair of Gutta Soles here
Gutta Soles YouTube Channel
On Instagram: @guttasoles
www.Kromanteng.com
Kromanteng YouTube Channel

Special Guest: Leslie Bentil.

]]> Hello again, Glocal Citizens! This week I catch up with Ghanaian-American entrepreneur, Leslie Bentil of Gutta Soles from his current home base in Switzerland (hence, we sound a little different this week over the phone line). GUTTA SOLES was established in 2012 in Accra, Ghana. The company's initial intention was to design a shoe that was durable enough to handle surface conditions in Africa. It is has since expanded into a social enterprise with eyes on transforming the welfare of families and delivering innovation to communities using simple indigenous tools.

Links of Interest
Find your own pair of Gutta Soles here
Gutta Soles YouTube Channel
On Instagram: @guttasoles
www.Kromanteng.com
Kromanteng YouTube Channel

Special Guest: Leslie Bentil.

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