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In this inaugural episode of Global I Am, Patrick A. Howell, Bill Huston, Kate Washington, and Max Rodriguez come together for a conversation about identity, culture, creativity, and capital—and how these forces shape the future of our communities and our shared humanity.
Together, they explore the stories that define us, the institutions that sustain us, and the opportunities before us as artists, entrepreneurs, investors, educators, and cultural stewards.
Executive Produced by Nicole Hernandez-Colin.
The Culture. Our Capital.
Global I Am—the Global Independent African Arts Movement—is a global cultural and economic movement dedicated to advancing the creative, intellectual, and financial alignment of the African world within the broader human family.
Inspired by the enduring legacy of the Harlem Renaissance and the Harlem Book Fair, Global I Am is a next-generation platform connecting artists, entrepreneurs, investors, educators, and storytellers across Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, North and South America.
We believe that culture is not merely something we inherit—it is something we invest in.
Through literature, music, film, visual arts, journalism, finance, innovation, technology, and community leadership, we seek to cultivate relationships that generate both cultural wealth and economic opportunity.
Our mission is simple:
To transform cultural capital into community capital.
Our Invitation
Global I Am is more than a podcast.
It is a growing international community.
We invite artists, investors, institutions, philanthropists, business leaders, and visionaries to help shape this movement.
Whether your contribution is creative, strategic, financial, or simply your willingness to participate, you have a place here.
Together we can build stronger institutions, richer cultural exchange, and more prosperous communities across the globe.
Together, we are building the next renaissance.
Perhaps more importantly—
Together, we are the next renaissance.
For partnerships, collaborations, or ideas:
[email protected]
A Kingdom Re-remembers Itself
This is indeed a dark brightening hour, when Black souls take flight,
As empires of white magic crumble beneath hulking sins.
This is the hour when melanin marks the excellence of our skin,
& we reverse the voyage home by digital, Transatlantic lights
Here ~ new harmonies rise: a Cave Canem choir,
Drummed in iambs, in hexameter fires of griots,
Conducted deftly by our Black Cornelius, bronzed Derricotte,
From mothers’ midnight dreams ~ breath | love | power
Our blue's ancestors foretold it: brand-new days, new themes,
Eras of trillionaire kingdoms ~ Benin… Mali rise supreme,
Canem built castles of Black word, Black philosophy,
Inlaid with golden crowns - Baldwin, Amiri, Giovanni & Langston’s dreams.
From this Time of the Fool, a brand new era awakened,
“Cave Canem,” we sing - now the call is: come home.
But, beware the big dawg - Brooklyn prowler, roamed alone,
Sniffing, barking, growling through our age of Gangster Poets.
You see? Pulitzers bloomed from grandmothers’ funeral prayers.
At Cave Canem, laureates remember sovereignty.
Elders paid, endured, and now invoke total Liberty.
Book Award finalists kneel & now rise as the Kingdom’s heirs.
The Culture. Our Capital.
Global I AM Conversations is an ongoing and archived podcasts of the world's builders, artists, entrepreneurs, thinkers, innovators, public servants, and cultural architects whose lives remind us that people—not capital—remain our greatest investment.
Hosted by Patrick A. Howell, Founder & CEO of Global Market Intelligence & Media (GMIQ). Co-hosts include Max Rodriguez of the Harlem Book Fair, Bill Huston of Crowd Max and Tara Frater, a wealth advisor and attorney in Barbados.
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The Culture. Our Capital.
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