Solomon Oyemade was a Location Manager and connector in East London whose curiosity and intuition took him to Sweden where he ran the kitchen in an African Drum School for 9 months and started to find his place at the intersection of creativity and social impact.
After house-sitting in Costa Rica, California, Mexico, Portugal and Spain he nomadically built Curated Funding, an online library that gives creatives and social entrepreneurs access to an archive of active awards, grants, and funding initiatives. Solomon is currently the Special Projects Manager at Shoreditch Arts Club - programming events that celebrate diversity and grassroots creativity. Solomon’s journey is not the typical one which is why his perspectives and stories are so refreshing.
In this episode we cover:
Using your phone as a mailbox
Anchors rather than titles
Monastic experiences and being alone
Being an experimenter
Grief as a great equalizer
What pervasive belief are you railing against today?
The lens of gratitude is not about perfection
Who are you when social expectation is removed?
Mentions:
Newham Youth Parliament
WorkAway
Fela Kuti
Fresh, (1994) film by Boaz Yakin
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