The Heart of Public Service with Pearl Amanfu
Today my guest is Pearl Amanfu. Pearl is the Digital Inclusion Officer for Metro Nashville. Although Pearl and I just met, she's the model for the type of person I started this podcast to amplify: the humans who believe deeply in community, human thriving and progress, and are willing to do the hard organizational work to create real change through digital enablement.
Borrowing her words, Pearl has a helper heart, and she genuinely wants a better world for the residents of Metro Nashville. Pearl is a community builder, and in this episode she shines a light onto what it's like to make sure that Metro Nashville is accountable and of service to the greatest number of Tennesseans possible, and she also shares a bit about where she thinks their work could go next. Here's my conversation with Pearl.
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Guest Information
Pearl Amanfu LinkedIn
To learn more on the Nashville Metro Digital Inclusion work please visit Metro Digital Skillslink | Nashville.gov
For more information on organizations Pearl highlights please see:
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On this episode of the 311 Podcast Paul and Pearl cover the following topics:
Introduction to Pearl Amanfu and Digital Inclusion
Pearl's Career Journey
Challenges and Barriers in Digital Inclusion
Nashville's Unique Approach to Digital Inclusion
Proud Achievements and Key Projects
The Digital Navigator Program
Future Vision and Advice for Aspiring Helpers
Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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Thank you to our season two sponsor Northern. For more information on their services, visit northern.co
Recorded in May 2025.
This is a show about the people that make digital public service work. If you'd like to find out more, visit northern.co/311-podcast/
We're going to keep having conversations like this. If you've got ideas of guests we should speak to, send us an email to the311@northern.co.
