Who We Are
The Progressive Minds Show is a 501c3 nonprofit media organization dedicated to building our community. We promote diverse perspectives as a way of stimulating unity and respect in our society. Our dialogue style engages with respected subject matter experts to educate, empower, and engage a global audience. As cultural advocates, we support initiatives dedicated to helping youths, the voiceless, and the disenfranchised. Our passion is to stand for cultural identity.
Our style is unique as we consistently engage more than two analytical, critical, and expert views on each of the weekly topics. It is our firm belief of ideas, solutions, and human resources in our communities; hence, week to find a balance in resolving the challenges of our times and seek the well-being of the African Diaspora and Continental Africans.
Over the years, The Progressive Minds Radio Show has covered a number of topics pertaining to socio-economic challenges, health crises, business aspirations, and many other areas within the realm of things that impact our communities in the Black Diaspora. Progressive Minds' Founder, Alinco, has been very keen on incorporating many diverse persons of gender, race, nationalities, and others who have a direct impact on society and in urban communities.
OUR MISSION
To empower the African Diaspora through dialogue, education, healing and cultural engagement—delivering social value by elevating the youth, supporting underrepresented groups, and creating platforms for collaboration, representation. and unity
OUR VISION
To cultivate a globally recognized, culturally rooted African diaspora community that thrives through unity, representation, and partnerships that unlock opportunities across sectors and borders.
OUR APPROACH
THE PROGRESSIVE MINDS SHOW is committed to effecting positive attitudes within our society through engaging dialogue. We acknowledge the urgency to our wellbeing is in finding the balance between old and new. We seek to connect the cultures within the Black Diaspora. We organically examine these ideas while advocating for good health, community growth, and unity. We have covered a wide range of topics that impact our communities including social, economic, health, and business. “Alinco” has been very keen on incorporating many diverse persons of gender, race, nationality, and disability who have a direct impact on our community and society at large.
To whom much is given, much is required.
OUR core values
BUILDING
ACKNOWLEDGING
REPRESENTING
BRIDGING
THE FOUNDER
Nathaniel Sena Amenyo aka Alinco
Nathaniel Sena Amenyo (“Sena”) is a media host, community advocate, and organizer dedicated to elevating voices across the African Diaspora and communities across Chicago’s South and West Sides. He is the founder and host of The Progressive Minds Show, The Exchange Ceremony, and Progressive Minds Media—platforms that spotlight public policy, civic engagement, immigration, international human rights, and cross-cultural collaboration.
Born and raised in Accra, Ghana, Sena earned his bachelor’s degree from Central University College in 2006 before migrating to the United States in 2008. He later completed an MBA in Healthcare Administration at Argosy University in 2012. Earlier in his professional career, he worked with West African Gas Pipeline Company and developed experience in data management and data modeling. He also co-founded Save The Dance, an annual initiative in Ghana that used high school dance competitions to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS for over seven years.
Since 2017, Sena has interviewed and collaborated with numerous civic and cultural leaders, including Jesse White, Juliana Stratton, Jesse Jackson, Robert Blackwell Jr., Sean Tenner, Carol Ammons, Bobby Rush, Dorothy Brown, Danny Davis, La Shawn K. Ford, David Moore, Sonya Harper, and Mattie Hunter, among others. His work highlights community strengths while fostering dialogue among African, Afro-Latino, Caribbean, African American, and South American communities.
Sena has also supported international and diplomatic engagement between Ghana and the United States. He was instrumental in organizing activities surrounding visits to Chicago by Ghana’s former President John Dramani Mahama in 2017 and 2024 related to diplomatic and fundraising engagements. In addition, he has spoken at North Park University, Malcolm X College, DuSable Museum of African American History, and Columbia College Chicago on topics related to the African Diaspora, Ghana, and broader African development. His collaborative work also includes partnerships with organizations such as United African Organization, African International House, Martin’s International, Ghana National Council of Chicago, and BantuFest.
Among Sena’s signature initiatives is The Exchange Ceremony, which promotes cultural and economic exchanges between Ghana and Chicago and the broader Midwest. The initiative also led to a historic moment when the late Rev. Jesse Jackson was ceremonially honored as “King of the African Diaspora I,” with traditional authority conferred by Togbi Nyaho Tamakloe VI—a first-of-its-kind recognition in the history of the United States.
In 2024, Sena served as an assistant project manager during the buildout of the entire project for the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, overseeing quality assurance, supervising labor teams, coordinating with media and delegation leaders, and managing post-event operations. During the 2024 U.S. elections, he also supported voter mobilization efforts alongside civic leaders and community partners. His work includes producing other community activations that promotes the African excellence and curbing crime - violence and bullying in our in Chicago.