Welcome to Stuff Mom Never Told You, but alas, I am Ann, but alas I am Annieless today as the podcast Gods have decided to throw us

another curveball and have Annie do her civic duty as a juror of what I would assume will be an intense and perhaps

material-filled trial for her to report back to us. Yes, I will say I am getting like some

text here and there and though I'm not getting any super juicy details, it's

obvious I think she misses us just so you know. But until then we are going to keep trucking and I or we may be bringing some fun guests along the way. She should be returning by the following week and just in

case you were trying to figure it out, yes, I am recording on October 8th, 2024 for today's feminist around the world.

Y'all, again, Annie will return

after she has completed her task of serving the state of Georgia.

Oh, and we wish her well and hope that she is doing

okay mentally and physically because we know this could be taxing but you know

send her some well wishes y'all but for today I am talking about an amazing woman

who has been officially working to advocate for her community as well as for us and we are talking about indigenous Ecuadorian activist Elena Golinga.

So this young activist is already a pro when it comes to advocacy and activism and she comes from an amazing family of

activists who've been influencing her and supporting her all the way.

Her mother, Noamie Goolinga, is the former president of the indigenous group, Kituel Women's Association in

Ecuador.

Her sister, Nina, is also a pretty popular and well-known environmental indigenous activist and

her aunt and her grandmother Patricia and Christina are well known

within the women's and environmental rights activism in the amazons themselves.

So she has been watching from a very young age as her family fought against and was even persecuted

and targeted by large corporations, oil corporations, and even the government and has watched

as activists in their community get hurt or killed

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