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Hey, this is Annie.

And Samantha.

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And welcome back to another activist around the world. And we promised to continue with more indigenous organizations around the world.

So we are.

Ha-ha, I kept a promise.

Look at me.

So we are starting off with Maya, M-A-I-A, just in case you wanted to look that up,

which is a women-led organization based out of Guatemala. So Maya has been around for quite a while,

I believe, since 2008, and has done so much for the community and the young indigenous

girls from the area. So originally, they were known as the Impact School. And then they changed their name to Maya, named after one of the brightest stars. If you know astronomy, I think you probably know there's a whole legend. There's all these stories. I love the stories about stars and planets, don't you? Yes. But we'll come back to that later. Yes. That could be a fun episode on feminist look at.

Oh.

Yeah, that would be cool.

Okay, anyway, back too.

But yes, so it is named after the brightest star, Maya, and they did this in 2018.

So from their site, Mayaimpact.org.

We are an organization led by indigenous women for indigenous girls, empowering generations of young indigenous women through an educational model that embraces academics, culture, socio-emotional intelligence, personal development, and family engagement.

Together, these elements form the bedrock for nurturing a generation of powerful female leaders who will drive transformative

change. And if you can't tell, we are big fans of programs that mentor young people, because

obviously, as I feel like we have seen as of the last couple of elections, mentoring young people is really important.

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