The Truth About Environmental Racism
The Brown Girls Guide to Politics
Acast Creative Studios
3.3 • 845 Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Youth climate activist Nalleli Cobo grew up in South Central Los Angeles across the street from a toxic oil drilling site. From a young age, she experienced headaches, nosebleeds, asthma, body spasms, and at age 19, she was diagnosed with cancer. Alongside her mother, she began attending meetings and going door-to-door to spread information about the dangers of oil extraction and in 2020, she successfully shut down the drilling site in her neighborhood. In this episode, Nalleli and A’shanti discuss how Nalleli went from being a shy girl to a powerful climate activist, the horrors of environmental racism, and Nalleli’s hopes for the future of the climate movement.
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The Brown Girls Guide to Politics Podcast is all about amplifying the voices of women who are too often forgotten in media coverage. Host A’shanti Gholar leads conversations with women changing the face of politics. In the BGG to Politics blog, A’shanti created a space for women of color to learn about the current state of politics, to support others breaking into the political sphere, and to celebrate incredible women changing the course of the country. A’shanti founded the blog in 2018 and Wonder Media Network is thrilled to extend her platform to audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey y'all. I'm Ashanti Golar, host of the Brown Girls Guide to Politics. |
| 0:05.1 | The BGG is the one-stop shop for women of color who want to talk and shape the world of politics. |
| 0:12.9 | This season, we're getting deep into the details of Project 2025. |
| 0:18.7 | In 900-plus pages, it's proposing dramatic conservative changes to education, |
| 0:24.3 | health care, and foreign affairs. But underpinning it all is an entirely new vision for how |
| 0:31.1 | the government operates, and that could change everything. Thank you so much to our friends |
| 0:37.2 | at Way to Win for supporting us |
| 0:39.0 | and making this season possible. Listen to the Brown Girls Guide to Politics wherever you get |
| 0:44.8 | your podcast. Woke AF Daily with Danielle Moody is your much-needed wake-up call in a weary world. |
| 0:57.7 | Let Danielle's fiery passion for creating a better world kickstart your day. |
| 1:02.3 | And get woke with her bevy a special guest from the world of news and politics, art, entertainment, and spirituality. |
| 1:13.5 | Where else can you start the conversation on the latest headlines and in on the importance of rest and mindfulness? Where else can you |
| 1:20.1 | hear a sitting member of Congress one day and a practicing yogi the next? Where else can you |
| 1:26.1 | take in the world filter through the powerful voice of a black |
| 1:29.6 | queer woman? Where else but woke AF Daily with Danielle Moody? |
| 1:38.8 | Hey, Brown Girls, it's Ashanti, host of the Brown Girls Guide to Politics. |
| 1:48.7 | Welcome to Season 9. |
| 1:51.2 | This season is all about the midterm elections and the issues at the center of key races. |
| 1:58.4 | Today, we're focusing on climate change. I'm so excited to introduce you to |
| 2:04.4 | Naili Kobo, a young climate activist. She is the co-founder of People Not Posos and the South |
| 2:12.3 | Los Angeles Youth Leadership Coalition. I wanted to talk to Naillli because she has been making waves and climate change since she |
| 2:20.6 | was nine years old. |
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