January 10, 2023 • 10 mins
We check-in on what some of the activists we've featured in the past are up to, the good and the bad.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Hey, this is Annie and Samantha and welcome to stuff.
We never told your production, but I hear radio and
welcome to I guess the first recording because I think
we've already released one episode of Activists around the World
because we did a review. Uh, but it's okay, So
(00:27):
the first recording of Activists around the World in Yes,
we're here, we've arrived, and we kind of wanted to
do a follow up episode on some of the activists
that we have already talked about in the past, so
we're kind of bringing it back. Yes, we're doing some
more reviews, but it's not a review as much as
what are they doing now type of episodes. So whole night, um,
(00:50):
and let me go ahead and prepare you. Not all
the updates are good, but I feel like it's still
important to know just because it's not a great update
doesn't mean we need to ignore it or we can't
ignore it, especially for highlighting them for their works. And
then there may be things that diminishes that we need
to acknowledge that. Um, people make mistakes, things change, So yeah,
(01:14):
just a heads up. And also this is gonna be
a two parter because we've got a few um that
we wanted to talk about about their work, So yeah,
hang tight with us, yes, yeah, So let's started off
with indigenous activists. Sonya Guadajara, who we first talked about
in Jahara has been working with her indigenous community in
(01:37):
a Boa in Maranyoh, the village in the Amazon rainforest.
Sorry if I butchered that. Yeah, no, I'm trying to
get through it. And for a quick review, Guajajara has
been working for the rights of the indigenous people as
well as for the protection of the Amazon rain forest,
which included her creating a documentary titled Motaci Indigenous Emergency,
(01:58):
which accused the government, which was under the leadership of
President Baltonaro at the time, of neglecting and even harming
the indigenous people, which brought her under the scrutiny and
harassment from the government. And also as a side note,
she was on the ticket for vice president of Brazil
in eighteen with Wallows, but did not win the election.
So she's she's been trying to be a part of
(02:19):
the politics. And if you've been paying attention recently, Brazil's
presidential election has been a trending topic as the previous president, Baltonaro,
lost to the newly inaugurated President Louise and Nacio Lulu
da Silva, and with the support of indigenous activists like Guadajara,
Silva has been able to push forward in taking office
(02:39):
and she's been making political moves herself. In October of two,
Guadajara was elected as the first federal indigenous lawmaker from
Salpolo under the Socialism and Liberty Party and by the way,
she won with the highest number of votes in the
history of Brazil. But not only that, Just recently, Guadajara
has been a pointed by President Lula as Minister of
(03:02):
Indigenous Peoples and upon being appointed, she said, I feel
very honored and happy with the appointment of minister. More
than a personal achievement, this is a collective achievement of
indigenous people's a historic moment for the principle of reparations
in Brazil. The creation of the ministry is confirmation of
the commitment that Lula assumes with us UH and we
(03:22):
just want to say congratulations to Minister Guadajara and her
amazing works, and we're so excited to see what she
will continue to do for her community. Yes, yes, es, yes,
And then we have Samya Faruki. Faruki is the young
woman who with her team of all girls from Afghanistan
created a prototype ventilator made up of spare car parts
(03:43):
and a lot of ingenuity. The prototype was able to
run on battery power and making it more affordable for
those in need. Today, Faruki is now attending Missouri University
of Science and Technology, and though she should be focusing
on her education and growth, Fruki has stepped up as
an ambassador for the women and girls of her home
country in Afghanistan. Faruki left Afghanistan as the Islamist Taliban
(04:07):
extremist group to control and power of that country and
since then, the extreme conditions and laws have restricted the
education of young women and girls in the country beyond
the sixth grade. As of December of twenty two. With
the rise of the Taliban, restrictions on women's rights and
education has been tighter as they remain in power. Um.
(04:28):
Originally they said that women would be able to attend
school and universities, but slowly they restricted the level of
education and have now restricted it education past the sixth
grade for for girls and women UM. Faruki and her
robotics team left due to those types of restrictions. In
September twenty two, Faruki implored the UN to protect the
(04:50):
rights and education of the women in Afghanistan. In her speech,
she said, show your solidarity with me and millions of
Afghan girls. You must work together to demand at the
real being of girls schools and the protection of our
rights funder education system in Afghanistan. Critical resources are needed
to make sure that children can still learn even as
the crisis continues. And finally, to all the countries who
(05:13):
have welcomed Afghans to resettle in your country's give all
children access to free, safe and quality education, regardless of status.
If Afghan girls deserve the right to education, do not
let me and my Afghan sisters become victims of global politics.
Do not let our country become a cemetery of our
dreams and goals. Yeah. Yeah, she's been traveling, I believe
(05:37):
a lot more recently and even did speech at her school,
so I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more from her. Yeah,
And since arriving to the United States, Rukie has been
working as an advocate for the young women and girls
of Afghanistan. And yeah, speaking up about it, And as
you said, I'm sure I hope be another update in
(05:57):
the future, and next we wanted to talk about the
controversy of Ruby Colorado UM. Ruby Colorado just as a
Review is a trans survivor from El Savador UM and
in twenty twelve, Korado started the Cassa Ruby, which was
a resource for the LGBTQ plus community for housing and
services around d C. She had been applauded for her
(06:18):
work and continued advocacy for the trans and quator communities
around the world and seemed to be doing well with
the organization. Unfortunately, reports have come out about Karado allegedly
diverting funds and resources from her organizations to her own
personal accounts. According to the allegations written by The Washington Post,
(06:38):
Quote Corrado allegedly set up bank accounts for the firms
and between twenty nineteen and twenty two withdrew more than
a one hundred thousand dollars and transferred more than four
hundred thousand dollars into personal bank accounts in El Savador
without authorization from CASA Ruby's board of directors. In July
twenty two, the d C Attorney General filed a civil
(06:59):
comp late in the c DC Superior Court with the
allegations of violating the city's Nonprofit Corporations Act. The organization
had been successfully getting grants estimated around nine point six
million dollars UM, and after several incidents, including karado salary
being raised two sixty thousand and twenty twenty, the organization
was denied a renewal from the DC Department of Human
(07:22):
Services in one, which was one of the larger grants
for that nonprofit at that time. Colorado stepped down from
Casa Ruby and the nonprofit shut down completely in July
of two. So, on top of all of these allegations,
Karado has also been accused of violating wage laws UH
It's alleged that Karado was paying less than minimum wage
(07:44):
and oftentimes not paying the workers the entirety of their
wages earned UM and in December twenty two, Colorado spoke
with Washington Blade News and said, this is a persecution.
At the end of the day, I'm interested in people
knowing all these things because I am a human rights
activist and what is happening to Ruby Corrado should be
an alarm for any human rights defender. So I'm not
(08:05):
really sure where the case is at I believe she's
still in El Savador at this point, at one point
from July too. I think just recently they couldn't find
her and they finally were able to reach her. There
has been a lot of amendments to this allegation, adding
new charges, so we'll see what happens. But as of today,
Casta Ruby does not exist. Makes me really sad because
(08:27):
it's lost a lot for its intent and losing a
resource like that which was held as something amazing and new. UM.
To see it fall apart, it's really sad, especially for
those who could have used this type of help. Again,
we don't know what exactly happened. There's a lot of
allegations and we won't know probably for a little while um,
(08:48):
and so we'll keep an eye out. But we definitely
needed to report it because we did talk about her
amazing works and I don't think it should diminish what
she went through and her original intent. I don't think
it should have diminished up. But we have to acknowledge
when things fall apart, people have to be held accountable. Yes,
absolutely absolutely, UM. So we'll be keeping an eye on
(09:11):
that as well, and listeners, you can keep an eye
out for some more of our updates in the part
two of this episode, and also for future segments. If
you have any ideas who we should highlight, please let
us know. You can email us at Stephanie mom Stuff
at iHeart media dot com. You can find us on
Twitter at moms of podcast or Instagram and stuff I
Never Told You. Thanks as always to our super producer, Christina. Oh,
(09:34):
thank you Christina, and I'm so sorry. We often apologize
for christ and thanks to you for listening stuff on
our Told production by Heart Radio. For more podcast in
my Heart Radio, you can check out the radio about
podcast or where you listen to your favorite shows.
Hey, this is Annie and Samantha and welcome to stuff.
We never told your production, but I hear radio and
welcome to I guess the first recording because I think
we've already released one episode of Activists around the World
because we did a review. Uh, but it's okay, So
(00:27):
the first recording of Activists around the World in Yes,
we're here, we've arrived, and we kind of wanted to
do a follow up episode on some of the activists
that we have already talked about in the past, so
we're kind of bringing it back. Yes, we're doing some
more reviews, but it's not a review as much as
what are they doing now type of episodes. So whole night, um,
(00:50):
and let me go ahead and prepare you. Not all
the updates are good, but I feel like it's still
important to know just because it's not a great update
doesn't mean we need to ignore it or we can't
ignore it, especially for highlighting them for their works. And
then there may be things that diminishes that we need
to acknowledge that. Um, people make mistakes, things change, So yeah,
(01:14):
just a heads up. And also this is gonna be
a two parter because we've got a few um that
we wanted to talk about about their work, So yeah,
hang tight with us, yes, yeah, So let's started off
with indigenous activists. Sonya Guadajara, who we first talked about
in Jahara has been working with her indigenous community in
(01:37):
a Boa in Maranyoh, the village in the Amazon rainforest.
Sorry if I butchered that. Yeah, no, I'm trying to
get through it. And for a quick review, Guajajara has
been working for the rights of the indigenous people as
well as for the protection of the Amazon rain forest,
which included her creating a documentary titled Motaci Indigenous Emergency,
(01:58):
which accused the government, which was under the leadership of
President Baltonaro at the time, of neglecting and even harming
the indigenous people, which brought her under the scrutiny and
harassment from the government. And also as a side note,
she was on the ticket for vice president of Brazil
in eighteen with Wallows, but did not win the election.
So she's she's been trying to be a part of
(02:19):
the politics. And if you've been paying attention recently, Brazil's
presidential election has been a trending topic as the previous president, Baltonaro,
lost to the newly inaugurated President Louise and Nacio Lulu
da Silva, and with the support of indigenous activists like Guadajara,
Silva has been able to push forward in taking office
(02:39):
and she's been making political moves herself. In October of two,
Guadajara was elected as the first federal indigenous lawmaker from
Salpolo under the Socialism and Liberty Party and by the way,
she won with the highest number of votes in the
history of Brazil. But not only that, Just recently, Guadajara
has been a pointed by President Lula as Minister of
(03:02):
Indigenous Peoples and upon being appointed, she said, I feel
very honored and happy with the appointment of minister. More
than a personal achievement, this is a collective achievement of
indigenous people's a historic moment for the principle of reparations
in Brazil. The creation of the ministry is confirmation of
the commitment that Lula assumes with us UH and we
(03:22):
just want to say congratulations to Minister Guadajara and her
amazing works, and we're so excited to see what she
will continue to do for her community. Yes, yes, es, yes,
And then we have Samya Faruki. Faruki is the young
woman who with her team of all girls from Afghanistan
created a prototype ventilator made up of spare car parts
(03:43):
and a lot of ingenuity. The prototype was able to
run on battery power and making it more affordable for
those in need. Today, Faruki is now attending Missouri University
of Science and Technology, and though she should be focusing
on her education and growth, Fruki has stepped up as
an ambassador for the women and girls of her home
country in Afghanistan. Faruki left Afghanistan as the Islamist Taliban
(04:07):
extremist group to control and power of that country and
since then, the extreme conditions and laws have restricted the
education of young women and girls in the country beyond
the sixth grade. As of December of twenty two. With
the rise of the Taliban, restrictions on women's rights and
education has been tighter as they remain in power. Um.
(04:28):
Originally they said that women would be able to attend
school and universities, but slowly they restricted the level of
education and have now restricted it education past the sixth
grade for for girls and women UM. Faruki and her
robotics team left due to those types of restrictions. In
September twenty two, Faruki implored the UN to protect the
(04:50):
rights and education of the women in Afghanistan. In her speech,
she said, show your solidarity with me and millions of
Afghan girls. You must work together to demand at the
real being of girls schools and the protection of our
rights funder education system in Afghanistan. Critical resources are needed
to make sure that children can still learn even as
the crisis continues. And finally, to all the countries who
(05:13):
have welcomed Afghans to resettle in your country's give all
children access to free, safe and quality education, regardless of status.
If Afghan girls deserve the right to education, do not
let me and my Afghan sisters become victims of global politics.
Do not let our country become a cemetery of our
dreams and goals. Yeah. Yeah, she's been traveling, I believe
(05:37):
a lot more recently and even did speech at her school,
so I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more from her. Yeah,
And since arriving to the United States, Rukie has been
working as an advocate for the young women and girls
of Afghanistan. And yeah, speaking up about it, And as
you said, I'm sure I hope be another update in
(05:57):
the future, and next we wanted to talk about the
controversy of Ruby Colorado UM. Ruby Colorado just as a
Review is a trans survivor from El Savador UM and
in twenty twelve, Korado started the Cassa Ruby, which was
a resource for the LGBTQ plus community for housing and
services around d C. She had been applauded for her
(06:18):
work and continued advocacy for the trans and quator communities
around the world and seemed to be doing well with
the organization. Unfortunately, reports have come out about Karado allegedly
diverting funds and resources from her organizations to her own
personal accounts. According to the allegations written by The Washington Post,
(06:38):
Quote Corrado allegedly set up bank accounts for the firms
and between twenty nineteen and twenty two withdrew more than
a one hundred thousand dollars and transferred more than four
hundred thousand dollars into personal bank accounts in El Savador
without authorization from CASA Ruby's board of directors. In July
twenty two, the d C Attorney General filed a civil
(06:59):
comp late in the c DC Superior Court with the
allegations of violating the city's Nonprofit Corporations Act. The organization
had been successfully getting grants estimated around nine point six
million dollars UM, and after several incidents, including karado salary
being raised two sixty thousand and twenty twenty, the organization
was denied a renewal from the DC Department of Human
(07:22):
Services in one, which was one of the larger grants
for that nonprofit at that time. Colorado stepped down from
Casa Ruby and the nonprofit shut down completely in July
of two. So, on top of all of these allegations,
Karado has also been accused of violating wage laws UH
It's alleged that Karado was paying less than minimum wage
(07:44):
and oftentimes not paying the workers the entirety of their
wages earned UM and in December twenty two, Colorado spoke
with Washington Blade News and said, this is a persecution.
At the end of the day, I'm interested in people
knowing all these things because I am a human rights
activist and what is happening to Ruby Corrado should be
an alarm for any human rights defender. So I'm not
(08:05):
really sure where the case is at I believe she's
still in El Savador at this point, at one point
from July too. I think just recently they couldn't find
her and they finally were able to reach her. There
has been a lot of amendments to this allegation, adding
new charges, so we'll see what happens. But as of today,
Casta Ruby does not exist. Makes me really sad because
(08:27):
it's lost a lot for its intent and losing a
resource like that which was held as something amazing and new. UM.
To see it fall apart, it's really sad, especially for
those who could have used this type of help. Again,
we don't know what exactly happened. There's a lot of
allegations and we won't know probably for a little while um,
(08:48):
and so we'll keep an eye out. But we definitely
needed to report it because we did talk about her
amazing works and I don't think it should diminish what
she went through and her original intent. I don't think
it should have diminished up. But we have to acknowledge
when things fall apart, people have to be held accountable. Yes,
absolutely absolutely, UM. So we'll be keeping an eye on
(09:11):
that as well, and listeners, you can keep an eye
out for some more of our updates in the part
two of this episode, and also for future segments. If
you have any ideas who we should highlight, please let
us know. You can email us at Stephanie mom Stuff
at iHeart media dot com. You can find us on
Twitter at moms of podcast or Instagram and stuff I
Never Told You. Thanks as always to our super producer, Christina. Oh,
(09:34):
thank you Christina, and I'm so sorry. We often apologize
for christ and thanks to you for listening stuff on
our Told production by Heart Radio. For more podcast in
my Heart Radio, you can check out the radio about
podcast or where you listen to your favorite shows.
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