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Jun 24
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368: What if you were the only one left ...

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A young girl's world shatters when one night, her mother’s stalker, who has threatened to annihilate her family, walks into her home with a loaded gun.

Today’s episode featured Fallon Farinacci. You can reach out to her via email at contact@fallonfarinacci.com. 

Find Fallon on Instagram and TikTok @fallonfarinacci

Find out more about Fallon at www.fallonfarinacci.com. A proud Red River Métis, Fallon is a Speaker, Survivor, & Advocate for MMIWG (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls). Fallon has cultivated an incredible community and uses her online platform to share her story, give back to the Indigenous community, and raise awareness for causes and organizations close to her heart. Fallon testified in the National Inquiry for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, sharing her story of loss and trauma. Later, Fallon joined The National Family Advisory Circle, where she worked closely with other MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ family members and the Commissioners for the National Inquiry. Fallon continues to share her family’s story & bring awareness to the ongoing Genocide Indigenous women, girls 2S+ folx face in hopes of bringing change & awareness across Turtle Island. 

A special thanks to Maya Samuels for bringing our attention to this devastating story.

Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Cathy Sitzes

Content/Trigger Warnings: stalking, home invasion, death by gun, suicide by gun, suicide, racism, colonization, genocide, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, explicit language

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Intro Music: “Sleep Paralysis” - Scott Velasquez

Music Bed: Union Flow

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