On the Frontlines
On the Frontlines is a weekly community program features stories of social justice, climate justice, and economic justice. On the Frontlines is hosted by Jill Mangaliman and Edgar Franks and supported by Front and Centered.
Jill Mangaliman is a community organizer and writer born and raised in Seattle. They serve on the national secretariat of BAYAN USA, an alliance of anti-imperialist Filipino grassroots organizations, and serve as chairperson of GABRIELA Seattle. Jill is also a founding board member of Front and Centered and Bush Garden karaoke host.
Edgar Franks is the Policy Director of Familias Unidas por la Justicia, an independent farmworker union with over 500 members across Washington State. The son of farmworkers, Edgar grew up in the fields of Mount Vernon and spends most of his time in Skagit Valley, organizing and reading comic books.
Front and Centered is a statewide coalition of over seventy community organizations that represent and are staffed by frontline communities in Washington State. Front and Centered resists climate justice with a grassroots approach and under the framework of a Just Transition.
On the Frontlines
Latest Episodes
People Over Profit, No to APEC!
The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum is coming to Seattle in August. But what is APEC, and why are some of Front and Centered's coalition members and allies organizing a countersummit against it?Jill and Edgar talk with Ca...
Earth Deserves More Than a Day Special
Jill and Edgar return to kick off Season 3 of On the Frontlines with a special live recording at Columbia City Theater in South Seattle!Recorded during Front and Centered's week of programming for their
International Human Rights Day: Breaking Down the World Cup and More
For this special episode of On the Frontlines, Jill and Edgar are joined by Donna Denina of the International Women's Alliance and
Crash #COP27: Time for the Autopsy
Now that Edgar is back in Washington, what's next for movement leaders who went to COP27, such as those in the It Takes Roots coalition? How do international agreements at the COP a...
Crash #COP27: We Ran Into Jay Inslee
For this installment, Jill checks in with Edgar during his last day of crashing COP27 to talk about some final updates before Edgar heads home, including the fact that Edgar ran into Governor Jay Inslee.Edgar tells us about the r...
