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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
Cooperativa Tierra y Libertad and How COVID Changed Everything
In this installment, Jill and Edgar discuss the Washington Futures Fund and the potential it has to help disrupt poverty in Washington State. They also reflect on Cooperativa Tierra y Libertad, a cooperative farm in Everson, and how COVID-19 has not only radically changed the way we think about work but also shone a bright light on issues frontline communities have been talking about for a long time. These include inequities that impact frontline community health during crises and the way that food sovereignty, land, and access to common spaces supports sustainable and thriving communities.
Recorded on May 27, 2022.
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