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
Hoodwinked in the Hothouse with Ananda Lee Tan
For this special extended episode, Jill and Edgar are joined by Ananda Lee Tan, Strategy Advisor for the Just Transition Alliance, to discuss the Just Transition and Hoodwinked in the Hothouse, a zine about false solutions to climate change that was authored by the grassroots, veteran organizers, movement strategists, and thought leaders from across the climate and environmental justice movements.
Recorded on June 9, 2022.
Find On the Frontlines at frontandcentered.org/podcast
