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
Artivism and the Urgency of the Story with Michelle Kumata and Tani Ikeda
Jill and Edgar join Liz Darrow of Community to Community (C2C), a Front and Centered member organization, for a conversation with filmmaker and creative director Tani Ikeda and artist Michelle Kumata. Tani and Michelle share stories about Emerging Radiance, their project that celebrates the untold stories of Nikkei farmers who lived in Bellevue from 1920 to 1942.
This episode was also published by CommunityVoz, C2C's ecofeminist radio show and podcast, on July 29, 2022.
Check out:
- Day of Remembrance: 80th Anniversary Virtual Program Honoring the Nikkei Farmers of Bellevue (23-minute video)
Find On the Frontlines at frontandcentered.org/podcast
