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
Crash #COP27: The History of the COP with José Bravo
Crash #COP27 comes to you with a special feature episode! For this installment, Edgar is joined by José Bravo, Executive Director of the Just Transition Alliance, for a wide-ranging interview.
José, who served on the drafting committee for The Principles of Environmental Justice (1991), tells Edgar about his personal history, connecting it to the history of the environmental justice movement itself. He also breaks down the harm inflicted by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the origins of the Just Transition framework , the meaning of the term "frontline," and the history of the COP.
Recorded on November 8, 2022. Crash #COP27 is a special season of On the Frontlines.
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