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: Some Light Reading for John Kerry
NOTE: We had some connectivity issues while recording this podcast, so you may hear some choppy audio at some points. Apologies!
For this installment of Crash #COP27, Edgar tells Jill about his first day in COP27's Blue Zone, including meeting Dr. Robert Bullard (the "Father of Environmental Justice") and participating in an action honoring and drawing attention to those incarcerated for defending the environment and other prisoners of conscience.
This episode also touches on the connection between resource extraction and the extraction of people of color from their communities by carceral policies, as well as the deliberately alienating atmosphere maintained inside the COP. Also, our friend Ananda Lee Tan (from Season 1 of On the Frontlines) apparently gave John Kerry an important piece of literature!
Recorded on November 10, 2022. Crash #COP27 is a special season of On the Frontlines.
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