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: We Ran Into Jay Inslee
For this installment, Jill checks in with Edgar during his last day of crashing COP27 to talk about some final updates before Edgar heads home, including the fact that Edgar ran into Governor Jay Inslee.
Edgar tells us about the run-in, why the governor was in Sharm El Sheikh, and his experience seeing Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the newly reelected President of Brazil, give a speech. Jill and Edgar then share some brief reflections on what the real solutions to climate change are, at the close of a global conference teeming with false solutions.
Recorded on November 16, 2022. Crash #COP27 is a special season of On the Frontlines.
Music:
Maximalism by Punch Deck | https://soundcloud.com/punch-deck
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