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
International Human Rights Day: Breaking Down the World Cup and More
For this special episode of On the Frontlines, Jill and Edgar are joined by Donna Denina of the International Women's Alliance and GABRIELA Seattle, as well as Liz Darrow of CommunityVoz Radio, for a conversation on human rights. They discuss why December 10 is International Human Rights Day, who gets to define what human rights are, and how the concept gets co-opted to justify war and other uses of force.
Jill, Edgar, Donna, and Liz also get into the human rights issues under the spotlight at the World Cup, currently taking place in Qatar, as well as the human rights concerns of associated athletic apparel companies like Adidas and Nike. Donna also invites listeners to an International Human Rights Day Peoples Forum and Teach-In, which will take place in Seattle on December 10.
Recorded in December of 2022.
Check out:
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations)
- What Was Liberalism? Part 1: Ideology & Violence (Philosophy Tube)
- International Human Rights Day Peoples Forum and Teach-In (Event happening December 10, 2022)
Find On the Frontlines at frontandcentered.org/podcast
