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.
Episodes
People Over Profit, No to APEC!
Earth Deserves More Than a Day Special
International Human Rights Day: Breaking Down the World Cup and More
Crash #COP27: Time for the Autopsy
Crash #COP27: We Ran Into Jay Inslee
Crash #COP27: Is the COP Rigged?
Crash #COP27: What's the Price of a Whale?
Crash #COP27: Black and Indigenous Leaders Speak Out
Crash #COP27: Some Light Reading for John Kerry
Crash #COP27: Biden's False Solutions
Crash #COP27: Surveillance of Activists at the Conference of Profiteers
Crash #COP27: The History of the COP with José Bravo
Crash #COP27: Who's at COP27, and Who's Sidelined?
Crash #COP27: Say No to False Solutions!
Crash #COP27: COP27 Has Changed Sharm El Sheikh Forever
Crash #COP27: We're Heading to Sharm El Sheikh!
Never Again! Never Forget Martial Law! with Ka Rene and Josie
Wildfire Season and Organizing as the World Burns
Artivism and the Urgency of the Story with Michelle Kumata and Tani Ikeda
Let's Talk Just Transition! with Liz Darrow
Hoodwinked in the Hothouse with Ananda Lee Tan
Solidarity with Filipino Call Center Workers with Mylene Cabalona
Fighting Against Nuclear with Tara Villalba