Community Voz

On Monday February 13th, approximately 20 workers began a work stoppage at Mt Baker Roofing Company after several workers were fired for bringing a list of complaints, including lack of access to bathrooms and drinking water, to their boss. Community to Community Development joined Familias Unidas por la Justicia along with many other allies and supporters on the picket line at the work stoppage....

In this episode, Rosalinda Guillen, Australia Tobon, and Liz Darrow discuss the corporate ag bill, SB 5476, which is yet another attempt to decimate farmworker overtime before it has even been fully implemented. If passed, SB 5476 would allow growers to choose any 12 week period to deny farmworkers overtime pay. THE DEADLINE TO OPPOSE THIS BILL IS THURSDAY FEB 9TH at 7 am. Sign in "Con"...

The 2023 state legislative session is underway. In this episode, Guillermo Rogel and Mariel Thuraisingham from Front and Centered talk with Liz Darrow about some of the legislation being proposed and how these policies will impact frontline communities. Watch the Front and Centered briefing on the 2023 Just Transition Agenda here . Read more about the 2023 Just Transition legislative agenda here ....

Welcome to Season 10 of CommunityVOZ! In this episode, we honor the life of Dr Martin Luther King Jr with a closer look at his speech The Three Evils of Society: Materialism, Capitalism and Racism. Community organizers Melissa Wisener, Markis Dee Stidham, Tara Villalba, Eve Smason-Marcus and Terrance Morris join us for conversations about how those evils are still as prevalent  today as they were...

En este programa, las promotoras de C2C hablan de tiempo extra y tambien un video poema, producido en colaboración con @California Institute for Rural Studies  el Colaborativo del Estudio de Campesinos en Tiempos de COVID (COFS por sus siglos en inglés) y Campesinos de los estados de California, Oregon, y Washington. Video Poema: Lo Que Merecemos Canciones en este programa: El Inmigrante (en Vivo)...

Un video poema, producido en colaboración con @California Institute for Rural Studies  el Colaborativo del Estudio de Campesinos en Tiempos de COVID (COFS por sus siglos en inglés) y Campesinos de los estados de California, Oregon, y Washington. Video Poemas ¡Nosotros, los sin papeles, somos importantes! ¡Nosotros, los sin papeles, somos importantes! (con lengua Mam) Lo que merecemos Eso no es nor...

In this episode, Liz Darrow talks with Maya Morales, founder of WA People's Privacy, about commercial surveillance, data security,  and legislation that would interrupt the sale of massive amounts of data to federal and law enforcement agencies. Songs in this episode: Watching Me by Jill Scott Surveillance Capitalism by Evan Greer Technologic by Daft Punk Support the show

In this episode, members of the Immigration Advisory Board reflect on the process of working with city government, the value of community input as data, and where we will go from here in the struggle to establish an immigrant resource center. Please join the community rally in support of a city funded immigrant resource center on Thursday November 17th at noon, Bellingham city hall. More informati...

In this episode, Liz Darrow talks with Tara Villalba, Homero Garrido and Australia Tobon - members of the Immigration Advisory Board who have been working to get the city of Bellingham to include an Immigrant Resource Center in the 2023-2024 city budget. Sign and share the petition to fund an immigrant resource center! Song in this episode: Profecia by Return of the Matriarch Support the show

In this episode, Liz Darrow talks with Edgar Franks about an upcoming statewide tour with Familias Unidas por la Justicia and Aline Prata about the super close election between Bolsanaro and Lula last week in Brazil. Songs in this episode: Negro Nagô by Banda Pj e Raiz AmarElo by Emicida Support the Farmworker Solidarity tour! Members of Familias Unidas por la Justicia are taking a week off from t...

Promotoras de comunidad a comunidad tienen una platica sobre violencia doméstica. Canciones en este episodio: Mujer Valiente de Janet Aponte Equivocada de Thalia Support the show

In this episode, Liz Darrow and Tara Villalba talk with author, filmmaker and community rights defense organizer Simón Sedillo about his new book, Weapons, Drugs and Money, a book which seeks to first: take an in-depth historical and contemporary look at crime and corruption in the US/Mexico military political economy, second: to demystify our understanding of neoliberalism, and third: to look at...

In this episode, Jill Mangaliman, Edgar Franks, and Liz Darrow discuss recent extreme air quality conditions in Western Washington, and organizing in communities while continuing to push for meaningful legislation to protect farmworkers and the working poor, who are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis. Songs in this episode: Tracks of My Tears by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles What...

In this episode, Liz Darrow talks with Edgar Franks and Alfredo Juarez about an action on August 26th in Olympia to demand that the governor declare a climate emergency as farmworkers continue to work long days in the heat. Sign the Food Chain Workers Alliance petition to oppose the Farm Workforce Modernization Act here . Read more about L&I's response to farmworker demands here . Song in...

In this episode Liz Darrow talks with Aline Prata from the Whatcom Peace and Justice Center about the the International Day of Peace, which coincides this year with the center's 20th anniversary celebration. Learn more about the celebration and register  here . View the entire conversation with Walidah Imarisha and Aaron Dixon referenced in this episode here . Songs in this episode: Canto Das...

On August 5th, 2022 dozens of community groups and allies gathered at City Hall in Bellingham for a vigil in honor of Honesto Silva Ibarra and to show support for a city-funded Immigrant Resource Center. During the previous month, immigrant families and allies folded thousands of origami butterflies in recognition of the anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and in solidarity with...

In this episode Jill Mangaliman and Edgar Franks from On the Front Lines join Liz Darrow for a conversation with filmmaker and creative director Tani Ikeda and artist Michelle Kumata about their project Emerging Radiance, which celebrates the untold stories of Nikkei farmers who lived in Bellevue from 1920–1942. "Emerging Radiance: Honoring the Nikkei Farmers of Bellevue" will be on disp...

In this episode, Rosalinda Guillen, Tara Villalba, Aline Prata and Liz Darrow talk about perspectives on migration, organizing for an immigrant resource center, and a community wide art project that you can take part in! Songs in this episode: El Derecho de Vivir en Paz by Victor Jara Pido a la Paz by Rosa Martha Zárate Macías Us by Ruby Ibarra Support the show

Hey! It's our first episode of Season 9! In this episode, Edgar Franks, Jill Mangaliman, and Liz Darrow talk about the Just Transition Framework and building solidarity with workers in rural communities. Many thanks to Rosa Martha Zárate Macías for providing the theme song for this season. Find more music from Rosa here . Songs in this episode: Calle 13 by Latinoamérica My Favorite Mutiny by...

In this episode, Edgar Franks from Familias Unidas por la Justicia and Jill Mangaliman from Front and Centered talk with Mylene Cabalona, president of BIEN (BPO Industry Employees Network) about the efforts of BIEN to organize call center workers in the Philippines and the need for international solidarity.  Mylene was visiting Seattle as part of the Kapit-Bisig Solidarity Tour. You can donate to...

Andrea Hernandez Romero, residente de Yakima y trabajadora agrícola habla con nuestra Promotora C2C, Australia Tobon, sobre las realidades de ser una trabajadora agrícola en nuestro sistema alimentario y el papel de los pesticidas. Discutimos cómo la conversación sobre los pesticidas no se trata solo de los productos químicos que ponemos en los alimentos, sino de las realidades de cómo los pestici...

In this episode Rosalinda Guillen talks with Ali Jensen of the Whatcom Food System Committee, Laura Ridenour of the Whatcom Food Network, Tina McKim from Birchwood Food Desert Fighters and Mike Cohen of the Bellingham Food Bank about the history of the Food System Committee and the efforts being made toward equitable and sustainable food access for all people living in Whatcom County. More informa...

Jill Mangaliman, co-host of From the Frontlines, joins Liz Darrow and Tara Villalba to talk about nuclear energy vs nuclear weapons. Songs in this Episode: Run Deep by Deva Mahal River by Leon Bridges Support the show

In this episode, members of the Immigration Advisory Board get out their decoder rings and try to figure out what exactly the city is asking them to do. Songs in this episode: Can I Kick It? by A Tribe Called Quest Cumbia Poder by Celso Piña Support the show

For many years, C2C has been advocating for a city funded Immigrant Resource Center.  On Monday, May 9th, representatives from the Immigration Advisory Board presented to the city council Committee of the Whole for the first time on the need for an immigrant resource center in our community . Following that presentation, the council voted 6-0 to move the Immigrant Resource Center forward.  In this...