Community Voz

C2C is located on the lands of the Coast Salish people. Today and everyday we honor the struggle of Indigenous peoples against colonialism and systemic racism. We stand in solidarity with those who demand justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women. We must also include Black Indigenous, African Indigenous, and Indigenous people from all over the world. Here in our counties, as in many other places, the majority of farmworkers are indigenous to the southern lands, migrating to survive colonialism.

In this episode of Community Voz, Rosalinda Guillen, Henry Bennett, Brenda Bentley, and Liz Darrow discuss ancestry, accountability, and the white supremacist structures that continue to exclude indigenous people and black and brown people from participation.

Recommended viewing with this episode:
Performance for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Music in this episode:
We Are Circling by Buffy Sainte-Marie
Salish Son by Salish Son
Land Back by A Tribe Called Red

Full Transcript of Chief Seattle's Address at the 1854 Treaty Signing

Artwork by Soni López-Chávez @soni_artist

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C2C Promotoras discuss the intersection of capitalism and systemic oppression in education, the workplace, and the homes of BIPOC.

audio in this episode:
Bodies Upon the Gears - speech by Mario Savio at UC Berkley in October 1964
Campesino Soy - Los Tigres Del Norte
Farewell - Naomi Wachira

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Volunteers are a crucial part of the work that Community to Community Development accomplishes. We've been missing our volunteers since we are not meeting regularly in person, so we decided to invite them to do a podcast. We have so many dedicated volunteers and many of them were not able to be on this show, so we hope to do another one in the future! In this episode, Eleazar Cayax Funes, Sage Fairman, Abby Ernest-Beck, and Maddi Parvankin talk about their experiences volunteering with C2C and what they've been up to lately.

Songs in this episode:
Volunteers by Jefferson Airplane
It Isn't Nice by Malvina Reynolds
Sua Alma by Skinshape and D'Alma
Nine Pound Hammer by Merle Travis (performed by Townes Van Zandt)
Jayou by Jurassic 5

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The C2C promotoras in Whatcom & Skagit counties provide Support, Solidarity and Service with farmworkers, immigrants, and their families. In this episode, several promotoras share some favorite songs with us. Follow and support the work that C2C promotoras are doing in the community. For more information contact us www.facebook.com/c2cpromotoras

Songs in this episode:
Los Caminos de la Vida by Los Diablitos
Caminos de Michoacan by Ricardo Amador
La de Mochila Azul by Pedrito Fernandez
Hakuna Matata by  Jason Weaver, Ernie Sabella, Nathan Lane, Joseph A. Williams
Me Enamorado de un Fantasma by Liberación
Como la Flor by Selena
Campfire Song Song by Dan Povenmire, Michael Culross, Jr., Jay Lender, Michael Walker, Carl Williams
La Gente Me Dice Que Soy un Loco by Mateo Reyes
Tu forma De Ser by Alberto and Roberto
Agua by J Balvin
Mi Niña by Ozuna
Mujeres by Julieta Venegas
Un Derecho de Nacimiento by Natalia Lafourcade

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In the sixteen years that C2C has been working for farmworker justice, we have never endorsed a single candidate for elected office. Rosalinda Guillen and Liz Darrow discuss the reasons for that, and why this year is different.

Songs in this episode:
The Revolution by Tree 63
Proletariat Blues by Blue Scholars
No No Keshagesh by Buffy Sainte Marie
Another World is Possible by Jeffrey L. Richardson

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While doing research for a paper on agriculture and labor justice, college student Carlos Morales stumbled across our podcast. After listening to several episodes, he contacted us with some more questions. We thought he might not be the only community member with questions, so we made it into a podcast. In this episode, C2C leadership Australia Hernandez Cosby and Liz Darrow have a conversation with Carlos Morales.

songs in this episode:
Mi Gente by Fania All-Stars
Djobi Djoba by Gipsy Kings

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In this episode, leadership from C2C are grateful to have Cecilia DeLeon and Edgar Franks on the show to talk about their memories of Camp Zapata and the struggle for worker's rights moving forward. View the visual companion here.

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Rosalinda Guillen from Community to Community Development and Edgar Franks from Familias Unidas por la Justicia discuss the history of the workers' struggle for protection against exploitation and unsafe living conditions on farms in the Pacific Northwest.

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C2C team members are taking turns recording shows focused on music from their childhood and teen years. In this week's podcast, Rosalinda Guillen shares music and experiences from her life as a young migrant farmworker.
View the visual companion to this episode here.

Songs in this episode:
No Salgas Niña al la Calle by Trio Tariacuri
El Barzón by Amparo Ochoa
El Cielito Lindo by Trío Guardianes de la Huasteca
Las Mañanitas by José Mendoza con Trio San Pedro
String Serenade No. 13 in G major by Mozart
Summertime by Ella Fitzgerald
Callejon sin Salida by Los Relampagos Del Norte
Mis dos Patrias by Los Tigres del Norte
Wooly Bully by Sam and the Pharoahs
La Bamba by Ritchie Valens
Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison
Twist and Shout by The Beatles
Piece of My Heart by Janis Joplin
Louie Louie by The Kingsmen
Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix Experience
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones

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Brenda Bentley and Liz Darrow from C2C discuss the first meeting of the Immigration Advisory Board with Marisol Chapina from Raid Relief to Reunite Families. The Immigration Advisory Board was formed by Ordinance No. 2019-11-033 after nearly three years of vigils asking for transparency and community oversight of the City of Bellingham's interactions with ICE.

You can listen to full audio of the first Immigration Advisory Board meeting, which took place on June 23rd, 2020, here.

Songs in this episode:
Sopa de Caracol by Banda Blanca
I'm Bored by Iggy Pop
I Fought the Law by Dead Kennedys

Original artwork for this episode by Kelly Hoekema

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