Community Voz

In this episode, we chat with Isabella James, from Children of the Setting Sun Productions' Young & Indigenous podcast, about the ongoing work of CSSP, the use of land acknowledgments in our community, and our capacity to build lasting relationships between communities.

Check out the Young & Indigenous podcast here!

Book recommendation from this episode:
Jesintel by Children of the Setting Sun Productions

Music from this episode:
Sisters & Brothers by Khruangbin
El Camino de Mi Alma by Hermanos Gutierrez
Shiva Shankaram by Munay
Gente Aberta by Erasmo Carlos 

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Liz Darrow and Sophia Rey, two members of the Immigration Advisory Board, discuss the hypocrisy of local government and the use of the word "collaboration."
This episode is for those wanting an update on the struggle to fund an immigrant resource center in the city of Bellingham, as well as for those feeling exhausted by the labor of making change in a bureaucratic system that seeks to uphold the status quo. 

Music from this episode:
Tipping Strings by The Knights
Letter From Yokosuka by Nujabes

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En este episodio, las promotoras hablan sobre la Marcha Campesina 2023, sus experiencias, la caminata, y la gente del movimiento.

Canciones en este episodio:
Coplas de Arcadio Hidalgo de Los Folkloristas
Niños Campesinos de El Teatro Campesino
Justicia, Tierra y Libertad de Maná
Don't Put Me Down (If I'm Brown) de El Chicano 

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In this episode, Liz Darrow and Elias Lopez collect audio on the ground at the 2023 Marcha Campesina. Through an assortment of audio, the events of the day will unfold through interviews with attendees and organizers, as well as testimonies from workers.  

Here are a few important resources mentioned in the episode:

nogrocerymerger.com

Mount Baker Roofing - (360) 733 0191 
Call to demand they stop retaliating and working with union busters, and instead negotiate with workers to meet their needs.

John Paul Cevallos - (909) 561 3850
Call to demand dignity for workers and let the union busters know that we as a community are watching them.

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In this episode, Liz Darrow and Elias Lopez talk with Bellingham based community organizers about a new city-wide ordinance criminalizing public drug use that just went into effect. We analyze the disproportionate impacts this new ordinance will have on unhoused and BIPOC communities.

Referenced in this episode:
So You're Thinking About Becoming an Abolitionist by Mariame Kaba 
Give the Police Departments to the Grandmothers by Junauda Petrus

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In this episode, Liz Darrow and Elias Lopez talk with the C2C Artivism Team about the experience of making art for social change. Through the challenges and rewards, creativity never fails to strengthen community. 

Music from the episode:
Re Fresh by Common Market
System Virtue by Emma Paki
Les Fleurs by Minnie Riperton

Watch the CAGJ Art and Activism Webinar here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HLPj8JWoRM 

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In this episode, Jill Mangaliman from On the Frontlines reports back from a rally at Founders Day in Seattle and we talk with several workers at Starbucks for an update on contract negotiations and working conditions.

You can support the Relief Fund for PNW Starbucks Workers here.

Learn more about Starbucks Workers United here.

Listen to Hailey's picket line playlist here.

Songs in this episode:
Voulez Vous by Abba
Shoop by Salt n Pepa

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Una delegación de campesin@s con las Promotoras de Whatcom y Skagit participaron en el décimo año del tribunal campesin@. Las promotoras de C2C reflejan sus experiencias y hacen un repaso de este gran evento.

Canciones en este programa:
De Paisano a Paisana de Los Tigres del Norte
Lágrimas Del Corazón de Grupo Montéz de Durango
Mariposa de Barrio de Jenni Rivera

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The 10th annual Farmworker Tribunal took place in Olympia, WA on March 14th, 2023. In this episode, co-producers Elias Lopez and Liz Darrow discuss some of the traditions observed at this tribunal and play for you audio from the tribunal itself, including declarations from farmworkers and reactions from witnesses who came to observe and commit to supporting the next ten years of farmworker organizing in Washington State.

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