Community Voz

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

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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 the fields to join the tour and spread awareness about the Farm Workforce Modernization Act. Help make their participation in the tour possible  by making a one-time donation today! Donations are also needed to cover the costs of venues, materials, housing and food. Donate here.

The current Brazilian election runoff between Lula and Bolsonaro is one of the most crucial elections in the world. At stake is not only the future of the Amazonian rainforest and the Indigenous people who live there, but also the future of democracy in Latin America. Ballot locationsfor Brazilians in diaspora in the US are extremely limited. As Aline mentions in this podcast, she will have to go to Washington D.C. to cast her ballot. You can provide solidarity support for this local peace and justice organizer by contributing to her Venmo @Aline-Prata.

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Promotoras de comunidad a comunidad tienen una platica sobre violencia doméstica.

Canciones en este episodio:
Mujer Valiente de Janet Aponte
Equivocada de Thalia

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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 specific examples of grassroots liberation in Mexico through community based self determination, self defense, and autonomy.

Learn more about the book here

Check out these films directed by Simón Sedillo:
Caminando Hacia la Autonomia
Celebrating Seven Years of Self-Governance in Cherán, Michoacán

Songs in this episode:
Nothing Good by Malo BRIDGADE
Mountains by Sendai Era
Y Va Caer by Rebel Diaz

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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's Going On by Marvin Gaye

photo credit: Alfredo Juarez

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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 this episode:
Under Pressure by Queen

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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 Três Raças by Clara Nunes
Asa Branca by Luiz Gonzaga
Pido la Paz by Rosa Martha Zarate Macías

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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 the continued struggle of immigrant detention and deportation. Following the vigil at city hall, community went into the building and strung the strands of butterflies up as gift to city hall, symbolizing unity and solidarity. We have asked that city hall keep the butterflies on display until after Artwalk on September 3rd, but have received no confirmation that they will. If you live in Bellingham, go see the installation at City Hall before it is gone!

Songs in this episode:
Sukuyaki by Selena
Sacar la Voz by Ana Tijoux

photo credit: Lorenzo Huerta

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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 display as part of Augment Seattle at 9th & Thomas building in South Lake Union, 234 9th Ave N, Seattle, 98109. More info here

More info on Emerging Radiance here

Watch the Day of Remembrance 80th Anniversary Virtual Program Honoring the Nikkei Farmers of Bellevue film here

Follow on Instagram: @emergingradiance @taniikeda @michellekumata

Songs in this episode:
Posing for Cars by Japanese Breakfast
Butterflies by Sen Morimoto

Photo credit: ARTXIV

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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

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