Community Voz

In this episode, Liz, Tara, Edgar, and Lucy discuss the ongoing rise in global temperatures, its effects on local and international communities, as well as how current discourse on mitigating climate change often leaves out marginalized perspectives. As we shift our attention from the climate doom mentality, we open ourselves up to discovering new possibilities.
Music from the episode:
My Island Home by Jessica Mauboy
Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys
Us by Ruby Ibarra
Further resource:
Rise: From One Island to Another

In this episode, CommunityVOZ producers Elias Lopez and Liz Darrow talk with Movement Support Team members Ana Sofia, Liam, Mimi, Isaac, and Kira about what brought them to C2C, their favorite moments so far as part of the team, and some of the struggles they have faced as a part of movement building. We also say a bittersweet farewell to our magnificent co-producer Elias Lopez, who has brought so much to this podcast over the past two years. Best of luck in your new adventures Elias!
Songs in this episode:
Early Summer by Ryo Fukui
A Horse with No Name by America

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When Biden ran for president he promised major immigration reform within the first 100 days of taking office. So far nothing even close to reform is on the table. American Friends Service Committee's Policy Engagement Coordinator, Peniel Ibe, returns to the show and brings with her AFSC Colorado's program director Jennifer Piper, AFSC New Hampshire's program coordinator, Grace Kindeke, National Korean American Service & Education Consortium's policy manager Michelle Liang and immigrant justice organizer at Minkwon Center for Community Action, Diana Woojung Park. In other words, this show is packed full of super smart organizers who have a lot to say about why Build Back Better must include immigrant relief in the form of updating the registry date to today (and beyond), and what happens when we normalize the presence of border patrol and immigration enforcement in our everyday lives. Also featuring a lively playlist brought to you by our guests.
More background info on Build Back Better here
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Tell your representatives to pass Build Back Better here
Demand citizenship for all here
Join NAKASEC for a weekly phone-dog here
Songs in this episode:
Dale Duro by Debajo del Agua
Uzutrap by Uzuhan feat Yetti Paints
Nguya na ngai by Kolinga
Brujas by Princess Nokia

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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 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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