For the lead-up to Earth Day 2023, Front and Centered is partnering with Rainier Avenue Radio and Social Justice Film Festival once more to present a week-long program of events!
Our “Earth Deserves More Than a Day” program will highlight our coalition members’ commitment to climate justice. Join us throughout the week for an exciting schedule of both in-person and virtual events showcasing the local and global efforts of our frontline communities to defend and honor Mother Earth, including:
- social justice films;
- radio interviews;
- kitchen table conversations with the community featuring special guests;
- live and virtual panel discussions; and
- a multimedia exhibit at the theater.
We’ll end the week with a community mixer and film showing on Friday, April 21, where you’ll also be able to get an update on our 2023 legislative agenda as well as a preview of various Earth Day events happening across the state.
Stay tuned for more details on how to participate and sign up for each event we have to offer!
Monday, April 17, 2023
- 10 AM: Earth Deserves More Than A Day Kick Off featuring Aurora Martin of Front and Centered hosted by Tony B
Links to Watch/Listen:
https://youtube.com/live/
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763798441802497 RAR Twitch/Twitter accounts, RAR App & RAR website
- 11 AM: South Sound Connections featuring Will Chen & Meagan Dwyer of ECOSS hosted by Tony B
Links to Watch/Listen:
https://youtube.com/live/
pSASdi3a4T4 https://facebook.com/
518755850472061 RAR Twitch/Twitter accounts, RAR App & RAR website
- 12 PM video shorts and discussion: TBD from Nurturing Roots hosted by Aurora Martin
Links to Watch/Listen:
https://youtube.com/live/
IBOr4j5Uwg0 https://facebook.com/
202638579139819 RAR Twitch/Twitter accounts, RAR App & RAR website
- 3 PM: Kitchen Table Conversations: Stories from Pasifika Communities featuring Utopia WA & PIHBWA
Links to Watch/Listen:
https://youtube.com/live/
oqaJYh3RQ_A https://facebook.com/
742616920662192 RAR Twitch/Twitter accounts, RAR App & RAR website
- 5 PM feature short films: Poems and Stories from Oceania (Afterearth, Rise, Anointed, Islands Dropped from a Basket, Fishbone Hair, and Tell Them)
Links to Watch/Listen:
https://youtube.com/live/
S2HOOpzRFEg https://facebook.com/
604882681279199 RAR Twitch/Twitter accounts, RAR App & RAR website


Tuesday, April 18, 2023
- 10 AM: Indigenous Perspectives on Climate Justice featuring Na'ah Illahee Fund & Young Warrior Society
Links to Watch/Listen:
https://youtube.com/live/
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1245613012999432 RAR Twitch/Twitter accounts, RAR App & RAR website
- 11 AM: Street Beat 84 featuring King County Public Health Officer Dr. Jeff Duchin hosted by Tony B - 4/18 @ 11a (pre-recorded)
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- 11:30 AM: Environmental Justice Across Borders hosted by Isabel Carrera Zamanillo of Front and Centered (webinar and panel)
Links to Watch/Listen:
https://youtube.com/live/
mOTMV8wTqmU https://facebook.com/
748636983428546 RAR Twitch/Twitter accounts, RAR App & RAR website
- 1 PM: On the Frontlines 1 featuring Michelle Kumata & Tani Ikeda
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- 3 PM: What is Agroecology? (Q&A with Adasha Turner of Modest Family Solutions)
Links to Watch/Listen:
https://youtube.com/live/
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2098351283687784 RAR Twitch/Twitter accounts, RAR App & RAR website
- 5 PM feature documentary film: Necessity: Climate Justice and the Thin Green Line hosted by Aurora Martin & Sam Hampton
Links to Watch/Listen:
https://youtube.com/live/
fvTytzChUa0 https://facebook.com/
2332018860312240 RAR Twitch/Twitter accounts, RAR App & RAR website

Wednesday, April 19, 2023
- 10 AM: Youth Today Leading Tomorrow featuring NiRae Petty of Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle
Links to Watch/Listen:
https://youtube.com/live/-
DgJYXWzSew https://facebook.com/
1266108987329004 RAR Twitch/Twitter accounts, RAR App & RAR website
- 11:30 AM: Global African Initiative featuring Yalonda Sinde of the Global African Community (webinar and panel)
Links to Watch/Listen:
https://youtube.com/live/
cPn9lkGRcQo https://facebook.com/
132318196387196 RAR Twitch/Twitter accounts, RAR App & RAR website
1 PM: On The Frontlines 2: Fighting Nuclear with Tara Villalba hosted by Edgar Franx & Jill Mangaliman
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- 3 PM: Saving Our Forests featuring Zephyr Elise and Julianne Gale of Mason County Climate Justice
Links to Watch/Listen:
https://youtube.com/live/
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1411915489559629 RAR Twitch/Twitter accounts, RAR App & RAR website
- 5 PM SPECIAL EVENT: Youth Radio Takeover featuring kids from Front and Centered members & Seattle Public Schools (for the in-person option, you need to register for this event)
Links to Watch/Listen:
https://youtube.com/live/i_p637ycQNQ
https://facebook.com/189940506716389
RAR Twitch/Twitter accounts, RAR App & RAR website
Thursday, April 20, 2023
- 10 AM: Organizing for Transit Justice featuring Chrissy Shimizu of Puget Sound Sage hosted by James Lee
Links to Watch/Listen:
https://youtube.com/live/_
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237144828797294 RAR Twitch/Twitter accounts, RAR App & RAR website
- 11 AM: Ramps to Nowhere" hosted by Rebecca Rosado of Front and Centered - 4/20
Links to Watch/Listen:
https://youtube.com/live/
27IOOphkDz0 https://facebook.com/
173321482291600 RAR Twitch/Twitter accounts, RAR App & RAR website
1 PM: On The Frontlines 3: Never Again! Never Forget Martial Law! w/ Ka Rene & Josie hosted by Edgar & Jill
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- 2 PM: Breaking Ground on Transportation Justice featuring BIPOC Mobility Action Coalition hosted by Sierra - 4/20
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- 3 PM: The Intersection of Black Liberation & Environmental Justice featuring Black Farmers Collective
Links to Watch/Listen:
https://youtube.com/live/
https://facebook.com/
- 5 PM "Promised Land" hosted by Aurora, Sam & Ken Workman of Duwamish Tribe
Links to Watch/Listen:
https://youtube.com/live/bwgfYT6zg4w
https://facebook.com/1612558019238823
Friday, April 21, 2023
- 1 PM: Live Episode hosted by Jill Mangaliman of Front and CenteredLinks to Watch/Listen:
- 3 PM: Kitchen Table Conversations featuring Plant Based Food Share & Nurturing Roots hosted by Rebecca - 4/21 @ 3p
Links to Watch/Listen:
"The Doctrine of Recovery" with Director Brišind - 4/21 @ 5p
Links to Watch/Listen:
https://youtube.com/live/
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