Jill Mangaliman is a queer, Filipino American writer and community organizer from Seattle, Washington. They are the executive director of Got Green, a grassroots environmental justice organization advocating for bottom-up community-led solutions to climate change. Mangaliman describes how the term “resilience” has become another form of greenwashing used by many businesses and government entities, arguing that communities of color and poor communities must take back this concept as the original experts of creating resilience through struggle. They discuss the need for leaders in Seattle to create a truly resilient green city for all, not just for wealthy individuals and corporations. Photo credit: Renotography/The Seattle Globalist
