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In part two of this story from Seedcast, hear how Marciano Sanchez went from farmworker to union organizer, and how important language, culture and community were in his success. Also hear from Edgar Franks, political director at Familias Unidas por la Justicia.

Hear the story of Mixteco and Triqui farmworkers fighting for better work conditions on the homelands of the Upper Skagit and Stillaguamish peoples. Seedcast podcast host Jessica Ramirez introduces us to Marciano Sanchez, who is originally from Oaxaca, Mexico and started working in the berry fields of Skagit County when he was 10.

In a conversation with Seedcast podcast executive producer Tracy Rector, Nia Tero CEO and founder Peter Seligmann talks about his German ancestry, what it means to be an ally and why he founded Nia Tero.

Inye Wokoma is an artist, journalist, filmmaker and co-founder of a community art space called Wa Na Wari. Wokoma talks to Seedcast podcast producer Felipe Contreras about what it means to be Indigenous and part of a diaspora.

KNKX All Things Considered host Ed Ronco spoke with Nia Tero's Seedcast podcast host Jessica Ramirez and producer Felipe Contreras about their Indigenous experiences.

"All the workers our union represents are either Mixteco or Triqui from Oaxaca and Guerrero in Mexico, Indigenous to their regions, though not to the soil they work on...farmworkers bring to the land much more than their back-breaking labor: They bring skill, care, and generational knowledge." - Edgar Franks