The Moving Forward Network is a national network of over 50 member organizations that centers grassroots, frontline-community knowledge, expertise and engagement from communities across the US that bear the negative impacts of the global freight transportation system. MFN builds partnerships between these community leaders, academia, labor, big green organizations and others to protect communities from the impacts of freight. Its diverse membership facilitates an integrated and geographically dispersed advocacy strategy that incorporates organizing, communications, research, legal and technical assistance, leadership development and movement building. This strategy respects multiple forms of expertise and builds collective power.

A film by Ben Lauren, Hayley Manges, and Joseph Cox Featuring Alfie Rodriguez, Angie Balderas and Brenda Huerta Soto And made with the support of Brenda Huerta Soto and the People’s Collective for Environmental Justice.

Los Amigos de la Comunidad increases access for underserved communities throughout the Imperial Valley by building trust and forming meaningful connections. The organization educates community members on how to navigate systems that many of us take for granted, while helping government agencies understand how to better connect with and serve these communities.