We all deserve a healthy and clean environment where our communities can thrive.
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What’s New
Miya Yoshitani receives the 2020 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award
This week, The James Irvine Foundation announced that our Executive Director, Miya Yoshitani, was named a 2020 Leadership Award recipient.
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Why I support Schools and Communities First
When I first began volunteering for APEN, I learned that a lot of people are unable to live in a safe and healthy environment. This is what motivated me to join APEN after I graduated — to fight for a better living environment for everyone.
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#ReclaimOurPower: Join APEN in calling Governor Newsom today
The time is now to #ReclaimOurPower! For years, our communities have borne the brunt of a corporate utility that values profit over our lives. Together, we are fighting to put an end to the power shutoffs, fires, multibillion-dollar bailouts for investors and...
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For over two decades, APEN has been building the power of Asian immigrant and refugee communities on the frontlines of fighting big polluters.
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We need long-term volunteers who:
- Are fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, Mien, Khmu, or Lao or
- Have professional filmmaking, photography and/or graphic design skills or
- Are from the Oakland Chinatown or Richmond’s Southeast Asian communities
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