by TEAM APEN | Oct 24, 2019 | Climate Resilience, Issues, Statewide, Stories
There is a need to better characterize and promote the notion of community resilience as part of broader adaptation strategies toward a vision that is deeply rooted in climate justice and equity. Various sectors are already implementing climate adaptation programs,...
by TEAM APEN | Oct 8, 2019 | Stories
Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) grew from a seed of an idea at the First National People of Color Environmental Justice Leadership Summit in 1991. For decades, working class communities of color around the country had been organizing locally to stop big...
by TEAM APEN | Aug 28, 2019 | Richmond, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Stories
Remembering the 2012 Richmond Refinery Fire Seven years ago this month, in August 2012, a massive fire at the Chevron refinery in Richmond covered the city in toxic smoke and sent 15,000 local residents to the hospital. APEN’s Political Director, Laiseng Saechao, was...
by TEAM APEN | Jul 26, 2019 | Climate Resilience, Richmond, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Stories
Jenna Saefong and Akash Singh lead an APEN Academy session. The first time I really thought about making social change was in elementary school. It was a few months after a local neighborhood watch member murdered Trayvon Martin. On my walk home from school, I saw...
by TEAM APEN | May 24, 2019 | Mobilizing the Power of Asian Voters, Oakland, Statewide, Stories
by Karen Yeung, APEN Civic Engagement Coordinator May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, when we take time to celebrate Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. From the first Asian American and Pacific Islander immigrants to the newcomers, all yearn...
