by TEAM APEN | May 18, 2020 | Climate Resilience, Statewide, Stories, Uncategorized
Crisis is a threat multiplier for inequality. Whether it’s a global pandemic, mass power shutoffs, or devastating wildfires, the impacts and risks are dramatically different depending on who you are and where you live. Climate Resilience bond proposals from the...
by TEAM APEN | Apr 14, 2020 | Oakland, Safe, Stable, and Affordable Housing, Stories
查看中文版本 (View in Simplified Chinese) What is the Oakland Evictions Moratorium? The Oakland Moratorium is currently the only real moratorium on evictions in the state of California. Here’s an overview of what it does: 1) It protects Oakland tenants from being evicted...
by TEAM APEN | Mar 9, 2020 | Stories
Childhood photo of Vivian. Yuri Kochiyama said, “ Life is not what you alone make it. Life is the input of everyone who touched your life and every experience that entered it. We are all part of one another.” As we celebrate the many amazing women who have made...
by TEAM APEN | Feb 19, 2020 | Mobilizing the Power of Asian Voters, Power to the Frontlines, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Statewide, Stories
This week, The James Irvine Foundation announced that our Executive Director, Miya Yoshitani, was named a 2020 Leadership Award recipient. The award comes with a grant of $250,000 to support APEN’s work to mobilize Asian immigrants and refugees to win groundbreaking...
by TEAM APEN | Feb 18, 2020 | Mobilizing the Power of Asian Voters, Oakland, Statewide, Stories
APEN Civic Engagement Coordinator Karen Yeung supervising an APEN canvasser My name is Karen, and I am APEN’s Civic Engagement Coordinator. When I first began volunteering for APEN, I learned that a lot of people are unable to live in a safe and healthy environment....
