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 7, 2020 | Climate Resilience, Statewide, Stories
Sorry, requests for APEN’s COVID-19 Emergency Community Stabilization Fund are temporarily suspended! Thank you for your interest in the fund. Within a week of the request form going live, we’ve received over 100 applications with requested needs totaling...
by Marie Choi | Mar 26, 2020 | Climate Resilience, Statewide, Stories
At APEN, we are adapting quickly to this time of rapid change and uncertainty: raising emergency funds to stabilize our communities, fighting for eviction moratoriums and debt forgiveness, and standing up to the rising tide of anti-Asian racism and violence. With...
by Clio | Mar 25, 2020 | Climate Resilience, Events, Oakland, Richmond, Statewide, Stories
We know that working class, undocumented, unhoused, disabled, elderly, immuno-compromised, and low-income community members will suffer the worst impacts of this ongoing pandemic—and that our physical distance from one another will pose new challenges to our...
by TEAM APEN | Feb 12, 2020 | Climate Resilience, Events, Power to the Frontlines, Statewide, Stories
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...
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,...
