by Aysha Pamukcu | Aug 2, 2023 | Stories
Why I’m proud to support APEN’s community visioning When I was a policy advocate, everything felt like an emergency. It was always ACT. DO. REACT. It was so rare that I’d have an opportunity to slow down enough to truly listen and check in with my...
by Janielle Torregosa | Jun 30, 2023 | Los Angeles, Stories
None of it would be possible without you! #APENLAunch Photos by Jireh Deng. Thank YOU for making our #APENLAunch a success! None of it would be possible without you! Thank you to the allies, friends, family, donors, vendors, APEN Oakland and Richmond members, and our...
by TEAM APEN | May 11, 2023 | Richmond, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Stories
Flowers for our Families Chanh and Manh’s family pose together for a photograph in Richmond, California. Chanh stands second to top right; her brother Manh stands closer to center, holding his son. This May, APEN elders and youth will unveil a mural that pays tribute...
by TEAM APEN | Feb 2, 2023 | Statewide, Stories
In 2022, we organized and hit the streets demanding justice. We won real changes for neighborhoods like ours throughout California. We expanded our organizing in working-class Asian immigrant and refugee communities, including to a new base in Los Angeles, while...
by Seng So | Dec 13, 2022 | Los Angeles, Stories
Why I came back to Southern California Over the last five years as an organizer with APEN, I’ve worked tirelessly to fight for justice for California’s Asian immigrant and refugee communities. At the heart of my work have always been three principles: community, love,...
by Vivian Yi Huang | Dec 8, 2022 | Statewide, Stories
What we won this year – and what comes next In 2022, our communities came together and demanded justice. Together, we won real changes for neighborhoods like ours throughout California and the world. In 2022, we turned out to the ballot box in Oakland and Richmond,...
