by Marie Choi | Aug 13, 2020 | Richmond, Safe, Stable, and Affordable Housing, Stories
Over the past year, APEN member leaders Brandy Khansouvong and Sary Tatpaporn interviewed Laotian Americans in Richmond through the RichmondLAND Building Power Fellowship. Richmond is Home: Preventing a Second Displacement of Laotian Americans documents their...
by TEAM APEN | Jun 23, 2020 | Richmond, Stories
Photo by R.D. Lopez/Shots from Richmond The following list of demands was developed by the Richmond Our Power Coalition. Together, we are calling on the city of Richmond to Defund the Police and Invest in Black Lives. Historical Context Ku Klux Klan...
by TEAM APEN | Jun 19, 2020 | Events, Mobilizing the Power of Asian Voters, Opportunities, Statewide, Stories
We at APEN are keeping up the pressure to pass Schools and Communities First, a ballot measure this November that would restore $12 billion in funding for our schools, parks, and local services. These life-saving investments would directly benefit working-class...
by TEAM APEN | May 29, 2020 | Oakland, Richmond, Stories
APEN members at an International Women’s Day celebration in Oakland Chinatown, February 2020 Two months ago, as the shelter-in-place order first went into effect, we asked you to stand with our working-class immigrant and refugee communities by donating...
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...