We all deserve a healthy and clean environment where our communities can thrive.
We need to invest in grassroots organizing now more than ever.
In the coming years, we have our work cut out for us — and we need your support.
What’s New
We deserve gardens, not refineries
I want to see people healthy. There are so many refineries around critical areas in our city like schools and hospitals, leaving many of us with health problems such as cancer, asthma, and cardiovascular issues. We didn’t choose to live in these conditions, and we deserve better.
2024 timeline
What a year! 2024 has been a difficult year for working-class immigrant and refugee communities like ours — and we're hard at work gearing up for the fights ahead. However — for our members across California, 2024 was also full of victories, powerful and brave...
The antidote to fear is grassroots organizing.
Organizing is about having intentional conversations with your neighbor or coworker, even if you don’t agree with them about everything – because you know that through connection, you can find shared values and begin to work toward a shared vision for the future.
Our History
For over three decades, APEN has been building the power of Asian immigrant and refugee communities on the frontlines of fighting big polluters.
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Support Our Work
With your support, we can build a world where all our communities can thrive.
Build power with APEN by donating today.
Together, we are stronger than the crises that threaten us.
We need long-term volunteers who:
- Are fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, Mien, Khmu, or Lao or
- Have professional filmmaking, photography and/or graphic design skills or
- Are from the Oakland Chinatown or Richmond’s Southeast Asian communities
Join the Fight!
Build power and build community by volunteering for APEN’s events and campaigns.
