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
My front row seat to the power of grassroots organizing
When I moved to Richmond 25 years ago, Chevron was so entrenched in Richmond’s politics that it was rumored that they had a desk in the city manager’s office. For ordinary folks—especially immigrant and refugee families—who lived here, the message back then was clear:...
Healthy Homes For Our Community | Equitable Building Decarbonization
Healthy Homes Together, APEN, our members, and working-class immigrant and refugee families across California have been fighting for quality, affordable, and healthy housing for all. APEN’s Healthy Homes advocacy is rooted in our vision of strong, sustainable local...
New Moon, New Year – A Lunar New Year Zine
In January, I began putting together a Lunar New Year zine with the hope of bringing celebration and light to our community of donors. We all had recently been shaken by devastating violence — the ICE killing of a father and community member in Los Angeles and the...
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.
Rooted in
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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.





