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
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.
Land is Life: Three Lessons from Bai Bibyaon Ligkayan and the Lumad Community
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Our 2024 Ballot Measure Endorsements
California: here’s what you need to know about the ballot measures you can vote on in 2024.
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.