We all deserve a healthy and clean environment where our communities can thrive.
Stand up for environmental justice.
We need to raise $55,000 by January 1st to fund our grassroots organizing in 2024. Will you chip in?
What’s New
A year in the life of an APEN leader
I want to tell you a little bit more about what it means to be an APEN leader – what the day-to-day of our community organizing looks like.
Celebrating community, together.
On Thursday, November 2, 2023, the State of California and the City of Oakland announced that $9.25m was being invested in the Lincoln Community Resilience and Recreation Center.
What does home feel like to you?
Our elder Chinatown leaders were eager to speak – and out of all the things they could have said, what they shared surprised me.
Our History
For over two decades, APEN has been building the power of Asian immigrant and refugee communities on the frontlines of fighting big polluters.
Rooted in
community.
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Sign up here for updates on APEN’s organizing and opportunities to get involved.
Stay Connected
Follow APEN on social media to stay up-to-date on our campaigns for environmental justice.
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.
