by TEAM APEN | Dec 9, 2025 | Blog, Events, Issues, Location, Los Angeles, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Statewide, Stories
Download the report here After years of asthma, sickness, and death for nearby residents, Los Angeles’ Phillips 66 refinery is on its way out. Now, frontline communities are counting on elected officials and responsible agencies to clean up refinery sites and ensure...
by TEAM APEN | Oct 7, 2025 | Los Angeles, Media, Press Releases, Uncategorized
Contact: Isa Flores-Jones, ifloresjones@apenaction.org Blake Marquez, blake.marquez@sunstonestrategies.org El Segundo, CA – On Thursday, residents of the South Bay felt their homes rocked by an explosion of heat and flames from the El Segundo Chevron refinery....
by TEAM APEN | Sep 18, 2025 | Blog, Stories
Beloved APEN Richmond leader, Kaelinh Saechao or “Kae” lived and organized with fearlessness, warmth and humor until her passing on August 3, 2025 at 92 years old. At APEN, we want to honor her many years of leadership and how much she meant to so many in our Richmond...
by TEAM APEN | Feb 24, 2025 | Statewide, Stories
Right now, billionaires and their cronies are dismantling our federal government; taking aim at working families, immigrants and LGBTQ people; and giving big corporations free rein to pollute our air and water. With this backdrop, it can be easy to forget to celebrate...
by TEAM APEN | Dec 3, 2024 | Stories, Uncategorized
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...
