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...
by TEAM APEN | Sep 17, 2024 | Richmond, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Stories
Our 2024 Ballot Measure Endorsements This election, the stakes couldn’t be higher. While the presidential election is top of mind for many voters, in California working-class communities of color are leading bold campaigns for a better future – a future where all of...
by TEAM APEN | Sep 6, 2024 | Richmond, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Stories
“It was always our intention to set a precedent.” Richmond refinery communities made the front page of the internet this week with a Politico feature on our Polluters Pay campaign and the local organizing that made it possible. Read that article here....
by TEAM APEN | Jul 30, 2024 | Stories
APEN Night Market: Celebrating 30 Years Our APEN Night Market was a beautiful event – thank you to everyone who attended or supported our 30th anniversary celebration from afar! Together, we celebrated 30 years of grassroots organizing, power building, and...
by TEAM APEN | Feb 26, 2024 | Statewide, Stories
At the beginning of 2023, we decided we were going to do something different. Instead of focusing our energy on big external campaigns, we were going to dig deep with our membership, articulating a vision for the future rooted in our members’ lived experiences and...
