by TEAM APEN | Sep 20, 2021 | Stories
Please see the statement below by Vivian Yi Huang, APEN’s new incoming Co-Director, about Miya Yoshitani’s transition out of her role as Executive Director and Vivian’s vision for APEN. ** In my time working with Miya, I’ve learned a lot from her...
by TEAM APEN | Sep 17, 2021 | Oakland, Safe, Stable, and Affordable Housing, Stories
All of us deserve to walk down the street without looking over our shoulders for fear of being attacked – to go to work, drop off our kids at school, get groceries, and gather with friends without fear of being assaulted or worse. Earlier this year, after...
by TEAM APEN | Jun 1, 2021 | Climate Resilience, Los Angeles, Media, Mobilizing the Power of Asian Voters, Oakland, Power to the Frontlines, Richmond, Safe, Stable, and Affordable Housing, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Statewide, Stories
Grist: From pollution to policing, this Asian-American group is expanding environmental justice in the Bay Area Asian Pacific Environmental Network members work at a community event. Courtesy of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network By Adam Mahoney Sandy Saeteurn...
by TEAM APEN | Apr 26, 2021 | Media, Oakland, Safe, Stable, and Affordable Housing, Stories
KQED: Public Safety for Asian Americans Starts with Nurturing Our Communities Visitacion Valley neighbors gather to honor Yik Oi Huang, a grandmother who passed away after being attacked in 2019. They hope to rename their local park after her, and have been working to...
by TEAM APEN | Jan 29, 2021 | Media, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Statewide, Stories
LA Times: With Democrats in power, an emboldened environmental movement confronts them Miya Yoshitani, executive director of the Oakland-based group Asian Pacific Environmental Network, has been part of California’s growing environmental justice movement. (Gary...
