by TEAM APEN | Jan 15, 2021 | Featured front-page updates, front-page-updates, Issues, Location, Richmond, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Stories
We are honoring the lives of Mr. Thongsoun Phuthama and his wife, Boua Vanvilay, who passed away from COVID-19 on December 22 and 25th respectively. Thoungsoun and Boua were both active leaders in Richmond’s Laotian community, and their passing, amidst so much other...
by TEAM APEN | Dec 16, 2020 | Climate Resilience, Featured front-page updates, front-page-updates, Issues, Location, Power to the Frontlines, Richmond, Safe, Stable, and Affordable Housing, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Stories, Uncategorized
A New Generation in Richmond by Denny Khamphanthong, Richmond Community Organizer, APEN I still remember the first time I learned about APEN. It was a cold, drizzly September morning in San Francisco during the People’s March for Climate, Jobs and Justice in 2018. I...
by TEAM APEN | Nov 10, 2020 | Climate Resilience, Featured front-page updates, front-page-updates, Issues, Location, Mobilizing the Power of Asian Voters, Oakland, Power to the Frontlines, Richmond, Safe, Stable, and Affordable Housing, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Statewide, Stories, Uncategorized
Elections 2020: When We Organize, We Win. When we organize, we win. This election was proof that when our communities come together, when we build power from the bottom-up that is rooted in working-class communities and communities of color, we can win real victories...
by TEAM APEN | Jun 19, 2020 | Events, Mobilizing the Power of Asian Voters, Opportunities, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Statewide, Stories
We at APEN are keeping up the pressure to pass Schools and Communities First, a ballot measure this November that would restore $12 billion in funding for our schools, parks, and local services. These life-saving investments would directly benefit working-class...
by TEAM APEN | Feb 19, 2020 | Mobilizing the Power of Asian Voters, Power to the Frontlines, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Statewide, Stories
This week, The James Irvine Foundation announced that our Executive Director, Miya Yoshitani, was named a 2020 Leadership Award recipient. The award comes with a grant of $250,000 to support APEN’s work to mobilize Asian immigrants and refugees to win groundbreaking...
by TEAM APEN | Jan 7, 2020 | Events, Richmond, Standing Up to Big Polluters
We’re getting ready to make history in Richmond — and we need your support! On January 14, we’re mobilizing to tell Richmond City Council to pass the No Coal in Richmond ordinance. For too long, Richmond families have been breathing toxic coal and petroleum coke...