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...
by TEAM APEN | Aug 28, 2019 | Richmond, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Stories
Remembering the 2012 Richmond Refinery Fire Seven years ago this month, in August 2012, a massive fire at the Chevron refinery in Richmond covered the city in toxic smoke and sent 15,000 local residents to the hospital. APEN’s Political Director, Laiseng Saechao, was...
by TEAM APEN | Jul 26, 2019 | Climate Resilience, Richmond, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Stories
Jenna Saefong and Akash Singh lead an APEN Academy session. The first time I really thought about making social change was in elementary school. It was a few months after a local neighborhood watch member murdered Trayvon Martin. On my walk home from school, I saw...
by laiseng | Dec 21, 2017 | Climate Resilience, Power to the Frontlines, Richmond, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Stories
Last summer, Richmond youth spent 6 weeks learning and taking action as part of our annual APEN Academy. Ten young people from ages 13-17 participated in workshops on everything from social and environmental justice to grassroots fundraising and communications.But...
