by TEAM APEN | Sep 12, 2024 | Media, Mobilizing the Power of Asian Voters, Oakland, Safe, Stable, and Affordable Housing, Stories
The Oaklandside: Since Stop AAPI Hate, some Oakland Chinatown residents are rethinking crime prevention Community members shop for groceries in Oakland Chinatown on June 9, 2024. Credit: Amaya Edwards By Roselyn Romero and Momo Chang It was February 2021, and Oakland...
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 | Sep 3, 2024 | Media, Richmond, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Statewide, Stories
Politico: California city’s $550m deal with Chevron could be a national model for environmentalists By Will McCarthy RICHMOND, California — In mid-August, this Northern California city extracted a half-billion dollar payout from Chevron, one of the most powerful...
by Caitlyn He | Aug 21, 2024 | Climate Resilience, Oakland, Stories
70+ volunteers. 4 hours. 5,800 kits. 70+ volunteers. 4 hours. 5,800 emergency starter kits packed with life-saving essentials like flashlights, first aid kits and masks. We did that! Thank you to all of the volunteers, staff, members, and partner organizations who...
by Peggy Saika | May 28, 2024 | Richmond, Stories
I want to share a story about APEN’s first campaign Thirty years ago, APEN was created as a response to a call from the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit to build an Asian immigrant and refugee presence in the environmental justice...
by Ally Putthongvilai | May 22, 2024 | Richmond, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Stories
I was so nervous — but I spoke anyway. Here’s how to support youth leaders like me right now In early 2021, Chevron spilled hundreds of gallons of oil into the bay from their Richmond refinery – right on the waterfront, near where teenagers like me swim every day....
