by TEAM APEN | Feb 12, 2020 | Events, Power to the Frontlines, Statewide, Stories
The time is now to #ReclaimOurPower! For years, our communities have borne the brunt of a corporate utility that values profit over our lives. Together, we are fighting to put an end to the power shutoffs, fires, multibillion-dollar bailouts for investors and...
by TEAM APEN | Oct 24, 2019 | Climate Resilience, Issues, Statewide, Stories
Mapping Resilience PUBLISHED JUNE 2019 There is a need to better characterize and promote the notion of community resilience as part of broader adaptation strategies toward a vision that is deeply rooted in climate justice and equity. Various sectors are...
by TEAM APEN | Aug 23, 2019 | Climate Resilience, Statewide, Stories
APEN Senior Policy Researcher, Amee Raval hiking at Banff National Park, Alberta. This summer marks the two-year anniversary of my bike accident. I was biking to work, stopped in the bike lane at a major West Oakland intersection, waiting for the light to turn green,...
by TEAM APEN | May 24, 2019 | Mobilizing the Power of Asian Voters, Oakland, Statewide, Stories
by Karen Yeung, APEN Civic Engagement Coordinator May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, when we take time to celebrate Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. From the first Asian American and Pacific Islander immigrants to the newcomers, all yearn...
by TEAM APEN | May 15, 2019 | Statewide, Stories
A photo essay by Seng So, APEN State Organizer Forty-four years ago on April 17th, 1975, Khmer Rouge forces entered Cambodia’s capital seeking to implement an agrarian revolution. Families were torn apart and forced into labor camps throughout Cambodia’s countryside....
by TEAM APEN | May 9, 2019 | Mobilizing the Power of Asian Voters, Power to the Frontlines, Statewide, Stories
APEN Richmond Youth Leaders at the Solidarity to Solutions Summit. Photo by Megan Zapanta. The state capitol is not that far away, but sometimes, it feels like another planet — especially now that bills are entering Appropriations, one of the least transparent parts...
