by TEAM APEN | Nov 3, 2021 | Media, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Statewide, Stories
East Bay Times Opinion: Cap and trade lets California’s biggest polluters off the hook By Amee Raval As many state lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s cabinet members join the U.N. global climate conference this week, they rightly face calls to take aggressive action on...
by Marie Choi | Jul 20, 2021 | Media, Press Releases
For Immediate Release July 20, 2021 Oakland Chinatown Coalition Statement on City Council’s Howard Terminal Vote OAKLAND, CA – Today, Oakland Chinatown Coalition issued the following statement in response to Oakland City Council’s vote...
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...
by TEAM APEN | Dec 27, 2020 | Media, Oakland, Richmond, Stories
SF Gate: How The Asian Pacific Environmental Network Built Trust Through Decades Of Organizing By Kate Selig A few years ago, the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN), a Bay Area environmental justice organization focusing on Asian immigrant and refugee...
