by Miya Yoshitani | May 8, 2024 | Richmond, Stories
My first day at APEN in 1996 Right now, young people across the country are taking over streets and campuses in solidarity with Gaza, demanding accountability and justice. Once again, young people are leading the fight for a future where all communities are healthy,...
by TEAM APEN | Feb 7, 2024 | Media, Oakland, Richmond, Stories
KQED: From Richmond to Gaza: Bay Area Environmentalists Speak Out Against the War Ayesha Abbasi, APEN state organizer holding up a banner that reads ‘Ceasefire Now.’ (Courtesy of APEN) By Sarah Mohamad It has been more than 120 days now since the start of Israel’s...
by Sandy Saeteurn | Aug 7, 2023 | Richmond, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Stories
11 years ago, the Chevron refinery exploded. It wasn’t a surprise. Eleven years ago today, a massive fire at the Chevron Richmond refinery clouded the skyline and sent 15,000 Richmond residents to the hospital. APEN’s Contra Costa Political Manager Sandy Saeteurn, a...
by TEAM APEN | May 11, 2023 | Richmond, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Stories
Flowers for our Families Chanh and Manh’s family pose together for a photograph in Richmond, California. Chanh stands second to top right; her brother Manh stands closer to center, holding his son. This May, APEN elders and youth will unveil a mural that pays tribute...
by Ashley Phuthama, APEN Youth Intern | Oct 7, 2022 | Richmond, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Statewide, Stories
Why I got on a bus at 6am to go to Sacramento This June, I left my house at 6am on a Thursday morning to get on a bus to Sacramento. I wasn’t going on a school trip – at my high school in Contra Costa County, summer break had started weeks earlier. I was going to a...
by TEAM APEN | Aug 22, 2022 | Media, Richmond, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Stories
The Guardian: ‘No time for inaction’: how a California refinery disaster created a generation of activists Brandy Khansouvong’s aunt had to seek medical care following the emergency. Photograph: Asian Pacific Environmental Network By Danielle Renwick On the afternoon...
