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 | Jan 15, 2021 | Issues, Location, Richmond, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Stories
We are honoring the lives of Mr. Thongsoun Phuthama and his wife, Boua Vanvilay, who passed away from COVID-19 on December 22 and 25th respectively. Thoungsoun and Boua were both active leaders in Richmond’s Laotian community, and their passing, amidst so much other...
by TEAM APEN | Dec 16, 2020 | Climate Resilience, Issues, Location, Richmond, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Stories
A New Generation in Richmond by Denny Khamphanthong, Richmond Community Organizer, APEN I still remember the first time I learned about APEN. It was a cold, drizzly September morning in San Francisco during the People’s March for Climate, Jobs and Justice in 2018. I...
by TEAM APEN | Sep 18, 2020 | Media, Richmond, Safe, Stable, and Affordable Housing, Stories
Richmond Pulse: They Lost Their Homes to War. Now, Richmond Laotians Fear Being Pushed Out Again. “I interviewed some people who said they would move, but they wouldn’t be comfortable because Richmond is home,” said Brandy Khansouvong, holding a piece of traditional...
