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 | Jul 26, 2019 | Richmond, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Stories
Jenna Saefong and Akash Singh lead an APEN Academy session. The first time I really thought about making social change was in elementary school. It was a few months after a local neighborhood watch member murdered Trayvon Martin. On my walk home from school, I saw...
by TEAM APEN | May 13, 2019 | Events, Stories
Last month, half a dozen of APEN’s founders — leaders who made our early beginnings in 1993 possible — had a reunion at my house for a Sunday lunch. We ate, laughed, shared space, and told stories about what it was like in those early years when we set out to create...
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...
by TEAM APEN | Nov 13, 2018 | Mobilizing the Power of Asian Voters, Statewide, Stories
The election is over, but our movement keeps growing. Read on for a reflection on the 2018 elections by Political Director Mabel Lam. So much happened this week. We won hard-fought victories and faced heartbreaking losses. Now is the time to celebrate, to mourn, to...