Asian Pacific Environmental Network
U.S. non-profit organization
The Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) is an environmental justice organization located on the west coast of California, specifically in Richmond, Oakland, and Wilmington, California. APEN is an active member of the California Environmental Justice Alliance and has been involved with campaigns that advocate for just urban environments. APEN has expanded the framework of an environmental organization by incorporating biological, industrial, civil and social justice aspects into an effort that works to develop eco-friendly landscapes for the communities that they represent. They are involved with environmental issues surrounding the opposition of toxic waste infrastructure and they also lead campaigns for Asian Pacific Americans (AAPI) communities lacking adequate housing and climate solutions in sacrifice zones which consists of locations that sit on or are near hazardous waste sites.
Origins
Asian Pacific Environmental Network was created in 1993 by AAPI representatives who had attended the 1991 First National People of Color Environmental Justice Leadership Summit. Delegates such as Peggy Saika, Pam Tau Lee, and Miya Yoshitani returned from the 1991 summit having noticed little representation of AAPI people. Pam Tau Lee and Peggy Saika were the drivers in the organizing and sourcing of AAPI leaders who shared a vision to bring more environmental consciousness to the AAPI community. Pam Tau Lee, Peggy Saika, and Miya Yoshitani led recruitments to envision APEN which then led to its formation in 1993 and sister organizations that work within AAPI communities. APEN has also expanded its network by establishing the Laotian Organizing Project (LOP) as a generational inter-ethnic community lead organization as well as "Power in Asians Organizing" which organizes low-income residence in Oakland. APEN has also established the Asian Youth Advocates (AYA), a youth program that fosters leadership from AAPI communities in California.
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