Asian Pacific Environmental Network

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Asian Pacific Environmental Network "APEN seeks to empower low-income Asian Pacific Islander (API) communities to achieve environmental and social justice. APEN believes that the environment includes everything around us: where we live, work and play. And we strive to build grassroots organizations that will improve the health, well-being and political strength of our communities.

"In 1991, there was a historic convening of the national environmental justice movement, the People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit in Washington, DC. At this convening, a group of fewer than 30 APIs among 600 activists of color realized that a vehicle was needed to represent the specific issues of concern to API communities. APEN's formation in 1993 reflected this growth of the national environmental justice movement and the recognition that API voices needed to be at the table." [1]

Board

Accessed February 2010: [2]

Staff

Accessed February 2010: [3]

Contact

URL: http://www.apen4ej.org

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References

  1. About, Asian Pacific Environmental Network, accessed February 12, 2010.
  2. Board and Staff, Asian Pacific Environmental Network, accessed February 12, 2010.
  3. Board and Staff, Asian Pacific Environmental Network, accessed February 12, 2010.