Asian Pacific Environmental Network

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."

Board
Accessed February 2010:


 * Cathy Cha
 * Rona Fernandez, Treasurer
 * Michael Leon Guerrero
 * Prasi Gupta
 * Jennifer Ito
 * Sujin Lee, Vice Chair
 * Tram Nguyen
 * Elaine Shen
 * Aditi Vaidya, Chair

Staff
Accessed February 2010:


 * Amber Chan, PAO Lead Organizer
 * Mimi Ho, Program Director
 * Roger Kim, Executive Director
 * Wayne Leung, PAO Organizer
 * Timmy Lu, Operations Coordinator
 * Torm Nompraseurt, Senior Organizer
 * Nai Saeteurn, Operations Assistant
 * Sandy Saeteurn, LOP Lead Organizer
 * Mari Rose Taruc, State Organizing Director
 * Mei-ying Williams, Operations Director
 * Miya Yoshitani, Associate Director

Contact
URL: http://www.apen4ej.org

Related Sourcewatch

 * Francis Calpotura
 * Pratap Chatterjee
 * Peggy Saika - From 1993 to 2000 she was the founding executive director of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network