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Asian Pacific Environmental Network

310 8th Street, suite 309
Oakland, CA 94607		Phone: (510) 834-8920
Fax: (510) 834-8926
URL: www.apen4ej.org
 

Mission Statement

 
The mission of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) is to unify and empower the Asian Pacific Islander community to achieve multicultural environmental justice.
  • Geographic focus: California
  • Other organizational activities (not directed specifically toward children): training

    • Children's Environmental Health Activities

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    APEN Youth Initiative: Young Laotian girls in Richmond, CA live in one of the most toxic areas in the country. Laotian women have the highest death rate from breast cancer in Contra Costa County. There is growing evidence of the direct correlation between age of exposure to toxics and the incidence of cancer in women.

    Our goal with the Youth Initiative is twofold: to strengthen the Laotian community in Richmond through developing the leadership of girls and young women, and to assess the needs and potential strategies for ongoing youth organizing in the broader Asian Pacific Islander community. Through a carefully developed series of games, projects, discussions, workshops, trainings and field trips, the girls have a chance to develop and administer surveys; photograph, map, and document toxic hazards within their neighborhoods; identify issues of environmental justice that affect their communities; and prepare a community presentation on their findings. An integral part of the curriculum is basic skills in community organizing such as having productive meetings, recruiting new members, choosing the right issues to work on, public speaking, and how to fundraise.
     
    Please note: the information presented above was provided and reviewed for accuracy by Asian Pacific Environmental Network and was not verified independently by the Children's Environmental Health Network.
    Publication date: 5/5/99
    Updated: 7/27/2006
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