Come and Celebrate with CBE, APEN, and WCTC!

WE WON THE LAWSUIT! On June 4th 2009, Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Barbara Zuniga tossed out the Environmental Impact Report for a major expansion at the Chevron Refinery, in Richmond, California. This is a significant victory over U.S. oil refinery expansions happening across the country!

Since the Spring of 2007, Communities for a Better Environment, Asian Pacific Environmental Network, and West County Toxics Coalition have worked to stop the expansion of the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond. We have accomplished the first step towards achieving this goal. Come and celebrate with us!

MONDAY JUNE 22nd
5pm—8pm
FOOD, MUSIC, AND COMMUNITY CELEBRATION!

Laotian Organizing Project
3727 Barrett Avenue and 38th Street
Richmond, CA 94805

To RSVP and for more information, contact:
Ana Orozco (CBE)……………(510) 302-0430 x12
Sandy Saeteurn (APEN) …………(510) 691-6236

Growing Our Roots Extending Our Reach

OUR VENUE HAS CHANGED TO JACK LONDON AQUATIC CENTER!
Asian Pacific Environmental Network

Growing Our Roots
Extending Our Reach
Building Community Power for Environmental Justice

Thursday, October 18, 2007
6:00pm Reception
7:00pm Program
Hors d'oeuvres will be served

New Venue: Jack London Aquatic Center
115 Embarcadero, Oakland (see directions below)

Join APEN’s members, board, and staff as we celebrate the legacy of the environmental justice movement and move forward with a bold plan to strengthen our local work and make statewide impact.

MC: Martha Matsuoka, APEN founding board member, Assistant Professor at Occidental College

Keynote speaker:
Richard Moore has been a national leader of the environmental justice movement for more than 30 years. He is currently the Chairperson of the US-EPA's National Environmental Justice Advisory Council. He is a founding member of the Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP) and the Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice (SNEEJ). He currently serves as Executive Director of SNEEJ, an organization made up over 60 community based grassroots organizations working in communities of color in six southwestern states and Northern Mexico.

Musical Guests:
O’Nami Taiko

Silent auction of visual art about and by Asian-American and Pacific Islanders, featuring art by:

York Chang
Binh Danh
Daniel Fleckles
Lora Jo Foo
Matthew Kurtesz
Mari Rose Taruc
Tran Khanh Tuyet

Special artworks by APEN members

Please RSVP by calling 510.834.8920 x307 or e-mail haibinh*AT*apen4ej.org

Directions to Jack London Aquatic Center, 115 Embarcadero, Oakland
(use these directions as google maps and other online services are incorrect)
From San Francisco/West:
I-80 EAST to the Bay Bridge. I-580 EAST/DOWNTOWN OAKLAND. EXIT toward Hayward/Stockton. I-980 WEST EXIT towards downtown Oakland. JACKSON STREET EXIT, staying RIGHT at the fork in the ramp. The exit will drop you on 5TH STREET. Stay on 5TH STREET until you reach OAK ST. Right on OAK ST., OAK ST. becomes EMBARCADERO after crossing the railroad tracks. Go approximately 3/10 mile on the EMBARCADERO, turn RIGHT into the entrance to Estuary Park and JLAC. Immediately after the JLAC entrance there is a small bridge on the EMBARCADERO; if you go over the bridge, you’ve gone too far.
From Berkeley/Richmond:
I-80 WEST toward Oakland. I-580 East/Downtown Oakland (CA-24) toward Hayward/Stockton. I-980 WEST EXIT towards DOWNTOWN OAKLAND. JACKSON STREET EXIT, staying RIGHT at the fork in the ramp. The exit will drop you on 5TH STREET. Stay on 5TH STREET until you reach OAK ST. Right on OAK ST., OAK ST. becomes EMBARCADERO after crossing the railroad tracks. Go approximately 3/10 mile on the EMBARCADERO, turn RIGHT into the entrance to Estuary Park and JLAC. Immediately after the JLAC entrance there is a small bridge on the EMBARCADERO; if you go over the bridge, you’ve gone too far.
From South of Oakland:
I880 North, 5TH AVE EXIT. Right onto the EMBARCADERO. Go approximately 2/3 mile on the Embarcadero, over a small bridge, and immediately after the bridge turn LEFT into the entrance to Estuary Park and the JLAC parking lot.