Joselito Laudencia

Joselito Laudencia is the Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN). Based in Oakland, CA, APEN was founded in1993 to bring together a collective voice among the diverse and unique histories and cultures of native-born, immigrant, and refugee Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities in the United States. Through a strategy which combines grassroots community organizing, building a network among our communities, and collaborating with other environmental justice networks, APEN works to strengthen the capacity of our communities to protect and shape our environments through democratic participation. APEN is part of abroad, multi-racial movement for environmental, social and economic justice.

Joselito has over 12 years experience in community organizing, civic participation and community education campaigns based primarily in low-income communities of color. Before joining APEN, Joselito served as the founding Executive Director of Californians for Justice, the Director of the San Francisco Chapter of Neighbor to Neighbor and founder and Chair of Pilipinos Organized to Work for Educational Rights (POWER). Joselito has served as a Board member of the California Association of Human Relations Organizations and currently serves as a Board member of the national Environmental Justice Fund. Joselito received his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in Asian American Studies.