My name is Zhang Zhi Long and I'm 77 years old this year. I immigrated to the US from Kūnmíng, China, the capital and largest city of Yunnan Province in Southwest China. I've been with APEN since November 19, 2010.
I decided to participate in APEN for its main goal to protect the environment as an Asian Pacific Islander immigrants grassroots organization. Because "APEN believes that everyone deserves to live, work, play and thrive in a clean and healthy environment," they have progressed the community and achieved great work. This is why I joined APEN to help them accomplish these goals and continue the meaningful work.
I've been running for 9 years now (since 2004 when I started). These past few years I strive to run Lake Merritt beacuse I think running daily for me is a method towards longevity and health. I think daily jogging can keep a lot of disease/illness at bay, like arthritis, heart disease, colon disease, etc.
Because APEN is a non-profit organization, in order to do all the environmental justice work, requires money. So they need support from everywhere. As for people, like myself, who are living in these situations (low-income, polluted environments), others who can spare some money should consider donating to APEN because its the right thing to do.
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我叫張治龍，現年76歲。我從中國昆明市移民來美國。我于2010年11月19日加入APEN。
我之所以參加APEN是因為APEN是一個以保護人類生存環境爲宗旨的一個亞太裔草根組織。這個組織相信所有人都有權在清潔和健康的環境生活、工作、學習，玩樂和茁壯成長；並為此進行了許多切切實實的工作。所以我認為參加這個組織并爲實現這個組織的目標而努力是非常有意義的，因此參加了這個組織。
我做跑步運動大約有9年時間（從2004年開始）。多年來我一直堅持在美麗湖（Lake Merritt）做跑步運動。之所以如此，是因為我認為堅持跑步對我來說是通往健康長壽的一條道路，堅持長距離慢跑可以幫助克服多種疾病，如老年骨質疏鬆、心臟病、大腸癌...等等。
因為APEN是一個非牟利組織，要開展許多環保活動需要錢，因此需經費支援。對於其他人包括我自己在力能能及的情況下，適當捐一些錢給APEN是應該的。