Using Three Principles of Effective Organizing to Plan Action on an Issue
February 1, 2021
Woman speaks into megaphone during protest outside Los Angeles City Hall, June '20 - John Nilsson all rights reserved
As a Sierra Club member with an interest in your community, you might come across some issue that you feel is wrong and...
"Killing Us Slowly": Environmental Justice and Grass-Roots Efforts to Achieve It
December 2, 2020
Kilynn Johnson got very sick one night and was rushed to hospital almost five years ago. Surgery to remove a tumor from her gallbladder revealed cancer that had spread from her gallbladder to some lymph nodes and to her liver. She needed six weeks...
Cadiz Water Mining Project Falters with Public Scrutiny, Election Setbacks
December 2, 2020
LA County Water District Efforts to Support Desert-Damaging Water Mining Project Falter as Cadiz Inc. Suffers Major Election Setbacks
Updated 12/07/20
Lower section of Bonanza Spring, Mojave Trails National Monument,...
Director's Desk: Emergent Strategy
October 29, 2020
When my partner and I started dating, she was in Austin, TX and I was in Truckee, CA. Given the distance, neither of us believed it would actually turn into anything more than a summer fling. It was tenuous, wild, exciting. Yet we fought for it, and...
Motivations to Contribute - Demitri Fierro
October 1, 2020
Why do I Volunteer? I volunteer because it gives both ways. I get to share knowledge, influence people’s thinking, and bring about the exact kind of change I want to see! I then receive other’s collaboration, teamwork, drive, and...
Jane Simpson Wins Oliver Kehrlein Award
September 10, 2020
The Angeles Chapter’s own Jane Simpson received the Oliver Kehrlein Award at the annual National Sierra Club Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, September 9th, 2020. This award which honors service to the Sierra Club’s Outings Program, is...
Volunteer Spotlight - Liliana Griego
August 25, 2020
In recent months we’ve highlighted voices in the Sierra Club working to educate and enlist the next generation of environmental advocates and activists. This month we’re shining the spotlight on Angeles Chapter budding star, Liliana...
Addressing Racism in the Sierra Club Past and Present
July 22, 2020
In acknowledgment of the recent blog (en español) penned by Sierra Club Executive Director, Michael Brune, and subsequent stories from the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times on racism in the history of the Sierra Club and other environmental...
Angeles Chapter is currently hiring.
January 9, 2020
Applications are invited for the following Angeles Chapter Full-time Staff Positions.
Communications Coordinator
Collaborates with chapter volunteer leaders and chapter staff to promote the conservation action, public education,...
SANTA FE DAM: A Hidden Jewel of Southern California
October 23, 2019
It has been said, the best way to remember a place you have never been to is to visualize it in your mind’s eye. Santa Fe Dam, I’m sure you have driven by dozens of times without making an effort to look until you really see: the unusual...