[muir] The Sierra Club's "History/Future Task Force"... [more]
September 15, 2020
excerpt = "The short-term task force will review and approve supporting materials and communications around the effort to reexamine Sierra Club’s past to acknowledge racism and problematic aspects throughout our long history and understand how that...
[op-ed] Sierra Club’s President: "Why We Must Confront Our Past" ~ by Ramon Cruz [more]
September 4, 2020
(Article written by Ramon Cruz, President of the Sierra Club) "The letters page is still among the most closely read part of the newspaper -- as well as where many policy makers look to judge public opinion. -- It is an easy way to share your...
[muir] "Who Was John Muir, Really?" by Chad Hanson... [more]
September 4, 2020
by Chad Hanson = "This is the John Muir who is worthy of honor and respect—the Muir who evolved beyond his upbringing and worked to protect Nature -- while simultaneously promoting admiration for Native American culture and speaking against racist...
[history] Sierra Club = "Pulling Down Our Monuments" by Michael Brune... [more]
July 22, 2020
(Article written by Michael Brune) "...[John] Muir was not immune to the racism peddled by many in the early conservation movement. He made derogatory comments about Black people and Indigenous peoples that drew on deeply harmful racist stereotypes...