2022 Chapter Awards Presentation and Celebration

Saturday, September 17th, 4:00 - 7:00 PM
The David Brower Center Terrace, downtown Berkeley

Join the Sierra Club for our annual celebration of the Bay Area environmental community. Enjoy drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and music while catching up with the Bay Area environmental community in person as we honor some of the brightest lights in the movement for clean air, clean water, conservation, and climate justice. This is an outdoor event on the beautiful terrace of the David Brower Center in downtown Berkeley.

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2022 Awardees:

We will celebrate the following honorees at our reception on September 17th:

Vicky Hoover: A wilderness protector powered by her love of the outdoors

Winner of the Ed Bennett Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes a committed individual who has devoted their entire career to our shared mission and whose work makes a lasting impact on our lives.

Mayor John Bauters: A visionary leader for safe and healthy Bay Area communities

Winner of the inaugural David McCoard Visionary Award, which was established in honor of the late Chapter leader who exemplified a life of service and activism on behalf of environmental and humanitarian causes.

Golden Gate Village Resident Council: Standing strong for their community in Marin’s only majority-Black public housing complex

Winner of the Community Defender Award, which recognizes exceptional work on behalf of environmental justice communities in the Bay Area.

Alfredo Angulo: An environmental justice organizer rooted in Richmond

Winner of the Emerging Voices Award, which recognizes young people advocating for the environmental needs of their communities, as well as individuals or organizations that lift up youth voices calling for stronger, healthier, and cleaner communities.