By Jacob Klein
If you’re looking for a way to help advance the Sierra Club’s mission here in the Bay Area, our Advocacy Team is a great place to start. This action-oriented group helps push for the adoption of local Sierra Club-endorsed environmental policies through phone banking, texting, letter writing, delivering public comment, and more.
The Advocacy Team meets every fourth Wednesday of the month from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Each meeting is a little different depending on that month's featured issue campaign. So far, our team has written letters to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, petitioned the governor to support electrification, prepared to comment at a public hearing, and more!
You don’t need any special skills other than an enthusiasm for the environment; we will provide supportive opportunities to develop your advocacy and communication skills as well as educational context for our environmental campaigns. By joining the Advocacy Team, you will:
- Learn about a wide variety of environmental campaigns in the Bay Area, from wilderness preservation, to clean energy development, to limits on fossil fuel infrastructure;
- Take concrete actions to help advance the Sierra Club mission of defending everyone's right to a healthy world;
- Build advocacy and communication skills and get access to Sierra Club training programs;
- Make connections with like-minded local volunteers;
- Learn about the Sierra Club’s local organizational structure and explore opportunities for volunteer leadership.
Register for upcoming meetings on our Activities and Events calendar. You can also sign up for the Advocacy Team's email list at this link to get monthly meeting reminders and to learn about opportunities to take action in between meetings. (You can unsubscribe at any time.)
If you have any questions, reach out to organizers Jacob Klein (jacob.klein@sierraclub.org) or Melissa Yu (melissa.yu@sierraclub.org).