Angeles Chapter elections start Nov. 1

  • Posted on 2 October 2014
  • By From Chapter reports

The 2014 election for at-large positions on the Angeles Chapter Executive Committee (Excom) and for each Regional Group begins Nov. 1 and ends Dec. 2.

All members are urged to vote for these important leadership roles.

Candidates for the Executive Committee are George Denny, Ray Hiemstra, John Jake, Sharon Koch, Joe Phillips and Jerard Wright. Two voting options were available for members:
 


Thank you, Norma!

  • Posted on 1 October 2014
  • By From Chapter reports

Norma Sporn was a talented and committed L.A. art teacher who traveled the world, collected folk art and was a lifelong member of the Sierra Club. She also was a political activist for progressive causes that were close to her heart.

Norma died at 86 in December, and left the Chapter a generous gift.

L.A.'s Climate March: A diverse new mainstream goes green?

  • Posted on 25 September 2014
  • By Philip Rojc

It was a comfortable Saturday afternoon, cool compared to the past week’s scalding heat. As I stepped off a Metro Rapid bus onto Wilshire Boulevard, the sounds of earnest protest rang through the street. Extending for nearly 2 miles, the Sep. 20 Building Blocks Against Climate Changedemonstration expressed L.A.'s solidarity with the hundreds of thousands who marched in New York City the next day demanding action from leaders at the U.N. Climate Summit.

Chapter's ICO volunteer Shirley Hickman to receive national Sierra Club Award

  • Posted on 9 September 2014
  • By From national Sierra Club reports

Angeles Chapter member Shirley Hickman of Los Angeles will be presented with the Madelyn Pyeatt Award from national Sierra Club for her 25 years of work with the Chapter’s Inspiring Connections Outdoors (ICO) program for 25 years. That program will receive $500 in recognition of Hickman’s award and commitment to taking urban youth into the wilds..

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