Why Join
the Sierra Club?
Because we need you!
Your voice will be added to those of more than 1.3 million of your fellow Americans who are committed to leaving our children a living legacy - clean air, clean water, and natural grandeur. The Sierra Club has been instrumental in preserving wilderness, wildlife and nature's most splendid wild places for over 100 years - Yosemite National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, the Florida Everglades and the Sequoia National Monument to name just a few - helping protect over 150 million acres of wildlands and wildlife habitat.
The Sierra Club is America's most effective advocate for the environment and helps you protect the environment locally and globally. From community issues and action to lobbying on a national level, membership helps you take action where it's needed most. As a member, you'll have opportunities to get involved with local chapters, as well as be part of the largest national network of environmental advocates. Your voice will be heard through congressional lobbying and grassroots action. Your membership counts
The Sierra Club is a global organization, divided into Chapters, Groups, Sections, and Committees. Chapters are the largest subdivision of the club, spanning a large geographic area. Groups are geographic subdivisions of the chapter, usually determined by zip code. Sections and Committees are special interest entities of the Chapter, open to all chapter members and often requiring an additional fee to join. An example is the Angeles Chapter's Easy Hikers Committee, which was created to serve members interested in less strenuous hikes than are typically offered by the chapter. If you would like to find out more about the club and local groups, sections, and committees, consider attending one of our New Member's meetings.
When you join the Sierra Club, you'll automatically be assigned to a Chapter and Group based on your zip code. Those who live in the Long Beach, California area will automatically be enrolled in the Angeles Chapter, Long Beach Group. Take a tour of this website to see what the Long Beach group is up to. As a member of the Long Beach group, you'll receive:
Sierra Magazine - published 6 times a year, this magazine contains information about the club's national activities, as well as several national and international outings.
The Schedule of Activities - published 3 times a year, this magazine contains a brief description of the various Groups, Sections, and Committees that comprise the Angeles Chapter. In addition, there are many outings listed in this publication as well as the contact information for many of our leaders.
The Southern Sierran - published monthly, this newspaper contains articles of local interest and outings that might not be published in any other publication (mostly due to missed publishing deadlines). In addition, this publication will occasionally focus on an area of interest such as the Chapter Elections, Conservation, or Outings.
Tidelines - published every other month and delivered as an insert in the Southern Sierran, this is the Long Beach Group's newsletter containing group sponsored outings, conservation events, and articles of local interest. Not all the outings the group sponsors are in the Schedule, but most if not all are published in Tidelines.
For more information on Sierra Club membership, please contact Elizabeth Louros.