Chapter sponsors five young women for SPROG training
The Sierra Club Youth Summer Grassroots Training also known as SPROG made its way West this year to Southern California. The activist training for young people was held at Harwood Lodge in the Mt. Baldy area from July 12 to 19.
The Chapter was proud to have awarded five outstanding participants with the Andrew W. Jones Young Activist Scholarship. The scholarship commemorates the life of Chapter member and activist Andrew Jones. We are grateful for the support of the Chapter and the Jones family in sending these young change-makers to SPROG training.
Visiting Harwood Lodge during SPROG was inspiring. Students were very receptive and eager to learn ways to get involved with the Angeles Chapter. SPROG not only prepares students to lead and organize campaigns but it also does a phenomenal job engaging participants on how to motivate others about the environment and creating the next generation of social justice activists.
Students who attend SPROG are provided with the tools to become leaders and make a great impact on communities and our planet.
It's part of the Sierra Student Coalition, a broad network of high school and college-aged youth from across the country working to protect the environment. Their mission is simple: "to train, empower, and organize youth to run effective campaigns that result in tangible environmental victories and that develop leaders for the environmental movement." With more than 13,000 students and 250 groups nationwide, the coalition develops environmental leaders through our award-winning grassroots trainings programs and works to maximize our campus-based effectiveness through the creation and maintenance of state and regional networks of high school and college students.
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