MEET OUR NEW SENIOR CHAPTER DIRECTOR
The Angeles Chapter is delighted to welcome Morgan Goodwin as its new Senior Director. Morgan's history of climate activism, mountain climbing, community-building and public service will benefit the Chapter both in our current moment of crisis and in the longer-term effort to explore, enjoy and protect our world.
KEEPING OUR KIDS CURIOUS AND ENGAGED AT HOME
With many schools across the nation closed and communities across the country being asked to shelter in place and/or practice social distancing, we've come up with some tools and resources we hope you find helpful. These include tips for how to talk with your kids about coronavirus as well as LOTS of educational content and fun, safe activities to engage in at home. We hope this helps. And if you have suggestions, please send them to info@climateparents.org.
COVID-19 IS HERE – HOW CAN YOU HELP?
These are moments when our natural instinct is to reach out and offer help. But how can we offer a helping hand while still being mindful of stay at home policies and social distancing?
Here are a few ideas to inspire you. We also welcome your suggestions for more ways to help.
50 YEARS AGO - EARTH DAY 1970 AT THE ANGELES CHAPTER
By Will McWhinney
The first Earth Day was celebrated in Washington D.C., 50 years ago, on April 22, 1970. But by then the Angeles Chapter had already been working to preserve the Earth and its wild places for decades.
Formed in 1911 as the Sierra Club’s first chapter, by 1970 the Angeles Chapter had grown to 12,500 members. It had weathered wars, depressions and recession, floods and fires. It had fought, sometimes winning and other times losing, the lasting damage caused by rampant development and wanton pollution. As reflected in archived issues of the Southern Sierran, the chapter was energetically working on national, regional and local issues.
National Sierra Club Elections are Underway - VOTE!
The Sierra Club is a democratically structured organization at all levels. Sierra Club requires the regular flow of views on policy and priorities from its grassroots membership in order to function well. Yearly participation in elections at all Sierra Club levels is a major membership obligation.
The election of 5 members of the Sierra Club national Board of Directors will be held beginning March 1. Ballots will be sent to eligible members, either electronically or by U.S. mail, during the last week in February. Find more information about the candidates and Angeles Chapter recommendations.
Ballots must be received no later than April 22, 2020.
Angeles Chapter Annual Awards Banquet
RE-SCHEDULED DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Honoring 2019 Awardees for Outstanding Volunteer Achievements
SUNDAY, November 8, 2020
FRIENDSHIP AUDITORIUM
Located on Riverside Drive between Los Feliz Blvd and Glendale Blvd Exits on I-5 just south of Griffith Park
Catering by Award-Winning MR. J’s Kitchen
EGYPT: TREASURES OF THE PHARAOHS
NOV. 4 - 18, 2020
Join us for a ten-day, nine-night tour to see the wonders of ancient Egypt. Our tour will be led by an English speaking Egyptologist. In Cairo, you will see the pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx, Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, Citadel of Saladin, the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, one of the grand mosques of Cairo, the Temple of Philae and visit to the worlds oldest marketplace.
More info and RSVP Here
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Header photo: Autumn colors of buckwheat and bunchgrass on Pinyon Ridge, © Bob Cates, all rights reserved]
