Sierra Club’s president: Why we must confront our past

San Francisco Chronicles / September 4 2020

The Sierra Club recently began a process of publicly re-examining aspects of our difficult past, including a reckoning with the history and words of our founder John Muir. Many of the responses we've received to those national headlines have been positive, embracing our move to ground the environmental movement in equity and justice. Others have been more skeptical, urging us to "stay in our lane" and "stick to protecting the environment." A few responses have been less charitable, ranging from calling our efforts "reverse discrimination" to language taken from a hate group playbook.

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