Field Trips
Prior to Covid, the Rochester Regional Group of the Sierra Club announced an agreement with the Genesee Valley Audubon Society (GVAS). GVAS has agreed to welcome Sierra Club members on their field trips and nature walks. The mission of the GVAS is to educate and advocate for protection of the environment focusing on birds, wildlife, and habitat. This mission is well within the goals of the Sierra Club. Since the field trips are GVAS activities, we need to follow their registration requirements. They may require liability waivers, masks, and social distancing.
Please verify any changes to the schedule on the website of the GVAS at gvaudubon.org or the RRG website at www.sierraclub.org/atlantic/rochester.
2020 Sierra Club Forum Postponed
Last April, the Rochester Regional Group of the Sierra Club working with people of color who are leaders in our community had developed a groundbreaking program for our annual Environmental Forum. Our presenters are, Rev. Dr. Johnathan McReynolds of the Aenon Baptist Church, Kim Smith of the Rochester Peoples’ Climate Coalition, Terry Chaka of the Baobab Center, Ron Garrow, Haudenosaunee Mohawk, Dorian Hall of the PLEX Neighborhood Association and Peter Debes, of the Rochester Sierra Club. You can hear a podcast about the program on the Evan Dawson Connections program on April 16 (go to the WXXI website}.
We had to postpone the Forum due to COVID last Spring and hoped to hold it in the Fall. Since public gatherings are still too risky, and there is much confusion in the country about the election, we have decided to further postpone our program until next year, possibly until Earth Day on April 22. We will notify everyone of the new date of the program as soon as it is secure. The mission statement for the Forum acknowledges the following:
Climate change worsens all injustices. It directly impacts the health, environment, and economics of our communities. Throughout 2020, we are committed to establishing an inclusive and comprehensive movement that educates, responds and benefits all.
With COVID, the reality of the disparate impact a health crisis like this has on people of color is being well documented and emphasizes the importance of addressing environmental justice when preparing for the effects of climate change.
Missed it? Listen to an important discussion about how climate change impacts at-risk communities, specifically in terms of health in the Rochester region: "Connections: How climate change affects the health of at-risk communities"
