Earth Day 1970 helped expand the focus of the Sierra Club beyond wilderness, outdoor recreation, and land conservation to also include environmental conditions that affect the health and well being of all people. As the Sierra Club and the conservation movement expanded to add protecting clean air and clean water to preserving wild lands, its white dominant culture hindered its ability to engage all Americans, especially black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC). Beginning in the early 1980’s Sierra Club leaders partnered with social justice groups to improve environmental protections for underserved communities. In the 1990s, Sierra Club passed a national Environmental Justice Policy and launched an Environmental Justice Program establishing full-time staff in five low-income and BIPOC communities across the nation. In the early 2000s the Sierra Club hosted gatherings for Environmental Justice leaders, delivered Dismantling Racism trainings and helped environmental justice groups secure new funding.