Political Program
The Tennessee Chapter of the Sierra Club works to elect pro-social justice and pro-environmental candidates.
For presidential and congressional endorsements, please visit our national Sierra Club Voter Guide.
The Sierra Club’s political program focuses on electing environmental champions through nonpartisan, grassroots political action. The principal goals of the program are carried out by our all-volunteer statewide Political Committee and local volunteers across the state, who work to:
- Elect candidates who will support and promote environmental protection, as well as environmental and social justice;
- Hold elected officials accountable, both for the impact of their decisions on the planet as well as for dismantling systemic racism
- Raise the visibility of environmental and social justice issues in electoral campaigns. Environmental Justice and Social Justice go hand in hand.
- Strengthen the Sierra Club’s capacity to elect pro-environment candidates at every level of government.
Sierra Club stands in firm solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives. We will not support any inadequate, incremental policy solutions around police brutality. We understand that the only way to dismantle systemic oppression and over-policing of Black and poor communities is through radical transformation. Our Chapter is also digging into our environmental justice work to bring attention to the historic and current injustices faced by oppressed peoples and will be advocating for locally-focused transformative policy.
Standing up against hundreds of years of oppression to transform our society will not be easy. Becoming anti-racist is a journey, not a destination. But we're willing to challenge racism on every front to dismantle systems that have shaped ourselves, our communities, state, and nation.