The Sierra Club is embedding staff members inside state and national campaigns for the rest of the election season.
In an announcement Tuesday, the environmental group announced the start of this year’s edition of the Victory Corps program. The program will send staff members to campaigns around the country to promote environmentalist candidates.
The group will be sending staffers to 36 races in 21 states, including California, Colorado, Illinois, North Carolina and Virginia.
“As the nation’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, the Sierra Club is uniquely equipped to mobilize voters and elect our endorsed candidates,” said Sarah Burton, director of the Sierra Club PAC. “It’s been well established that field efforts win campaigns, and that’s exactly what we plan to do.
“This Congress, when it isn’t refusing to do its job and confirm a Supreme Court nominee, has been perhaps the most environmentally destructive we’ve ever witnessed, taking hundreds of votes to undo protections for our clean air and water, our climate, and our public health, which is why the Sierra Club will be mobilizing our 2.4 million members and supporters to elect climate champions.”
The Victory Corps program was created in 2008, continuing the Sierra Club’s long tradition of sending staffers to work on political campaigns.
The program aims to expand on the Sierra Club’s existing volunteer program to get the group’s preferred candidates into office.
