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Foraker CEO Laurie Wolf has joined the steering committee for Welcoming Anchorage, which is a special project of Anchorage’s First Lady Mara Kimmel and part of a national movement.
Ms. Kimmel released the following statement yesterday and as we continue to be anchored to our core values, we fully support these important hallmarks of a healthy community. We welcome the opportunity to stand beside many other nonprofits and efforts across our state that share our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion for all Alaskans.
You can find more information here about Welcoming Anchorage.
Dear Welcoming Anchorage friend,
Home is a place that we should all feel safe and secure. Anchorage is our home. Whether we are from a village upstream from where our city now sits, or a war torn community half-way around the world – whether we came here for work or were born here of generations and ancestors from long ago. Anchorage is our home.
When Anchorage became part of “Welcoming America” in 2014, we became part of a movement to acknowledge and activate the diversity we have come to know so well. We know that being “welcoming” is a character and value that defines our city and all who call Anchorage home. We are welcoming because we understand that being far away, tucked up here in the northern corner of the U.S., we need each other. Especially when times are tough and we face an uncertain future. As Alaskans, what matters is our willingness to extend a hand, not what color or political persuasion or sexual orientation may be on the other end of that hand. What counts is our promise to our state and to each other.
And so we recommit to being a welcoming community. We stand together in kindness and grace. We are grateful for being welcomed into this incredible land by those who came before us, and we are eager to welcome all who are committed to ensuring a safe and happy home for generations to come.
With warmest regards,
Mara Kimmel
First Lady of Anchorage