Fairview Ballot Box Bash to Encourage Voting
March 21, 2018 – Anchorage Press On Thursday, March 22, Anchorage Park Foundation, The Alaska Center, and Anchorage Community Land Trust invite Fairview neighbors to a Ballot Box Bash at Fairview Recreation Center to build community around the new Vote By Mail system. Festivities will include a dance performance by Rhythm of Light, Polynesian Reggae music by H3, food, and …
AYEA community leaders support HB 199
March 8,2018 – The Cordova Times House Bill 199, a work in progress before the House Special Committee on Fisheries, has won the support of Alaska Youth for Environmental Action, a program of the Alaska Center Education Fund. Twenty-six young community leaders from across the state were to deliver a letter to Juneau on March 9 in support of “The …
Mail dominance: All political eyes will be on Anchorage’s April election
February 7, 2018 – Anchorage Press “There’s sort of this narrative that you remove barriers from voting and more folks will vote, and I think there’s a lot of truth to that,” said Evan Anderson, the civic engagement coordinator for the Alaska Center Education Fund. “Overall, I expect vote by mail to increase voter satisfaction.” Read More
Governor recognizes threat of climate change
November 6, 2017 – ADN (AYEA Teen) Growing up in this special place leaves me wondering about the future. Will my children be able to go to the places I have growing up? Will they be able to feel the same joy that I have been so lucky to have in my backyard? Will they be able to cast off …
Gov. Walker announces new climate change task force
October 31, 2017 – Alaska Public Media On Tuesday, after months of hinting that a new climate change policy was in the works, Gov. Bill Walker signed an administrative order setting out a new state climate strategy and creating a task force to recommend specific actions. Read More
Candidates talk salmon: Five participate in Alaska Center’s first Mat-Su forum
Five candidates on Tuesday’s ballot participated with District 4 Borough Assembly Candidates Ted Leonard and Patty Hogan, as well as District 5 incumbent Dan Mayfield. Two candidates up for Palmer City Council also participated, first-time runners Sabrena Combs and Kenni Linden. Combs and Linden conceded that there’s not a whole lot the Palmer City Council can do, vis a vis …
COMMENTARY: Sustain renewable resources, strengthen public process
December 7, 2016 – ADN Alaska has been in crisis for the past several years — brought about by a failed financial model and a lack of long-term vision. Alaskans, including myself, are frustrated by a lack of solutions in addressing this crisis, and on Nov. 8 we voted for new state leadership. Alaska now has a state House that …
Protesters give “eviction notice” to coal mine planned 45 miles outside Anchorage
December 4, 2016 – KTUU ANCHORAGE (KTUU) A protest in downtown Anchorage called on the State of Alaska to step in to stop the development of a coal mine 45 miles west of the city. The applicants behind the Chuitna Coal Project have been working through their current permit with the Department of Natural Resources for at least a decade. …
COMMENTARY: Don’t let coal mine ruin salmon stream
December 2, 2016 – News-Miner Community Perspective: As a born and raised Alaskan, I spent my summers dipnetting on the Kenai River and fly fishing on Resurrection Creek. I recall the smell of fish at the dock as my younger siblings and I fell into an assembly line, picking and filleting fish with the easy air of old fishermen. I …