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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Alaska Newsletter for Sunday May 28, 2023 ( 4 items )  

America First Legal Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Alaska Airlines for Unlawful and Racist Hiring Practices
WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The America First Legal, a civil rights organization, issued the following news release on May 24, 2023: As part of its initiative under the Center for Legal Equality, America First Legal (AFL) asked the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to open a civil rights investigation into Alaska Air, Inc., for engaging in unlawful, discriminatory hiring practices. The publicly traded corporation has openly stated its commitment to racial equity in its operations,   more

Pacific Environment: US Ambassador Emanuel Touts LNG False Solutions, Ignores Climate Crisis
SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 24 (TNSgov) -- Pacific Environment issued the following news release on May 23, 2023: U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel Tuesday continued to tout the benefits of the proposed North Slope-to-tidewater gas pipeline and LNG export project, contrary to the Biden administration's commitment to align its actions with a 1.5 C pathway. Ambassador Emanuel took the stage during Governor Dunleavy's Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference. "To push the Alaska gas line den  more

SEALASKA HERITAGE DIGITIZES, POSTS CELEBRATION 2010
JUNEAU, Alaska, May 26 -- Sealaska Heritage Institute issued the following news release: Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has digitized and posted on YouTube the video of Celebration 2010. Celebration is a dance-and-culture festival first held by SHI in 1982 that has grown into the world's largest gathering of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people. The 2010 event featured 51 dance groups from Alaska, the Lower 48 and Canada. The theme for Celebration 2010, Our Land-Haa Aani in Tlingit, Iit  more

Tribal Row Returns to IPW 2023 - American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association Breaks Record & Showcases Cultural Diversity of U.S. Tourism With #DiscoverNativeAmerica
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, May 25 (TNSpp) -- The American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association issued the following news release: The American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA), returned to the U.S. Travel Association's IPW 2023 in San Antonio, Texas May 20-24 with its signature "Tribal Row", showcasing cultural diversity of American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Native Nations and communities across the United States. As the leading inbound travel trade show, pas  more