Results of my Google Alert: Anchorage Daily News Opinion Column and the the Alaska Sierra Club..

Trudy Sobocienski 1 month ago Leave a Comment

(the ADN Editorial Board chooses what Opinion Columns get published)..

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This opinion column is authored by Andrea Feniger, Sierra Club Executive Director.

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The Anchorage Daily News published that- Andrea Feniger is an Anchorage resident and has been the executive director of Sierra Club Alaska since August 2020.

https://www.adn.com/opinions/2022/04/13/opinion-alaskans-deserve-a-better-aidea/

Andrea states in her opinion that:

As Alaskans continue to see OUR communities, environment and economy suffer from OUR state’s reliance on extractive industries, WE have watched the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) exacerbate these problems. AIDEA is a public corporation through the state of Alaska that claims a MISSION “to promote, develop, and advance economic growth and diversification in Alaska by promoting various means of financing and investment.” 

https://www.adn.com/opinions/2022/04/13/opinion-alaskans-deserve-a-better-aidea/

Andrea Feniger grossly appropriates ALASKANS for her self-serving role to promote the Sierra Club.

How Do I know?

Appropriation refers to taking something that doesn’t belong to you or your culture. In the case of cultural appropriation, it is an exchange that happens when a dominant group takes or “borrows” something from a minority group that has historically been exploited or oppressed.

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-cultural-appropriation-5070458#:~:text=Appropriation%20refers%20to%20taking%20something,historically%20been%20exploited%20or%20oppressed.

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But here is the thing:

Andrea Feinger is headquarted in Oakland, California!!!

https://www.zoominfo.com/p/Andrea-Feniger/4217909443

IN ADDITION HERE IS THE (non-bonafide) “ADDRESS” OF THE Alaska Chapter of the Sierra Club:

https://www.sierraclub.org/alaska/about-us

Published by Trudy Sobocienski

My blog, "Beyond Leadership" is because I am the noise disrupting the seemingly never-ending backdrop of the ANCSA leaders of Alaska that have stroked each others back for that last 50 years. Alaska Federation of Natives Conference celebrated the 50 year anniversary of ANCSA. The 50 year anniversary of ANCSA at the Alaska Federation of Natives was the same as the 10 year, 20 year, 40 year and now 50 year anniversary. And how do I know? I am born on October 21, 1970. It is the same week every year, traditionally, that the AFN conference has convened until this year. Don't get me wrong, history is great. But the story has not ended when Richard Nixon signed ANCSA into law. AND, there are so many messy things that were not considered, when ANCSA leaders were concerned about land rights at the federal level, and did not pay close enough attention to native rights at the statewide level of government. They weren't wrong, it is hard to shepherd all aspects of government. But start talking about it. View all posts by Trudy Sobocienski

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