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Executive Director of Anchorage Equal Rights Commission Departs

Executive Director of Anchorage Equal Rights Commission Departs

Anchorage Equal Rights Commission (AERC) Executive Director Mitzi Bolaños Anderson has resigned, having taken a new job in the Lower 48. Anderson will work with the city of Des Moines (where they provide employees with paid parental leave) as civil and human rights director. Last year, former Acting Anchorage Mayor

Bronson appointed Prophet who didn't foresee social media scandal, withdraws name from consideration

Bronson appointed Prophet who didn't foresee social media scandal, withdraws name from consideration

Roughly a day and a half after The Blue Alaskan documented anti-gay, sexist, and ostensibly hateful social media posts made by a Facebook account bearing Pastor Cheston McCrea’s name, the self-described Prophet pulled his name from consideration for the Anchorage Equal Rights Commission (AERC). The Prophet had been appointed

Unequal Rights: Bronson's AERC "Prophet" pick has hateful social media trail

Unequal Rights: Bronson's AERC "Prophet" pick has hateful social media trail

On Monday, Mayor Bronson's appointee, Pastor Cheston McCrea, a self-described prophet, withdrew his name from consideration for the Anchorage Equal Rights Commission (AERC). The Anchorage Equal Rights Commission (AERC) was established in the Anchorage Charter in 1975 and is the municipal law enforcement agency charged with preventing and