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Social work alumna and 2023-24 Alumni Humanitarian Celeste Hodge Growden is the president and CEO of the Alaska Black Caucus. By focusing on the four core areas of justice, education, economics and health, Growden works toward enacting racial equity through the process of institutional reform.
Print article The Alaska Black Caucus recognizes that racism is a public health crisis in Alaska, and we ask the Municipality of Anchorage, Anchorage Health Department, state of Alaska and Alaska Department of Health and Social Services to join us in making this long-overdue declaration. This statement aligns with decades of local and national data, a recent statement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, declarations and legislation in more than 50 American municipalities, as well as statements made by many national medical and public health organizations including the Ameri...