Here’s a selection of photos I took at last night’s True Diversity Dinner. Lighting was a challenge, & I was armed with a good but not stupendoidously superior camera, so bear with the graininess of some photos.
P.S. You can view this slideshow fullscreen by clicking on the fullscreen icon; you can also see them at my Flickr photostream.
I was honored to be the recipient of a True Diversity Award for Excellence in Online Media for coverage on my blog of the battle for the Anchorage equal rights ordinance.
True Diversity Award
At the True Diversity Dinner. Photo by Janson Jones.
I’m already way past a reasonable bedtime in the work I did processing these, & tomorrow — er, I mean later today — is a busy day: grocery shopping including taking my friend Sylvia to a farmer’s market; Side Street Saturdays writing; participating with a poetry performance in the Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Alaska’s Open House (part of the Mayor’s Diversity Month events); & hearing Max Blumenthal, author of Republican Gomorrah which I’m about 30% through, speak at UAA. So any post describing how the True Diversity Dinner was beyond “It was great!!!” will have to wait.
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Thank you for the great pictures. I wanted to go to the dinner, but I live on the Kenai Pennisula and just couldn’t make it happen. It makes me feel like a got to enjoy a little of it.
Good on you, Mel, for the award!
And so good to see such a rewarding, positive, celebratory way to bring people together–lifting spirits, making friendships deeper, building support for whatever lies ahead–and just having fun!
Maybe Anchorage is beginning to change. Maybe…