Category Archives: True Diversity Dinner

The True Diversity Dinner originated with several Anchorage progressive bloggers — including me — who had been writing about the fight for the Anchorage equal rights ordinance 2009-64 during the summer of 2009. The ordinance, which would have added sexual orientation and gender identity to the municipal human rights code, passed the Anchorage Assembly by a vote of 7 to 4 but was vetoed by Mayor Dan Sullivan. The following month, for Mayor’s Diversity Month (an event originally created during the administration of Mayor, now Senator, Mark Begich) was renamed the Mayor’s Unity Dinner by Mayor Sullivan. The True Diversity Dinner was our alternative, with the motto, “Because we all deserve a seat at the table.”