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SUMMARY:Diversity Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:In May\, we'll meet Joan Ryan\, Vice President\, of Enlaces Alaska. \n\n\n\nEnlaces is a 501(c)3 formed in September 2017 with a mission to empower\, educate\, and engage Alaska's Latino community by acting as a catalyst for an equitable presence and voice. By collaboration with communities throughout Alaska\, Enlaces works to advance social justice and equity for Latinos and Hispanics in the North. For more info\, visit en.enlacesak.org.\n\n \n\n\nJoan Ryan originally from Vi a Del Mar\, Chile\, is a community organizer and a fighter for women's rights. She has served as the chair of the Anchorage Women's Commission for the Municipality of Anchorage and was former Vice President of Alaska National Organization for Women (NOW).\n\n\n\nShe holds a BA in performing arts\, from Universidad del Desarrollo\, an Associate's degree in health and natural therapy from the Instituto del Medio Ambiente\, and has an MBA in Strategic Leadership from Alaska Pacific University. She is currently an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Alaska Fairbanks teaching 200 and 300 level classes.\n\n\n\nShe loves spending her time traveling to different places in the world and packrafting with her husband. She is also a two-time Mt Marathon race participant in Seward\, Alaska.\n\n \n\n\nThe diversity committee's mission is to better serve and advocate for the business community by becoming a more open\, inclusive\, and diverse organization reflective of the make-up of Anchorage. To accomplish this we envision a board that reflects the demographics of our city and a growing membership of businesses representing the diversity of our business owners and entrepreneurs.\n\n\n\nAll members and non-members are welcome to attend and share ideas to advance our diversity mission. If you'd like to present at a future meeting\, please email diversity@anchoragechamber.org.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<br />\nIn May\, we&#39\;ll meet <strong>Joan Ryan</strong>\, Vice President\, of Enlaces Alaska.&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Enlaces&nbsp\;</strong>is a 501(c)3 formed in September 2017 with a mission to empower\, educate\, and engage Alaska&rsquo\;s Latino community by acting as a catalyst for an equitable presence and voice. By collaboration with communities throughout Alaska\, Enlaces works to advance social justice and equity for Latinos and Hispanics in the North. For more info\, visit&nbsp\;<a href="https://en.enlacesak.org/" target="_blank">en.enlacesak.org</a>.<br />\n&nbsp\;\n<hr /><br />\n<strong><img alt="" height="176" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1417/Image/Head_Shots/joanRyan.png" style="width: 175px\; height: 176px\; margin: 10px\; float: right\;" width="175" />Joan Ryan</strong> originally from Vi&ntilde\;a Del Mar\, Chile\, is a community organizer and a fighter for women&rsquo\;s rights. She has served as the chair of the Anchorage Women&rsquo\;s Commission for the Municipality of Anchorage and was former Vice President of Alaska National Organization for Women (NOW).<br />\n<br />\nShe holds a BA in performing arts\, from Universidad del Desarrollo\, an Associate&rsquo\;s degree in health and natural therapy from the Instituto del Medio Ambiente\, and has an MBA in Strategic Leadership from Alaska Pacific University. She is currently an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Alaska Fairbanks teaching 200 and 300 level classes.<br />\n<br />\nShe loves spending her time traveling to different places in the world and packrafting with her husband. She is also a two-time Mt Marathon race participant in Seward\, Alaska.<br />\n&nbsp\;\n<hr /><br />\nThe diversity committee&#39\;s mission is to better serve and advocate for the business community by becoming a more open\, inclusive\, and diverse organization reflective of the make-up of Anchorage. To accomplish this we envision a board that reflects the demographics of our city and a growing membership of businesses representing the diversity of our business owners and entrepreneurs.<br />\n<br />\n<em><strong>All members and non-members are welcome to attend and share ideas to advance our diversity mission. If you&#39\;d like to present at a future meeting\, please email <a href="mailto:diversity@anchoragechamber.org?subject=Present%20at%20a%20committee%20meeting">diversity@anchoragechamber.org</a>.</strong></em>
LOCATION:Anchorage Chamber Board Room + Virtual via Zoom (RSVP for link) 1016 W 6th Ave.\, Ste. 304
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URL:https://business.anchoragechamber.org/events/details/diversity-commitee-meeting-05-07-2025-9415
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