The Black in Alaska project will produce 50 profiles of Black professionals and community members across the state — like Traci Gatewood, a business owner in Fairbanks.
The project, called “Black in Alaska,” came out of a series of conversations the Rasmuson Foundation held with Black community members in the months before and after the murder of George Floyd in 2020.Tuesday that the goal is to portray stories of Black Alaskans overcoming struggles and succeeding, both for those born and raised here and for newer arrivals like herself.
She says when she arrived over a decade ago, there were 12 Black attorneys in Alaska. Now there are 19. “And so we have so much work to be done,” Wardlaw said. “Yet I’m not entirely sure I would have stayed in the state but for those now 18 colleagues, friends and loved ones who are part of the Black attorney community wrapping their arms around me to make sure that I was successful and that, most importantly, I stayed here to expose what this career could be like to Black Alaskans coming up in the next generation.
An important element of the project also lies in who is telling the story. The advisory committee made up of Black Alaskans identifies individuals to profile, and a diverse creative team interviews them.
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