The One Anchorage Campaign and Initiative are sponsored by a diverse group of Anchorage leaders who believe in our Alaskan values of community and fairness. The Initiative Sponsors are clergy and elected officials, business and labor leaders, and representatives of many communities. Black and white, straight and gay, Alaska Native, Latino and Asian, Christian and Jewish, we are all working together to create One Anchorage.

The Sponsors include Campaign Co-Chairs:
– Arliss Sturgulewski, former State Senator and Republican Gubernatorial Candidate;
– Tony Knowles, former Governor;
as well as:
– Vince Beltrami, President, Alaska AFL-CIO;
– Eric Britten, former chair Alaska State Chamber of Commerce,
and Anchorage Chamber of Commerce;
– Rev. Michael Burke, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church;
– Rev. Martin Eldred, Joy Lutheran Church, Eagle River;
– Leslie Ellis, CEO, Credit Union 1;
– Vic Fischer, Constitutional Convention Delegate and former State Senator;
– Wanda Greene, President, Anchorage Branch, NAACP;
– Rev. Dr. G. W. Kimura;
– Janie Leask, former President/CEO – First Alaskans Institute;
– Eric McCallum, President/Owner, Arctic Wire and Rope;
– Phyllis Rhodes, Executive Director, Identity (Anchorage LGBT Community Center);
– Jack Roderick, former Anchorage Mayor; and
– Elias Rojas, President, Alaskans Together (Statewide LGBT Organization)
(Note: organizational affiliation included for identification purposes only.)

In addition, hundreds of elected officials, business owners, labor leaders, heads of community and non-profit organizations, clergy and other religious leaders, and many individuals have endorsed the One Anchorage Campaign and the Equal Rights Initiative..

Faith Leaders:

Alaska Center for Spiritual Living
Amazing Grace Lutheran Church
Kristin Batchelor
David Beckett, Superintendent – Alaska United Methodist Conference
Senior Pastor, Reverend Michael Burke, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Pastor Dan Bollerud, Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church
Reverend Doctor Ted Cole, Jr. St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Church Life Alaska
Pastor Martin Eldred, Joy Lutheran Church in Eagle River
Reverend Sara Gavit, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Pastor Susan Halvor, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Rev. Beatrice Hitchcock, Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Ellen Johnson
Bishop Michael Keys, Alaska Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Pastor Ron Martinson, Former Bishop of the the Alaska Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Pastor Ronald Myers, First United Methodist Church
Rabbi Michael Oblath, Congregation Beth Sholom
Senior Pastor Peter K. Perry, Saint John United Methodist Church
Senior Pastor Glenn Petersen, Central Lutheran Church
Reverend Julia Seymour, Lutheran Church of Hope
Pastor Lisa Smith Fiegel, Central Lutheran Church

Elected Officials:

Jim Barnett, Former Anchorage Assembly Member
Sharon Cissna, State Representative, District 22
Bettye Davis, State Senator, District K
Harriet A. Drummond, Anchorage Assembly Member, West Anchorage
Johnny Ellis, State Senator, District L
Patrick Flynn, Anchorage Assembly Member, Downtown
Hollis French, State Senator, District M
Les Gara, State Representative, District 23
Berta Gardner, State Representative, District 24
Max Gruenberg, State Representative, District 20
Elvi Gray-Jackson, Anchorage Assembly Member, Midtown
Lindsey Holmes, State Representative, District 26
Richard Tremaine, Former Anchorage Assembly Member
Fran Ulmer, Former Lieutenant Governor of Alaska

Labor Leaders:

International Association of Firefighters Local 1264
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) Local 601

Business Leaders:

About Face Inc., Leeann Taylor
Alaska Laser Printing and Mailing Services
Alta House Vacations
Altman, Rogers and Company, Karen I Rogers
Anchorage Inventory Services, Lee Richard Kaploski
AMP Pharmacy
Art Services North
Arctic Cable Company
Bar Stars Professional Bartending School
Jim Barnett, Lawyer, 1990′s Anchorage Assembly Member
BDS Inc., Dan Seiser, President
Body Mind Soul Inc, Nathan Prince, President
Both Ears Live Sound
Beauty Call By Sonia
Marilyn Carpenter, Marriage and Family Therapist
Mark Colavecchio
Complete Auto Repair
Compliments Hair Salon
Credit Union 1, Leslie Ellis
Croft’s Law Office, Eric Croft
Denali Public Research Group
Dynamic Properties, Clair and Barbara Ramsey
Dzine Alaska
Frontier Tutoring, LLC, Brian J. Franklin
Frontier Tutoring, LLC
Dr. Willard C. Gump DVM
Hawk Consultants LLC
Heather Flynn, Philanthropist
Hillside Pet Clinic
Derek Johnston
Kinley’s Restaurant & Bar
Last Frontier Diving and Adventures
Ledjha’s, Ledjha Ekstedt
Richard Leland, Intervention and Recovery Counseling
Bob Lester
LogicNet Alaska
Guadalupe Marroquin
Mad Myrna’s
Mendel & Associates, Allison Mendel
Meridian Systems
Modern Dwellers Chocolate Lounge
Movement Options
New Yorker
Mia Oxley, Oxley Consulting and Mediation
Provisio
Rogers & Company, CPA, P.C.
Beverly Ryan
Salon Davinci
Sandra Ramsey Associates
Schlotzsky’s
SimpleTerp, Deaf Interpreter, Randee Pascall
Sign Language Interpreters, Linda Suter
Side Street Espresso
Snow City Cafe
Solstice Alaska Consulting
South/Root Down, Jared Tyler
Spenard Roadhouse
Suite 100
Summer Moon Services: Babette’s Tender Love ‘N Care Dog Grooming
Support Services of Alaska
The Flying Dutchman
Wordsmith
Yu Beauty Lounge

Community Groups and Nonprofit Leaders:

Alaska Youth and Parent Foundation
Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association
Alaskans Together for Equality
Anchorage Youth Development Coalition
Identity, Inc.
Equality Works, Rev. Johnathan Jones
Wanda Greene, President, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Patti Higgins, State Chair, Alaska Democratic Party
Heather Kendall Miller
Jeffrey Mittman, American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska
Thomas O’Malley, Girdwood Board of Supervisors
Out North Contemporary Art House
Parents, Friends and Families of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) of Anchorage
Planned Parenthood
P.O.W.E.R (Peer Outreach Workers Education and Referral)
Tim Pearson
Political Science Student Association, University of Alaska Anchorage
Pride Foundation, Tiffany McClain
Spectrum, Alaska Pacific University
YWCA Anchorage