Summit explores achieving racial equity in Alaska

Panelists from around the world discuss steps toward achieving racial equity. Hillman/KSKA
The First Alaskans Institute hosted a Racial Equity Summit in Anchorage this week. The event’s dialogues focused on what racial equity is and how we can start to achieve it.
Racial Equity and racial equality are not the same thing. Equality means everyone is treated the same or given the same resources. It assumes that everyone starts at the same point. Equity means making sure everyone can arrive at