Jan. 29, 2013

What's The Big Idea?

by James Harmon

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What's the big idea?

LESSONS IN DIVERSITY

'Emerging leaders' find like-minded in rural Alaska

Big ideas [highlighted by poster] are focus of ongoing dialogues

ALEX DEMARBAN
alex@alaskanewspapers.com

A forum that connects promising young leaders while introducing them to Alaska's diversity made its first trip to the Bush the first weekend of June for a four-day swing through Kotzebue, Noatak and Red Dog Mine.

Participants praised the gathering of more than 75 people, with at least one calling it the best so far of the four annual Emerging Leaders Dialogues* that have been sponsored by the Institute of the North.

Rob Kinneen, a Tlingit and former executive chef at Orso in Anchorage, is now engaged in efforts to [clipping ends]

* In other words, this is the Fourth Annual Dialogues Conference. They don't want to say when they started these.

Arctic Sounder, 7/12

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larryfine1971 Posted 10 years, 10 months ago. ✓ Mailed 10 years, 10 months ago   Favorite
Ummmm,you got any coffee bro?I love Alaska...I have three children in Butte,Ak...Cody,Aaryn,Bella:)They,are so cute!Im,going back to Alaska to visit with them:)I used to live on Juneau,and Anchorage,Ak.But,as of now I live on a beautiful island called Rota...in the N.Mariana's..there's nothing but sun/fun out here...so,leave all ur problems/worries back home!Take,care James H.....ur,pal-steve A.:) larryfine1971@yahoo.com

larryfine1971 Posted 10 years, 10 months ago. ✓ Mailed 10 years, 10 months ago   Favorite
Also,211 4-ever.....white-people are super-kool:).....S.Brightness:)

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