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“I used to work for the state of Alaska. I retired after 27 years with the state, and, um, I said I'm going to put my time into my nonprofit because I want to help my community. But then working with my community, it's not just my community that I see the need It's more than just Pacific Island community.”
Speaker
Unidentified speaker
Community
Alaska News
Location
Anchorage
Captured at
June 9, 2026

From the transcript

I used to work for the state of Alaska. I retired after 27 years with the state, and, um, I said I'm going to put my time into my nonprofit because I want to help my community. But then working with my community, it's not just my community that I see the need It's more than just Pacific Island community. So the work that you all do, you know, trying to house everyone that don't have a home is, you know, I can keep my, you know, hats off to you guys because it's not an easy job. For me, I look at my board member and they said, how do you do this, Lucy?

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