1 Submitted by: AssemblymembersTAYLOR, 2 Fairclough, Kendall, Sham berg , Sullivan, Tesche, 3 Traini, Tremaine, Van Etten, Van Gemmingen, and 4 Whittle 5 a..ERK's Offla Prepared by: Department of Assembly 6 APP~OVED For reading: October 15, 2002 7 ,.). Date:-.-~/"("~ -~~ ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 8 9 AR NO. 2002- 339 10 11 A RESOLUTION OF THE ANCHORAGE MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY RECOGNIZING AND 12 HONORING MAHALA ASHLEY DICKERSON FOR HER LIFETIME COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY 13 AND JUSTICE 14 15 16 WHEREAS, Mahala Ashley Dickerson graduated cum laude from Howard University in 1948 17 and was Alabama's first Black female attorney, admitted in 1948; and 18 19 WHEREAS, she was the first Black attorney to pioneer the last great frontier and was 20 admitted to the Alaska Bar in 1959; and 21 22 WHEREAS,she homesteaded 160 acres of land in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley; and 23 24 WHEREAS, she is the founder of AI-Acres, Inc., a charitable, educational, and religious 25 corporation, to which she also devotes a part of her homestead for recreational, charitable, and 26 religious purposes; and 27 28 WHEREAS, she has completed her memoirs, "Delayed Justice For Sale", profits from which 29 go to AI-Acres, Inc. for the benefit of scholarships for needy college students and for civil rights 30 causes; and 31 32 WHEREAS, she has practicedlaw in Alaskafor 42 years, dedicatingmuch of her time and 33 energy to assisting minorities, women, and the underprivileged in achieving equality in housing, 34 employment, and human services; and 35 36 WHEREAS, Mahala Ashley Dickerson has received numerous awards including the Zeta Phi 37 Beta "Woman of the Year Award", the NAACP "Freedom Award", the Valley Women's Resource 38 Center "Women's History Award", the Northern Lights Civic and Social Club "Mother of the Year 39 Award", the Denali Alaskan of the Year Award, induction into the Lawyer's Hall of Fame by the 40 National Bar Association in 1999, and the National Bar Association's Scroll Award in 2001, given for 41 outstanding service by Black women attorneys who have served over 50 years. 42 43 NOW, THEREFORE, the Anchorage Municipal Assembly resolves that 44 45 Mahala Ashley Dickerson 46 47 is recognized and honored for her lifetime commitment to equality and justice. 48 49 PASSED AND APPROVED by the Anchorage Assembly this _M~~day of Q c/o kr , 50 2002. 51 52 ji2~~~,~::2_- - - 53 Chair 54 ATTEST: ~ 57 58 ~8 Municipality of Anchorage MUNICIPAL CLERK'S OFFICE Agenda Document Control Sheet ~"' }(l~)' c (SEEREVERSE SIDE FOR FURTHER INFORMA nON) l'r ;' C , 1 .SUBJECT OF AGENM DOClAENT IDATE PREPARED M.O.A A Resolution Recognizing and Honoring Mahala AShleY; . ::j~:I ;'15-Oct-O2 ~ ',~;:;IJ;tlJAiQZi:;d , i AO,..,rilARrxl AM AIM --- Dickerson for Her Lifetime Commitment to Eauality and JusticeIDlRECT~~.~t-,.-;:;~ l r-,..T- D=- Assembly '. '". .2 ITHEpERi<iN me DOClAtENTWAS ACTUAL!. Y PREPAREDBY : I :' Greg ~r .y - HISIHERPH()NE.)f..~x~ - ,- ~."'"~t.~"Cl C, I 13 343-4763 '" ~4 COORDINATED WITH AND REVIEWED BY INITIALS DATE IXIMayor.-- -- - Heritaae- Land- Bank -'- Merrill Field Airport: "".I. ",' \-- I MunicioalliQht & Power . ". \ - - & RecreationalServices ee Relations 71 Inance,--~- Chief Fi~1 Office~ Fire ' c: Health & Human ServIc8$ . ,- - -- - Office of Manaaement and BudQet I.XJ - - : ManagementInfonnation Services ~ I ~Planning: Pol~ DeveloPm~t & Publicworks - I Dev:eioPlnentServices- Facility- Manaaement Plannino r : .-p~ Management & Engineerlng - I' Snet Maintenance -- Traffic-- - Public Transportation Depar1ment PUrchasin- , . Ix IMunicipal Attornev IMunici~al Clerk I 5 I Speclallnstructlons/Comments ,;,.', .' - -},: " I ,., - - , c 6 ASSEMBLYH~ DATEREQUESTED BLICH~ DATEREQUESTED .