Hundreds gathered outside the Z.J. Loussac Library on Jan. 11 to mourn the death of Renee Good. Good was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Jan. 7. The vigil was organized by the nonprofit Stand Up Alaska.
Attendees were given an opportunity to speak. A shareholder with NANA Regional Corporation — a for-profit Alaska Native Corporation — said she felt ashamed that the corporation invests in detention facilities operated by ICE, as reported by Alaska Public Media.
She asked attendees to write letters to NANA President John Lincoln, urging him to divest from supporting the facilities…