Alaska Humanity News Mission Statement

Goals

Sustainable economically and in its production.

The paper will be subsidized for only nine months or so. To maintain the professionalism, reliability, and breadth of circulation, we cannot depend solely on volunteers: we will need to (and want to, as a way of involving the wider community) have fairly elaborate advertising, which means that we must produce a paper that could attract these advertisers.

A message of depth, transformation, and beauty.

We want to take a fresh look at Alaskan news: to examine contemporary situations and find their meaning and spiritual core. In order to do this, we must have a living sense of truth, beauty, love, good, and the sacred.
What does this really mean? Does it make sense? Can we do this?

A voice for the voiceless – Those whose real identity is not nourished, reflected, or expressed.

Partly this means that we want to remember those who have little power in society: the poor, the disabled, the young, the elderly, and the natural world. Mainly our focus is on being a voice for the deeper dimensions of everyday life. The mainstream media tells us and defines what’s real. What is missing, and what is essential?

Courage to challenge the status quo from a positive perspective.

A model to create similar papers in other cities.

What we are not

Politically partisan: Liberal, progressive, conservative, or reactionary (But interested in the effect of politics on human beings).

We do want to examine the political situation and political events. But let’s try to understand the way conflicts arise, and could be resolved, by finding their human and spiritual sources.

Primarily entertainment or health oriented (But interested in the celebration and defense of life.)

Not religiously partisan, ideological or dogmatic (But capable of seeing what is sacred or ultimate).

Vulgar or sexually explicit

Contentious (but capable of positive, direct challenge)

An opportunity for self-expression, or to expose injustice.

What is valuable about ourselves? What is the cause of injustice, and what is a healing response? This is what we want to publicize.