Alaska Public Interest Research Group

Consumer Protection and Education for the Public Interest: AKPIRG serves the general public throughout the State of Alaska by investigating problems and providing solutions on behalf of the public interest

The Mutual Aid Network of Anchorage (MANA) is a volunteer-led grassroots response to the far-reaching effects of COVID-19 on the physical, financial, and emotional health of our community. MANA connects requests for aid with resources that already exist around Anchorage, supporting leaders at the neighborhood level to coordinate safe, respectful, and non-judgemental mutual aid among neighbors. AKPIRG is the fiscal sponsor of this grassroots effort.

Alaskans For Fair Redistricting AFFR is a coalition of Alaska Native groups, organized labor, public interest and community organizations. AFFR was created amid the 2000 redistricting process to ensure an equitable map for the people of Alaska. AFFR?s membership includes redistricting veterans who have a clear scope of the necessary strategic process and data aggregation needed to achieve an equitable map. In addition, AFFR leadership is focused on community-driven collaboration, finding ways to make both the maps submitted as well as the coalition process reflective of and driven by Alaska?s communities who are often at most risk of disenfranchisement throughout the redistricting process--specifically, rural Alaska Native communities, and urban communities of color.