[Missing, murdered women: Artist tries to make crisis feel real]<\/a><\/ins><\/p>\n“Just because we have other issues we deal with, we can’t forget about our community in terms of things that make people feel like they matter. We know we have crime; we’re working on that,” she said. “… But things like this make people feel good in the midst of feeling down.”<\/p>\n
Eastman has in the past voted against singling out individuals or groups for special recognition.<\/p>\n
In 2017, he voted against making Oct. 25 “African American Soldiers’ Contribution to Building the Alaska Highway Day.” Supporters of that measure said it was intended to bring recognition to the black soldiers whose contributions had been overlooked. But Eastman took issue with not recognizing all those who contributed to building the highway.<\/p>\n
“And let’s have a day for all Alaskans and all veteran service members who contributed to building our highway certainly before we then reach down and choose a particular minority within that group of veterans who sacrificed in some cases their very lives,” he said at that time.<\/p>\n
Eastman also voted Thursday against a bill to establish May 31 of each year as Katie John Day, in recognition of the late Athabascan elder known for her long legal fight for subsistence rights for Alaska Natives.<\/p>\n
Eastman, who has taken issue with the coverage of abortion through Medicaid, was censured by the House in 2017 over comments he made suggesting there are women in Alaska who try to get pregnant to get a “free trip to the city” for abortions. Eastman apologized for the comments.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 This is an Associated Press report by Becky Bohrer.<\/b><\/p>\n
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