Alaska’s Black employee group offers support, advocacy

Air Group Black Employees, Allies and Advocates, one of Alaska Airlines’ employee-led Business Resource Groups, offers opportunities for professional development, mutual support and community service as well as serving as a voice for diversity within the company. “If we can get to a place of mutual understanding that we need to move beyond just tolerating each other and see the goodness our differences make, this company will be successful,” said DeMarco Best, a founding member of ABEA and duty manager of simulator operations in Seattle.