Forum workshop takeaways from a Homer health educator

Annie Garay, a Homer nurse who attended our Hosting Impactful Gatherings workshop on Yukon Island this summer, shares her key takeaways - and surprises.

Making our schools our own: a collaboration with Chugachmiut Litnaurwik (A place of learning) Dept of Education

In late summer 2025, the Forum partnered with Chugachmiut to host an inaugural Tribal Education Committee meeting and a regional Education Summit, all working toward the goal of "making schools our own."

Looking back on a year of Work With Us

In the spring of 2025, the Forum unexpectedly lost significant federal funding. Staff Polly Carr looks back on the year of challenge, creativity, and community building that emerged out of this crisis.

Partner Highlight: Alaska Native Heritage Center

"They sit up a little straighter and ask more questions." Story Works check-in Pt. 2

Rethinking leadership with LA28 alum Elizabeth Pantaleone

Leadership Anchorage 28 alum Elizabeth Pantaleone describes how participating in the program changed how she saw her roles in her community and upended her earlier assumptions about leadership.