The Forum designs and facilitates a wide range of programs that provide opportunities for individual and professional growth and reflection, cross-cultural immersion, and meaningful conversation. Participants practice and develop skills, strengthen their cultural competency, expand their networks, and activate ideas into action.
The Leadership Anchorage Alumni Award recognizes an LA alum.
learn moreRecognizing the selected writer’s contribution to the quality of life in Alaska, the Alaska State Writer Laureate is a two-year honorary appointment to promote the literary arts and artists of Alaska.
learn moreGet people in your community talking about what matters most.
learn moreCheck out the work that has gotten us to here!
learn moreLeadership Anchorage is designed to develop the skills, knowledge, perspective, and networks needed to be an effective and compassionate member of our city, and our state.
learn moreA Workshop Series to Support Dialogue, Connection, and Action in the Mat-Su.
learn moreConversations and tools that strengthen community.
learn moreConcrete tools for navigating polarized conversations with coworkers, family members, friends, and acquaintances, regardless of the topic.
learn moreThe Depolarizing Vaccine Conversations webinars offer background on research and recommendations for navigating challenging conversations about vaccines with coworkers, family members, friends, and acquaintances.
learn moreAre you looking to bring people together to spark deeper connections, build lasting community relationships, and strengthen your team or classroom?
learn moreStory Works supports youth voices through storytelling and writing workshops.
learn moreThe Governor's Arts and Humanities Awards is an annual event to recognize and honor noteworthy contributions to the arts and humanities in Alaska.
learn moreA directory to Alaska's cultural, social, and civic organizations.
learn moreMagnetic North is a documentary film series that explores the stories of Alaskans whose actions and ideas have shaped the history, spirit, and values of Alaska.
learn moreThe Leadership Anchorage Mentor Award recognizes an LA Mentor - past or present - who has demonstrated a commitment to investing in the growth of one or more LA participants
learn moreTake Wing “Tengluni” is a partnership between the Alaska Humanities Forum and Calista Education and Culture, Inc. supporting high school seniors in the Kuspuk, Lower Kuskokwim, Lower Yukon, and Yupiit School Districts.
learn moreFORUM supports Alaskan writers and storytellers, shares stories that are underrecognized in statewide media, and connects readers with an inclusive narrative of our state’s past, present, and future.
learn moreParticipants build confidence in their cultural identities and form a supportive community with other Native youth from across Alaska. Understanding culture as a source of strength helps students navigate life after high school.
learn moreThe humanities explore enduring questions about who we are, what we believe, where we have been, what we value, and why.
learn moreThe Forum’s Cross-Cultural Programs bring people with different backgrounds together to deepen their understanding of others and themselves.
learn moreThrive Together is rooted in seeing students through a strengths-based lens, understanding cultural identity as a source of strength, and building supportive networks that will help students navigate high school and beyond.
learn moreAK|Next is a reflective, experiential program focused on developing leadership, cross cultural understanding, and connections between Alaskan youth.
learn moreAlaska Salmon Fellows program is designed to facilitate demanding conversations about salmon issues among leaders from a cross section of salmon policy, management, industry, activism, research, and cultural sectors.
learn moreRADICAL IDEAS. UNEXPECTED CONNECTIONS. STRONGER COMMUNITY.
learn moreNew! Explore FORUM Magazine articles, AKHF films, and more through our FORUM Stories platform.
learn moreThe Leadership Anchorage Alumni Award recognizes an LA alum.
Recognizing the selected writer’s contribution to the quality of life in Alaska, the Alaska State Writer Laureate is a two-year honorary appointment to promote the literary arts and artists of Alaska.
Get people in your community talking about what matters most.
Check out the work that has gotten us to here!
Leadership Anchorage is designed to develop the skills, knowledge, perspective, and networks needed to be an effective and compassionate member of our city, and our state.
A Workshop Series to Support Dialogue, Connection, and Action in the Mat-Su.
Conversations and tools that strengthen community.
Concrete tools for navigating polarized conversations with coworkers, family members, friends, and acquaintances, regardless of the topic.
The Depolarizing Vaccine Conversations webinars offer background on research and recommendations for navigating challenging conversations about vaccines with coworkers, family members, friends, and acquaintances.
Are you looking to bring people together to spark deeper connections, build lasting community relationships, and strengthen your team or classroom?
Story Works supports youth voices through storytelling and writing workshops.
The Governor's Arts and Humanities Awards is an annual event to recognize and honor noteworthy contributions to the arts and humanities in Alaska.
A directory to Alaska's cultural, social, and civic organizations.
Magnetic North is a documentary film series that explores the stories of Alaskans whose actions and ideas have shaped the history, spirit, and values of Alaska.
The Leadership Anchorage Mentor Award recognizes an LA Mentor - past or present - who has demonstrated a commitment to investing in the growth of one or more LA participants
Take Wing “Tengluni” is a partnership between the Alaska Humanities Forum and Calista Education and Culture, Inc. supporting high school seniors in the Kuspuk, Lower Kuskokwim, Lower Yukon, and Yupiit School Districts.
FORUM supports Alaskan writers and storytellers, shares stories that are underrecognized in statewide media, and connects readers with an inclusive narrative of our state’s past, present, and future.
Participants build confidence in their cultural identities and form a supportive community with other Native youth from across Alaska. Understanding culture as a source of strength helps students navigate life after high school.
The humanities explore enduring questions about who we are, what we believe, where we have been, what we value, and why.
The Forum’s Cross-Cultural Programs bring people with different backgrounds together to deepen their understanding of others and themselves.
Thrive Together is rooted in seeing students through a strengths-based lens, understanding cultural identity as a source of strength, and building supportive networks that will help students navigate high school and beyond.
AK|Next is a reflective, experiential program focused on developing leadership, cross cultural understanding, and connections between Alaskan youth.
Alaska Salmon Fellows program is designed to facilitate demanding conversations about salmon issues among leaders from a cross section of salmon policy, management, industry, activism, research, and cultural sectors.
RADICAL IDEAS. UNEXPECTED CONNECTIONS. STRONGER COMMUNITY.
New! Explore FORUM Magazine articles, AKHF films, and more through our FORUM Stories platform.
The Alaska Humanities Forum is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that designs and facilitates experiences to bridge distance and difference – programming that shares and preserves the stories of people and places across our vast state, and explores what it means to be Alaskan.
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