How the Storytelling Fellowship brought one writer closer to her community

North Pole writer Bri Gray completed the Forum's Storytelling Fellowship in 2026 - an experience that "reinvigorated" her and helped her re-ground in her own community. Read more here.

Across the "human family:" Educator Cross-Cultural Immersion continuing conversations

Adam Mackie is an English Language Arts teacher at West High School in Anchorage and a 2016 alum of the Forum's Educator Cross-Cultural Immersion program. Read how the program still shapes his teaching here.

Partner Highlight: University of Alaska Southeast School of Education

Since fall 2025, the Forum has been supporting UAS School of Education staff through workshops and facilitation services.

"You kind of unlock a new layer": A student's take on Story Works

Last spring, West High freshman Cooper CarrAnaya experienced Story Works for the first time. Hear from Cooper how the program caused a "shift in the room" and unlocked new relationships in her class.

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."