Introducing Aud and Rachael
The Forum's programs keep expanding and our staff roster grows to accommodate!
Meet Workshop Coordinator Aud Pleas and Vice President of Development Rachael McPherson. Both joined us in October, and are fully engaged in their new...
Nancy Hemsath
Nov 09, 2021
Meet the Forum’s new VP of Operations, Helen Poitra-Chalmers
The Forum is thrilled that Helen Poitra-Chalmers has joined our team as the Vice President of Operations.
Helen’s background as a lawyer for Alaska Native Corporations and Tribes gives her an insight...
Nancy Hemsath
Sep 14, 2021
Oliviah Franke Joins the Forum
New Conversation Programs Coordinator, Oliviah Franke, came to the Forum at the end of July from the U.S. Forest Service, where she had supported conservation education efforts. She helped us craft her Forum Profile...
Nancy Hemsath
Aug 09, 2021
Forum Welcomes Malik Allen
Malik Allen joined the Alaska Humanities Forum in June as the Operations Coordinator. In this newly created position, Malik supports the administrative and financial operations of the Forum, as well...
Nancy Hemsath
Jul 09, 2021
What’s possible when community and media connect?
Since 2019 the Alaska Humanities Forum has been hosting programming designed to build trust between journalists and community through the national Democracy and the...
Jann Mylet
Jun 22, 2021
2021 Annual Grants Announced
The Alaska Humanities Forum is excited to announce its 2021 annual grants awards! Six organizations across the state will each receive grants in the amount of $15,000 for projects - digital products, publications, film, exhibits, and oral histories - that engage,...
Jann Mylet
May 21, 2021
Practicing Civic Engagement
What does it look like to practice civic engagement? This has been a question core to Forum programming throughout April, and as May comes into full swing, it begs to be reflected on.
Throughout the last few months, the Forum...
Lev Greenstein
May 14, 2021
Hydaburg Hero
For over 10 years, former professional athlete Damen Bell-Holter (Haida) has been working with youth and Indigenous communities around the world through basketball camps, workshops, school visits, keynote speeches, and...
Jann Mylet
Apr 13, 2021
Alaska Artists Explain Why it Matters


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