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.
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.
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 moreCheck out the work that has gotten us to here!
learn moreThe Forum’s Cross-Cultural Programs bring people with different backgrounds together to deepen their understanding of others and themselves.
learn moreConversations and tools that strengthen community.
learn moreGet people in your community talking about what matters most.
learn moreAK|Next is a reflective, experiential program focused on developing leadership, cross cultural understanding, and connections between Alaskan youth.
learn moreRADICAL IDEAS. UNEXPECTED CONNECTIONS. STRONGER COMMUNITY.
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 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 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 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 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 moreA directory to Alaska's cultural, social, and civic organizations.
learn moreNew! Explore FORUM Magazine articles, AKHF films, and more through our FORUM Stories platform.
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 moreThe Leadership Anchorage Alumni Award recognizes an LA alum.
learn moreThe humanities explore enduring questions about who we are, what we believe, where we have been, what we value, and why.
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 Depolarizing Vaccine Conversations webinars offer background on research and recommendations for navigating challenging conversations about vaccines with coworkers, family members, friends, and acquaintances.
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 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 moreConcrete tools for navigating polarized conversations with coworkers, family members, friends, and acquaintances, regardless of the topic.
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.
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.
Check out the work that has gotten us to here!
The Forum’s Cross-Cultural Programs bring people with different backgrounds together to deepen their understanding of others and themselves.
Conversations and tools that strengthen community.
Get people in your community talking about what matters most.
AK|Next is a reflective, experiential program focused on developing leadership, cross cultural understanding, and connections between Alaskan youth.
RADICAL IDEAS. UNEXPECTED CONNECTIONS. STRONGER COMMUNITY.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
A directory to Alaska's cultural, social, and civic organizations.
New! Explore FORUM Magazine articles, AKHF films, and more through our FORUM Stories platform.
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.
The Leadership Anchorage Alumni Award recognizes an LA alum.
The humanities explore enduring questions about who we are, what we believe, where we have been, what we value, and why.
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 Depolarizing Vaccine Conversations webinars offer background on research and recommendations for navigating challenging conversations about vaccines with coworkers, family members, friends, and acquaintances.
The Governor's Arts and Humanities Awards is an annual event to recognize and honor noteworthy contributions to the arts and humanities in Alaska.
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.
Concrete tools for navigating polarized conversations with coworkers, family members, friends, and acquaintances, regardless of the topic.
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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