ALASKA HUMANITIES (907) 272-5341 www.akhf.org FORUM
ALASKA HUMANITIES FORUM 161 East First Avenue, Door 15 Anchorage, AK 99501
FORUM THE MAGAZINE OF THE ALASKA HUMANITIES FORUM SUMMER 2017
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Alaska Humanities Forum Calendar
“A Call to Look,” part two. PAGE 32
COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS
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NEW! AUGUST 10, 6:30 p.m. Community Conversations: Homelessness Alaska Humanities Forum, Anchorage
2017 Annual Grants awarded. PAGE 38
Join us for an open exchange of perspectives about homelessness. Share your reactions to and reflections on this issue’s article, Community Conversations: Homelessness (page 34). Be part of a fresh dialogue about this topic, one of the Forum’s focus areas for 2017. Light fare will be served.
Photo by Josh Corbett
AUGUST 19, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. StepUpAK Loussac Library, Anchorage
Alaska Salmon Fellows gathering. PAGE 20
StepUpAK is an opportunity for community members, local leaders, and businesses to strengthen the neighborhoods where they live, work, and play. This is the fourth year of StepUpAK; after successful events in Mountain View and Spenard, this year’s program will be focused on Midtown with a theme of “Renew and Refresh.”
AUGUST 21, 5:30 – 7 p.m. Leadership Anchorage Open House Alaska Humanities Forum, Anchorage
We are seeking applicants for Leadership Anchorage 21! Come learn more about this program at the Open House and then apply online by September 8, 2017 AUGUST 31 HUMAN:ties Grant Deadline
The new HUMAN:ties Social Practice Grant will provide $10,000 to an Alaska-based individual or group that seeks to affect social change through socially engaged art. In its first year, HUMAN:ties seeks projects that attempt to illuminate diverse definitions and experiences of homelessness in Alaska. Learn more and apply online at akhf.org/ grants. SEPTEMBER 8, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Epicenter Photo Exhibition Alaska Humanities Forum, Anchorage
Join us for the opening of the group photography show Epicenter, focused on images made in the Forum’s Ship Creek neighborhood. Exhibition runs through November 3. See page 10. Get more details about all Alaska Humanities Forum events and opportunities at akhf.org.