Shine a Light Speaker Series
The series is led by UAF Northwest Campus, UAF Office of Rights, Compliance and Accountability, and the Nanook Diversity and Action Center and is open to ALL! Thanks for being here! Join us on the third Tuesday of every month for a new speaker and topic.
Current events
Past events
Building Connect Communities - Sexual Assault Awareness Month Panel
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Panelists Jessica Klein, Elizabeth Kugzruk, and Aaron Stone share their experiences, barriers, and unique insights as survivors and sexual assault awareness advocates.
Revitalization of Inuit Tattooing
March 19, 2024
Holly Nordlum
A Life of Community Service
February 20, 2024
Wendy S. Dominique
Empowering Traditional Craftsmanship: A Journey with Sew Yupik's Small Business
January 23, 2024
Quluqaaq Nicolette Corbett
Indigenous Identity Panel
November 28, 2023
Darlene Paqpaluk Trigg, Oliver Tyrrell, and Qasu摹lana Barb Amarok
Fairbanks Local LGBTQA+ History Project
October 24, 2023
Jeff Walters, Pete Pinney, and Tachel Cohen
Understanding the Real Needs of Latinos in Alaska
September 19, 2023
Joan Ryan Estay
Murdered/Missing Indigenous Persons
May 16, 2023
Lonny Piscoya
Sivuqaq, Toxins, & Research
April 18, 2023
Vi Waghiyi
Co-Production of Knowledge: Critical Reflection on Arctic Research
March 21, 2023
Margaret Anamaq Rudolf
Death by 1000 cuts: Surviving in a World of Microaggressions & Marginality
February 21, 2023
Traci Gatewood
International Law of Colonialism in Alaska
January 17, 2023
Robert Miller
Art as Storytelling
December 6, 2022
Jenny Irene Miller
Indigenous Representation in Media
November 15, 2022
Alice Glenn
Lost Alaskans: The Morningside Hospital Project
October 18, 2022
Robin Renfroe
Ladawan: Making Images
September 20, 2022
JR Ancheta
5 C's of Healing Centered Engagement
June 21, 2022
Dr. LaVerne Xilegg Demientieff
Decolonizing the Classroom - Critical Reflections on Equity & Inclusion
May 17, 2022
Dr. Jessica Black
Footprints for the Future
March 22, 2022
Carol Seppilu
Black Organizing in Alaska
February 15, 2022
Alyssa Quintyne
Preserving & Teaching Inupiat: Renewing Relationships to the Land and Each Other
January 18, 2022
Roy Apaagzuk Agloinga
Truth and Healing: Alaska's Native Boarding Schools
November 16, 2021
Jim LaBelle
Data for Indigenous Justice: Addressing MMIWG2S in Alaska
September 21, 2021
Charlene Aqpik Apok
Lifting the Veil: Colonization, Critical Consciousness and Community Development in Rural Alaska
September 21, 2021
Charlene Stern
The Queer Art of Holding Still
August 23, 2021
Jonathan VanDyke
Beyond Stonewall: Past and Present Movements for LGBTQ+ Equality
June 21, 2021
Ronnie Houchin
The Complexities of Anti-Asian Racism
May 17, 2021
E.J.R. David
Finding Value at Home
April 19, 2021
Ana Hoffman
Who Is Elizabeth Peratrovich, Our Alaska Native Civil Rights Leader?
March 29, 2021
Jaquline Kus.een Pata
Black in Hindsight: A Review of Black History in Alaska
February 22, 2021
Jo Malbert Narv谩ez
Uncivilized: A Context for Alaska Native Equity
January 25, 2021
Former UAF Vice Chancellor Evon Peter.