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Healthy Alaskans 2020 is the strategic health improvement plan for Alaska led jointly by the State of Alaska and the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. The framework for the plan contains Leading Health Indicators (LHI’s) which are tracked annually, and overtime, to assess how we are improving and insuring health equity for all Alaskans and thereby advancing wellness. This event will provide an overview of the statewide health improvement plan, share a summary of the strategies, actions and community partners engaging in activities to help measure and meet statewide targets. Cheryl Dalena, who serves as Alaska Native Tribal Health Co-Chair for Healthy Alaskans 2020, will provide an overview of the statewide health improvement plan, share a summary of the strategies, actions and community partners engaging in activities to help improve health and meet statewide targets and share status and plans. This event is held in celebration of National Public Health Week and is cosponsored by the UAA Masters of Public Health Program and UAA Campus Bookstore.

Kirill Ole Thompson presents Delving into the Daxue (Great Learning) with Zhu Xi: The Way to Moral Clarity, Ethical Efficacy and Deeper Resonance. Intoduction by Dr. Annie Zeng (1:27-6:16). (Note sound lappses at 15:17-16:18; 35:07-35:48; 47:54-49:44) In the round table discussion offered at the UAA Campus Bookstore, Kirill Ole Thompson discusses Zhu Xi’s work called Great Learning, which investigates the relationship between mind purification and moral institutions. Within this focus, Kirill Ole Thompson examines the Book of Change & Songs of the South and the way appropriate judgments and responses are made. Kirill Ole Thompson is Professor of Foreign Languages & Literature at Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities & Social Sciences, National Taiwan University. He specializes in Chinese philosophy, Zhu Xi (1130-1200) and the Song-Ming Neo Confucian masters. Currently, his research includes investigating the implications in traditional Chinese philosophy regarding the environment and climate change. This event is sponsored by UAA Confucius Institute, UAA Philosophy Department, UAA Office of the Provost, and UAA Campus Bookstore,and Moose's Tooth.

What does it truly means for diverse individuals to coexist within the same society? How can individuals begin to heal from negative issues related to diversity? UAA Art professor Thomas Chung and President of the UAA Black Student Union Cheryl Williams lead a discussion on multiculturalism, bigotry, racism and their psychological effects. (Note, event timeline: hang musical peformance, Thomas Chung (4:16-44:40), and Cheryl Cox Williams (48:45-1:48). Thomas Chung, born in New Jersey, received his Masters of Fine Arts Degree from Yale University in 2013 and has been living in Alaska ever since. His work has received national attention and critically reviewed in Art in America, The New Yorker, and Modern Painters Magazine. His exhibit “Everything is Sacred” will be on display at the Anchorage Museum until January 20, 2019. Cheryl Cox Williams is President of UAA Black Student Union and the National Coalition Building Institute Student Club, is a member of the Diversity Action Council and UAA Student Club Council. A retired US Army veteran, she is studying Psychology and Communications at UAA. This event is sponsored by UAA Black Student Union, NCBI, UAA Multicultural Center, and UAA Campus Bookstore

Xue Tao (768-831 A.D.) was a well-known poet in an age when all men of learning were poets and almost all women were illiterate. At this time, Xue Tao also possessed other identities that achieved her a legendary life coupled with meandering love during the Tang dynasty. Summer Hu, who teaches at the UAA Confucius Institute, reads and explains Xue Tao poems taken from the bilingual collection The Brocade River Poems, translated Jeanne Larsen. (Note, from 18:55-22:18 the music played is from the video House of Flying Daggers and the Q & A period starts at 45:30.) The extraordinary life of Xue Tao, as a poet, courtesan, government official, and printmaker continues to fascinate people all over the world. (The presentation that accompanies the audio podcast is also posted in iTunes.) This event is a joint effort between UAA Confucius Institute and UAA Campus Bookstore.

This event examines how the relationship between Responsive Research, Indigenous nations and community partnerships can lead to more culturally informed socio-economic, health and environmental outcomes. And how the 94 recommendations of 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Canada and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), endorsed by the United States in 2010, can help guide future decision making. (Note the presentation that accompanies the this podcast is also posted in iTunes.) Dr. Jeff Corntassel is a writer, teacher and father from the Tsalagi (Cherokee) Nation and is Wolf Clan. He was the first to represent the Cherokee Nation as a delegate to the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Peoples. He is editor of the collection, Everyday Acts of Resurgence: People, Places, Practices (Daykeeper Press, 2018). Jeff Corntassel received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona and is currently Associate Professor at the University of Victoria and Associate Director of the Centre for Indigenous Research and Community-Led Engagement. His research and teaching interests focus on the intersection between sustainable self-determination, community resurgence, climate change and wellbeing. Dr. Jacqueline Quinless is a settler whose family origins are rooted to the communities of Secunderbhad and Hyderabad India. She works as Director of Research at Quintessential Research Group, which is a community, informed research practice specializing in environmental impacts, health and wellness research and gender-based analysis. Her forthcoming book is Unsettling Conversations: Decolonizing Everyday Research Practices (University of Toronto Press) The event is sponsored by UAA Alaska Native Studies, the National Resource Center for Alaska Native Elders (NRC-ANE), and UAA Campus Bookstore.

The event examines how the relationship between Responsive Research, Indigenous nations and community partnerships can lead to more culturally informed socio-economic, health and environmental outcomes. And how the 94 recommendations of 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Canada and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), endorsed by the United States in 2010, can help guide future decision making. (Note the audio podcast that accompanies the presentation is also posted in iTunes.) Dr. Jeff Corntassel is a writer, teacher and father from the Tsalagi (Cherokee) Nation and is Wolf Clan. He was the first to represent the Cherokee Nation as a delegate to the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Peoples. He is editor of the collection, Everyday Acts of Resurgence: People, Places, Practices (Daykeeper Press, 2018). Jeff Corntassel received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona and is currently Associate Professor at the University of Victoria and Associate Director of the Centre for Indigenous Research and Community-Led Engagement. His research and teaching interests focus on the intersection between sustainable self-determination, community resurgence, climate change and wellbeing. Dr. Jacqueline Quinless is a settler whose family origins are rooted to the communities of Secunderbhad and Hyderabad India. She works as Director of Research at Quintessential Research Group, which is a community, informed research practice specializing in environmental impacts, health and wellness research and gender-based analysis. Her forthcoming book is Unsettling Conversations: Decolonizing Everyday Research Practices (University of Toronto Press) The event is sponsored by UAA Alaska Native Studies, the National Resource Center for Alaska Native Elders (NRC-ANE), and UAA Campus Bookstore.

Poet Tom Sexton presents part two of his talk concerning a brief history of Alaska poetry from 1867 until 1966. (Part one was recorded at the UAA Campus Bookstore on October 24, 2017 and is posted in iTunes.) Poet Tom Sexton is professor emeritus of English at the University of Alaska Anchorage and was Alaska's Poet laureate from 1994 until 2000. He is the author of several collections of poetry including For the Sake of the Light and I Think Again of Those Ancient Chinese Poets, both from the University of Alaska Press. Note, in 1982 Tom Sexton compiled the collection Early Alaskan Writing 1867-1925, A Miscellany which is referred to here.

Dong Nguyen is the UAA Campus Bookstore special event assistant. Since November 2014, he has designed provocative posters that encompass literary, faculty, Alaska and global themes. How Dong approaches graphic design, content and promotion is the focus of this event. In addition, why many people collect and frame his posters explored. (Note: Increase sound level for the first 6 minutes. An interesting Q & A begins at 20:04)

Rachel Mason shares her extensive research about the Attuans’ wartime ordeal, which led to her recent trip to Otaru, Japan to visit the places where they were held prisoner. (The audio recording that accompanies her presentation is also posted in iTunes) On June 7, 1942, exactly six months after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese invaded the remote Alaska island of Attu. The soldiers occupied the village for two months, eventually boarding the 41 Attu residents onto a freighter bound for Japan, bringing all the fish they had put up for winter. They were taken to Otaru, a port city on Japan’s northernmost island, where they were held captive until the end of the war. Only 25 Attuans survived, and none of them ever returned to live on Attu. The survivors who were not hospitalized or sent to boarding school were resettled in Atka. Rachel Mason, Ph.D., is the Senior Cultural Anthropologist at the National Park Service, Alaska Region. Her past events at the UAA Campus Bookstore include Return to Lost Villages of the Aleutians (2010); Attu, a Lost Village of the Aleutians (2011); Attu Reunion, Seventy Years Later (2012); Ray Hudson and Rachel Mason present Lost Villages of the Eastern Aleutians (2014)

Rachel Mason shares her extensive research about the Attuans’ wartime ordeal, which led to her recent trip to Otaru, Japan to visit the places where they were held prisoner. (Her presentation that accompanies the audio recording is also posted in iTunes) On June 7, 1942, exactly six months after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese invaded the remote Alaska island of Attu. The soldiers occupied the village for two months, eventually boarding the 41 Attu residents onto a freighter bound for Japan, bringing all the fish they had put up for winter. They were taken to Otaru, a port city on Japan’s northernmost island, where they were held captive until the end of the war. Only 25 Attuans survived, and none of them ever returned to live on Attu. The survivors who were not hospitalized or sent to boarding school were resettled in Atka. Rachel Mason, Ph.D., is the Senior Cultural Anthropologist at the National Park Service, Alaska Region. Her past events at the UAA Campus Bookstore include Return to Lost Villages of the Aleutians (2010); Attu, a Lost Village of the Aleutians (2011); Attu Reunion, Seventy Years Later (2012); Ray Hudson and Rachel Mason present Lost Villages of the Eastern Aleutians (2014)

Author Glenn Kurtz discusses his research and extraordinary book, Three Minutes in Poland, Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film. “Both a memoir and an impressive feat of historical research, Three Minutes in Poland documents Kurtz’s four-year search for surviving Nasielskers, who he hopes can piece together a narrative from the fragments of film.... In a genre so often preoccupied with the recitation of horrors, Three Minutes in Poland is the rare work that seems more about people than about ghosts." —The Washington Post. "Best Book of 2014" by The New Yorker, The Boston Globe, and National Public Radio. Glenn Kurtz holds a PhD from Stanford University in German studies and comparative literature. He is also author of the highly acclaimed book, Practicing: A Musician's Return to Music. This event is sponsored by Alaska Moving Image Preservation Association (AMIPA), UAA/APU Consortium Library, Congregation Beth Sholom, UAA Campus Bookstore. Everyone is invited to attend. Note: David Kurtz Collection can be seen online at US Holocaust Memorial Museum: http://www.ushmm.org/online/film/display/detail.php?file_num=5221 (15'43").

The event "Cultural Roots of Lithuanian and Jewish History” includes a presentation by Dr, Curtis Murphy called "The Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, and the Jewish Community: A Brief History". The audio recording of the entire event is posted in this collection and includes guest speakers classical pianist Edvinas Minkstimas, Rabbi Michael Oblath ( Congregation Beth Sholom), Curtis Murphy ( UAA History Dept.) Leslie Fried ( Alaska Jewish Museum), and Svaja Worthington (Hon. Consul of the Republic of Lithuanian). The event is sponsored by the Hon. Consul from the State of Alaska to the Republic of Lithuania, Congregation Beth Sholom, UAA Campus Bookstore, UAA Music Dept., UAA History Dept., Alaska Jewish Museum, Chilkoot Charlie’s, and others.

Guest speakers include classical pianist Edvinas Minkstimas, Rabbi Michael Oblath (Congregation Beth Sholom), Curtis Murphy (UAA History Dept.) Leslie Fried (Alaska Jewish Museum), and Svaja Worthington (Hon. Consul of the Republic of Lithuanian). Event format: 1. Svaja Worthington: presents M. K. Čiurlionio (1875 - 1911) "De profundis” 2..Dr. Curtis Murphy : The Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, and the Jewish Community: A Brief History ( 12:32) 3. Rabbi Michael Oblath: The Intimate Jewish Experience in Lithuania (34:30) 4. Edvinas Minkstimas: On the need to revive and disseminate the Lithuanian Jewish cultural legacy, including the music. (46:13) 5. Poetry readings with Leslie Fried and Svaja Worthington, Hon. Consul of the Republic of Lithuania (56:38) 6. Discussion (1:13.58 The event is sponsored by the Hon. Consul from the State of Alaska to the Republic of Lithuania, Congregation Beth Sholom, UAA Campus Bookstore, UAA Music Dept., UAA History Dept., Alaska Jewish Museum, Chilkoot Charlie’s, and others. (Note: Dr. Curtis Murphy's presentation "The Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, and the Jewish Community: A Brief History" is also posted in iTunes and iTunesU.)

Dr, Jervette Ward is Assistant Professor in the English Dept. at UAA. She earned a Ph.D. in English – Literary & Cultural Studies from the University of Memphis. Her forthcoming book Scandalous Stars: Black Women in Reality TV will be published in 2015. This event and reception is sponsored by UAA Campus Bookstore, UAA Dept. of English, UAA Multicultural Center, UAA College of Arts and Sciences. (Note, at 57:36 minutes the Q & A period begins. Although there are gaps in sound due to lack of microphone usage, questions are repeated.)

NPR’s Brooke Gladstone, author of The Influencing Machine,comes to the UAA Campus Bookstore for an informal talk about the media today. Interesting questions and comments are the highlight of this event. Brooke Gladstone is a fascinating, bright, commentator and social critic. Her visit is sponsored with the UAA/APU Book of the Year Committee.

Yasu is a student at UAA and has worked at the UAA Campus Bookstore. He and Brandon met in Anchorage and recently were married in Hawaii. Their story is quite interesting since Yasu is from Japan and Brandon is from Kentucky and being a biracial gay couple (Brandon is African American) brings additional challenges to their relationship. This event is an opportunity for people to learn and ask questions about what it is like being gay and how to face prejudice in our community.

In his book, Dinosaurs under the Aurora, Roland A. Gangloff recounts the significant and remarkable discoveries of field and museum research on Arctic dinosaurs, highlighting findings since the late 1980's. He is Emeritus Associate Professor of Geology and Geophysics at UAF and former Curator of Earth Science at the University of Alaska Museum of the North. He has been Visiting Scholar at the University of California Museum of Paleontology, too. This event was hosted by the UAA Campus Bookstore while held at the UAA Consortium Library where it was recorded.

Chhiring Dorje Sherpa and Amanda Padoan speak at the UAA Campus Bookstore about their book, Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day. This event offers a unique look into the lives of Sherpa climbers and their intimate relationship to the Himalayan mountains and exploration. At this event Chhiring Dorje Sherpa also speaks personally about his family and life in Nepal.

At this event, Amanda Padoan presents the history of Himalayan exploration from the perspective of Sherpa mountaineers in her book Buried in the Sky. Joining her is special guest Chhiring Dorje Sherpa who shares his extraordinary story rescuing Pasang Lama on K2. (Note, this UAA Campus Bookstore sponsored event was held in the UAA Fine Arts Bldg. and recorded by UAA Advancement.)

Howard weaver's talk was organized by the Alaska Press Club and hosted at the UAA Campus Bookstore. Journalist Howard Weaver was born in Anchorage and began writing for the Anchorage Daily News in 1967. He worked as a police reporter, court reporter, legislative correspondent, daily columnist, managing editor. He led the Anchorage Daily News to Pulitzer Prizes--in 1976 for coverage of the Alaska Teamsters Union during construction of the trans-Alaska pipeline and in 1989 for coverage of alcoholism and suicide among Alaska Natives. His accolades include service as a Pulitzer Prize juror, being a member of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, and acting as co-chair of the international association of northern editors, the Northern News Service. In 1998 he was named by an Alaska Public Radio Network survey as one of the 40 most influential Alaskans in the state's first 40 years of history. Write Hard, Die Free is his just released memoir. This event is sponsored with the Alaska Press Club

Topics at this special gathering of Alaska State Writer Laureates include how living in Alaska formed their creative work, Alaska's changing literary landscape, what comes to mind when they speak of Alaska today and their new work in progress. Kathleen Tarr (MFA Program Coordinator) acts as moderator. Due to the length of this event, the recording has been divided into two parts. This is part 1 which includes comments by John Haines (22:41-27:58),(50:17-53:53),(1:10:52-1:11:58),(1:12:50-1:14:35),(1:21:10-1:23:28),(1:24:03-1:25:13. This event is sponsored by the UAA Campus Bookstore, UAA MFA Program, Lila Vogt and the Poetry League, Alaska Center for the Book, UAA College of Arts and Sciences and the Alaska Humanities Forum. (Note, John Haines died in Fairbanks, AK in 2011)

Topics at this special gathering of Alaska State Writer Laureates include how living in Alaska formed their creative work, Alaska's changing literary landscape, what comes to mind when they speak of Alaska today and their new work in progress. Kathleen Tarr (MFA Program Coordinator) acts s moderator. Due to the length of this event, the recording has been divided into two parts. This is part 2 with John Haines reading Winter News (23:27-33:30) This event is sponsored by the UAA Campus Bookstore, UAA MFA Program, Lila Vogt and the Poetry League, Alaska Center for the Book, UAA College of Arts and Sciences and the Alaska Humanities Forum. (Note, John Haines died in Fairbanks, AK in 2011)

Alaskan artists and booksellers share various aspects of the Book of Origins including fine books, printmaking and letter press, indigenous creation stories, book making as an art form,plus the role of the wampum belt as a way to communicate. Participants are book binder Artemis Bona Dea, performance artist Susan Share, antiquarian book seller William Lorch, Prof. Garry Kaulitz/ Art Dept./UAA and Dr. Phyllis Fast/Anthropology Dept./UAA. The staff of the Northern Light student newspaper recorded this event at the UAA Campus Bookstore.