The Titanic With Len Goodman

Join Len Goodman, a judge on “Dancing With the Stars,” as he examines the 100-year legacy of the Titanic, exploring the human stories that unfolded in the years after the ship sank. He meets descendants of passengers and crew and hears how, for the families of many on board, the sinking was just the start of the story. He visits Belfast, the city where Titanic was built, and journeys to other towns left scarred by the tragedy. KAKM: Tuesday, 4/10 at 7:00pm

Alaska News Nightly: April 9, 2012

Muni Attorney Issues Opinion On Validity Of Last Week’s Election, Two Bills Offer Short- And Long-Term Energy Relief, UAF Students Testing High Efficiency Homes, Environmental Group Pans Resource Roads, Shaggy Bear Shaguyik on the Run, Traveling Sea Lion Phones Home, NOAA Beginning Survey Of Bering Sea-Area Ice Seals, Campaign Aims To Defeat Dillingham Annexation Effort, Sealaska Shareholders Face Term-Limits Measure

About the Alaska Native Dialogues on Racial Equity Project

The Alaska Native Dialogues on Racial Equity (ANDORE) is a project initiated by the Alaska Native Policy Center at First Alaskans Institute and funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation through the America Healing Initiative. This statewide project - based on Indigenous principles and values - aims to initiate, foster, and grow racial healing by meaningfully engaging in community conversations across Alaska on race, racism and racial equity; seeking to move communities into a place of understanding, healing and growth. Learn more.

How to Host Your Own Dialogue to Racial Healing

This detailed infographic was developed in order to help individuals to facilitate their own dialogues using the tools developed for the Alaska Native Dialogues on Racial Equity project. Click for a larger view.

Algo Nuevo: April 8, 2012

Here’s the Sunday, April 8, 2012 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave ...

Night Music: April 7, 2012

Here’s the music playlist for Night Music with Connie G. All tracks played are listed below in the following format: Song Title Artist Name Album Title Label Duration I Like...

Powerful Questions to Stimulate Dialogue on Racism

A series of questions was provided to participants in the Alaska Native Dialogues on Racial Equity project to help facilitate discussions on the topic of racial inequity.  They are provided here as a tool for those interested in hosting dialogues of their own. Click to view the questions.

Race in Alaska: Share your Story

How would you describe your personal story as it relates to the current state of racism in Alaska today? What solutions or policies need to be addressed to ensure racial equity for all Alaskans? Tell us your story. Click here to participate.

Meet the Dialogue Participants

Conversations that Matter: Envisioning Racial Equity in Alaska is a part of the Alaska Native Dialogues on Racial Equity, a statewide project that aims to initiate, foster, and grow racial healing by meaningfully engaging in conversations in communities across Alaska on race, racism and racial equity; in order to move people into a place of understanding, healing and growth. Included here is a list of participants in that project the, including those involved in the broadcast program. Click to see the biographies.

Dialogue Agreements

The Alaska Native Dialogues on Racial Equity approach to hosting conversations is born from the value of having meaningful and sometimes difficult conversations using indigenous principles and values. Participants in individual dialogues were asked to approach the conversation within the parameters of the agreements chosen by the hosts. Click to view the dialogue agreements.

Additional Video Conversations

In addition to the inner circle conversation included in the broadcast, participants also engaged in small group discussion of a series of powerful questions. Click to view more videos.

Making a Long Term Commitment to to Racial Healing

Elizabeth Medicine Crow of the First Alaskans Institute helps Alaska address racism by promoting dialogue. Click for larger view.

On Racial Healing

As a child, Liz Hensley grew up in a household where she wasn't made aware that she was different. It wasn't until she was 15 and had moved to Anchorage that she first felt the sting of racism and made to feel like an outsider. Click for larger view.

Soul to Soul: April 7, 2012

Here’s the music playlist from the April 7, 2012 edition of Soul ...

Alaska News Nightly: April 6, 2012

Polar Bears Show Signs of Mysterious Illness. Oil Companies Criticize Senate's Tax Plan. Assembly Chair Refuses Call for Outside Election Investigator. Controversial Parnell APOC Appointee Withdraws Name. Report Reveals Oil Tanker Incident in Cook Inlet. Coast Guard Sinks Ghost Ship

Live From The Lincoln Center: Renee Fleming at The Penthouse

Watch Promo - Renee Fleming @ The Penthouse on PBS. See more from pbs.

Join celebrated soprano Renée Fleming for an intimate performance in Lincoln Center’s Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse. Featuring the rarely performed operatic masterpiece Knoxville Summer of 1915 by Samuel Barber, the program also marks the first television performance of songs from Fleming’s new pop and indie-rock album, Dark Hope. A favorite of the Emmy-winning series as both performer and host, Fleming will also perform Broadway favorites and a special duet with popular vocalist Josh Groban. KAKM: Saturday, 4/7 at 7:00pm

Alaska News Nightly: April 5, 2012

Coast Guard Sinks Ghost Ship. ACLU Calls for Independent Investigation of Anchorage Election. Congressman Young Holds Rural Energy Hearing. Bill Would Allow Asbestos Gravel in Rural Communities. Forecasters Predict Manageable Spring Break Up. Redistricting Board Approves New Plan. Forks Roadhouse Burns Down. Scientists Mentor High School Students in Sitka.

Alaska News Nightly: April 4, 2012

City Clerks Office Reviews Voting Problems. Bethel Judge Removed From Bench. Senate Passes Budget. Cleveland Volcano Acts Up. Fisheries Panel Moves to Protect Undersea Canyons. U.S. and Russian Coast Guards Work Together. Courts To Consider FASD Mitigations. Rural Hazardous Waste Problems. Yupik Dancers Wow Neatherlands Festival.

Sullivan Wins Reelection; Prop 5 Fails

Dan Sullivan won another term as mayor of Anchorage beating his main rival Paul Honeman and four other candidates in Tuesday's elections. Proposition 5 was defeated. All the other major propositions passed. Read More View Complete Anchorage Municipal Election Results

NOVA: Hunting The Elements

What are things made of? It’s a simple question with an astonishing answer. Fewer than 100 naturally occurring elements form the ingredients of everything in our world — from solid rocks to ethereal gases, from scorching acids to the living cells in our body. KAKM: Wednesday, 4/4 at 8:00pm