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A hoary redpoll nest with four eggs, photographed in the Sadlerochit Mountains of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by Ryan Arash Marsh) |
We are eager to introduce our 2024 Featured Artist, who has used her beading skills to create a one-of-a-kind dreamcatcher for our November auction! Dive into her process and inspiration below. Also in this newsletter, learn more about upcoming events and read a commentary from Northern Center's Sean McDermott about protections in the Western Arctic. - Emily Mesner (mesner@northern.org) Communications Coordinator |
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Meet 2024 Featured Artist, Danielle Stickman |
(Photo by Emily Sullivan) |
Every year, the Northern Center has the honor of commissioning an Alaska-based artist whose work embodies the spirit of Northern Alaska to create an original piece for our organization that embodies relationships to the lands that we work to protect.
This year’s artist is Danielle Stickman, a beading artist, creative advocate, environmentalist, and facilitator based in Anchorage.
"Beading dreamcatchers is a grounding practice that has reconnected me back to both of my parents' cultures; Dena’ina and Koyukon Athabascan," she writes. "As I bead, I allow myself the space to sit still and reflect on Ancestors before me who made all their clothes by hand, who lived nomadically, and who traveled by foot and dogsled. Beadwork is beautiful in itself but when I add a Dena’ina name or phrase to a piece, sukdu (story/stories) are then woven into the art and along with it, the revitalization of the Dena’ina language continues."
Read more about the creation and storytelling behind her beaded dreamcatcher, Ełnena Ada (To Care for the Land), by clicking the button below. |
Reflecting on new protections for the Western Arctic |
Members of the Teshekpuk caribou hnear Nuiqsut. Photo by Keri Oberly |
The climate crisis is putting increasing pressure on communities and ecosystems around Alaska. And though there aren’t easy or fast solutions to challenges like permafrost thaw or the state’s reliance on extractive industries, we need more of these kinds of actions to protect Alaska’s future. Click here to read more about updated policies and protections for the Western Arctic in a commentary from Northern Center's Artic Program Coordinator Sean McDermott, published by the Alaska Beacon. |
Engaging Underrepresented Voices in Climate |
The Engaging Underrepresented Voices in Climate Research project (EUV) is an exploratory study into factors at the intersection of climate change and race, as well as their potential contributions to racial disparities affecting Black and Asian-, Pacific Islander-, Desi-American (APIDA) residents of Interior Alaska. This report shares a high-level summary of the EUV project and its findings with research participants, community members, and local policymakers. |
Save the date for Adventure Borealis' next excursion |
Join Adventure Borealis on June 22 for a wildflower day trip to Eagle Summit near Fairbanks! What to know: -
Carpool from the Northern Center parking lot (830 College Road). Meet there at 8 a.m. and expect to return by about 6 p.m.
- The group will cover 1-3 miles.
- The walk is meant to be a saunter, stopping every few meters to give participants the opportunity to look for rarities among alpine tundra wildflowers.
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Register online at adventureborealis.org, or click this link.
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Youth engagement, rice farming, and woolly mammoths: Here are some of our favorite reads this week |
A screenshot from the Alaska Future Ecology Institute website. (Photo by Nat Herz/Northern Journal via Alaska Public Media) |
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Registration is open for the 28th annual Run for the Refuge! Run, walk, hike, bike, or do any human-powered activity the weekend of July 12-14 to show your support for permanent protections in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Sign up for the run here. And don't forget to order your 2024 Run for the Refuge shirt here!
- Donations Needed: Backpacks, sleeping bags, tents and binoculars (like new) are needed for our Adventure Borealis program. Contact christin@northern.org to arrange a donation.
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Join the Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition on Tuesday, June 11 for a potluck and action party! Learn about how the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan plan would help direct the Borough Assembly in reducing and responding to the effects of climate change in order to ensure that our community has clean air to breathe, safe roads and houses, and a pathway to reducing emissions. Last summer, climate-denying politicians chose to destroy the plan the community had drafted. This summer, we have an opportunity to pass it again, in its near original form. We want local leaders to know that this is the people’s Climate Plan and that they have the community’s support to pass it and to put it directly into action. View the event here.
Our biggest event of the year isn't until November but we are well underway and seeking sponsorship. Night for the North is an auction and dinner where we look back at the past year and highlight successes, celebrate our supporters, and fundraise for our programs. Become a sponsor here. Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition is hiring for two positions:
Policy & Politics Organizer: Coordinate and support FCAC’s volunteer-led efforts within the Policy & Politics Working Group to advance climate action policy and political priorities within the Fairbanks community.
Administrative Executive Assistant: This role is 20 hours per week and will provide administrative support in the coordination of multiple campaigns and internal processes for local and statewide coalition development.
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