Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Cassie Lumba says performing her favorite poems has taught her what it means to open up, and how powerful words can be.
Tongass Voices
Tongass Voices: Svitlana Bell on quilting for Ukrainian pride and independence
Svitlana Bell spends off work hours quilting to raise money for supplies for her brother who’s fighting on the front lines in Ukraine.
Tongass Voices: S’eiltin Jamiann Hasselquist on the power of traditional foods
Hasselquist has been hosting weekly community soup nights this month in the Traditional Foods and Medicine Kitchen inside Sealaska Heritage Institute’s new Indigenous Science Building in Downtown Juneau.
Tongass Voices: Ldaan.aat Laurie Cropley and Yuxgitsiy George Holly on making space for tribal values
Lingít elder Ldaan.aat Laurie Cropley and elder-in-training Yuxgitsiy George Holly are leading dawn prayers at the annual Elders and Youth conference in Anchorage next week.
Tongass Voices: Student debaters on what the U.S. Constitution means to them on stage
Juneau high school students Alivia Gomez and Maddie Bass are playing student debaters in Perseverance Theatre’s new play “What the Constitution Means to Me.”
Tongass Voices: Tara Thornton on the joy and heartbreak of fostering kittens
Juneau Animal Rescue relies on fosters to help with litters of kittens that people find around town, under buildings and porches.