AUUF Podcasts

Yvonne and Scott Goldsmith came to Anchorage in 1975 upon finishing studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Yvonne started work as a land use and transportation planner at the Borough and then the Municipality. In the early 90’s she worked with Helen at the AK. Dept. of Natural Resources. She retired two years ago after serving as an epidemiologist for the Alaska Division of Public Health. For exercise, she is now doing what a lot of retired runners do – bicycle. Scott recently retired after nearly 40 years as professor ofeconomics at the University of Alaska Anchorage Institute of Social and Economic Research. Although he continues to work part time on Alaska economic issues, he is transitioning to spending more time on his skisand mostly on his bicycles, trying to keep up with his wife. Together they have bike-toured in Europe, China, Southeast Asia, and the lower 48. They try to fit in the Fireweed 400 in Alaska each summer. Theirpresentation is about the 3-month, 4000 mile tour they did in the summer of 2014, the western portion of the Silk Route from Kashgar, China, through four ‘stan countries, Iran and Turkey, to Istanbul.

Gary Holthaus is the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship's Called Minister. He has been with AUUF since 2012.

Dr. Youssef K Barbour is an Internal Medicine Specialist in Anchorage, Alaska. He graduated with honors in 2007. Having more than nine years of diverse experiences, especially in Internal Medicine, Dr. Youssef K Barbour affiliated with Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, and cooperates with other doctors and specialists in many medical groups including Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.

Memorial Day - Panel of AUUF members/& veterans

Gary is the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship's Called Minister. He has been with us since 2012

Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Choir - Annual Music Performance

Ron Green CDCS, has over 26 years’ experience working in the field of addiction; the past 14 years he has worked for Narcotic Drug Treatment Center, Inc. as the Center for Drug Problems Clinical Director. He supports medicated assisted treatment and is a certified methadone advocate. He is an advocate for Alaskans in recovery as President of Meeting the Challange. Mr. Greene educates Alaskans in recovery on how to advocate for substance abuse treatment in Alaska and demonstrate how treatment has saved their lives. Ron Greene is President of the Alaska Addiction Professionals Association and devotes many hours assisting individuals with the process of recovery. Ron is a person in long-term recovery and will celebrate 28 years of continued sobriety on June 15, 2016.

Ron Green CDCS, has over 26 years’ experience working in the field of addiction; the past 14 years he has worked for Narcotic Drug Treatment Center, Inc. as the Center for Drug Problems Clinical Director. He supports medicated assisted treatment and is a certified methadone advocate. He is an advocate for Alaskans in recovery as President of Meeting the Challange. Mr. Greene educates Alaskans in recovery on how to support for substance abuse treatment in Alaska and demonstrate how treatment has saved their lives. Ron Greene is President of the Alaska Addiction Professionals Association and devotes many hours assisting individuals with the process of recovery. Ron is a person in long-term recovery and will celebrate 28 years of continued sobriety June 15, 2016.

Recognition of RE teachers, Coming Of Age (COA) participants, and celebration of end of year - Note that there is a 'gap' at about 4.5 minutes/

Dr. Stephen Haycox is professor emeritus at the University of Alaska Anchorage. He earned a BA (summa cum laude at Seattle University), an MA and a PhD (University of Oregon) in History. His honors include the Distinguished Teaching Award from the UAA Alumni Association in 1989, the Edith R. Bullock Prize for Excellence from the University of Alaska in 2002, and the Alaska Governor's Humanities Award in 2003. The Alaska Historical Society recognized him as Alaska Historian of the Year in 2003. He regularly contributes commentary for the Alaska Dispatch News, as he did previously for the Anchorage Daily News.