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December 05, 2020UAA gymnasts, skiers and hockey players turn to philanthropy to save their sports
Back in late August, UAA’s chancellor Cathy Sandeen announced a difficult financial decision: university funding for women’s gymnastics, men’s hockey and men’s and women’s skiing would be eliminated. A campus town hall to discuss, and UA regents’ action at their Sept.10 meeting gave the athletic teams the opportunity to try and support themselves. The ski team managed to save Nordic, but lost alpine, and half of its funding.
Here we are four months later, still in the throes of a spreading pandemic and an oil-price and pandemic-induced economic decline in the state. How are the state university teams’ survival efforts going?
On the next Hometown Alaska, we’ll feature the coaches for gymnastics, hockey and skiing to share how they plan to survive. If their fundraising is successful, what’s the next step? Are they folded back into the university athletic family once again?
As always, your questions and comments are welcome throughout the program. Join us!

HOST: Kathleen McCoy
GUESTS:
Sparky Anderson, UAA NCAA men’s and women’s skiing coach
Marie-Sophie Boggasch, UAA women’s gymnastics coach
Matt Curley, UAA men’s hockey coach
LINKS:
UAA Chancellor Cathy Sandeen announces elimination of four sports: gymnastics, men’s and women’s skiing and hockey, 8.24.2020, UAA Website
UA Regents summary of actions, September 10, 2020, PDF
REGENTS: If UAA skiing, hockey and gymnastics want to stay, they need to raise money, Alaska Public Media, 9.19.20 news story
SKIING: 314 Friends of UAA Skiing, fundraising site for ski team, website
Ski-racing Media, matching funds website
HOCKEY:Save Seawolf Hockey campaign. fundraising website
GYMNASTICS: Save UAA Gymnastics fundraising website, with additional links to donate beyond gofundme.com
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LIVE: Monday, December 7, 2020 at 10:00 a.m
RE-AIR: Monday, December 7, 2020 at 8:00 p.m.
PODCAST: on this page after the show
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November 30, 2020‘Extra Tough’ refreshes the Northern story—past, present and future—with women’s values and sensibilities
‘Harbourage for a Song’ by Meryl McMaster: Plains Cree and European artist Meryl McMaster poses on the northern peninsula of Newfoundland, a first point of contact between indigenous and Norse peoples over 1,000 years ago. Canaries in her headdress are not a native species. and represent displacement. (Image courtesy of ‘Extra Tough,’ Anchorage Museum)
‘Meq’ by Amber Webb appears in ‘Extra Tough.’
In early November, in the midst of a pandemic, the Anchorage Museum welcomed visitors to ‘Extra Tough: Women of the North.” With constraints, the museum has been able to invite visitors to view the exhibit several days each week. Beginning December 1, the museum, like much of Anchorage, will return to a closed phase for a period of weeks. The good news is, this exhibit will be available through September, 2021. So like many of the restrictions we feel right now, this closure can be righted once Covid numbers decline. We have time to visit this intriguing exhibit.
Biographies of Alaska women in the exhibit
Today’s edition of Hometown Alaska shares the voices of women whose work is featured in the exhibit, from culture bearers bringing supportive traditional birthing practices to the foreground again, to artists, scientists and makers representing a woman’s perspective on work, on sustainability, on relationships. Let this be a taste of what you can experience when viewing the exhibit with your own eyes and ears in future weeks.
As always, your questions and comments are welcome throughout the program. Please join us!

HOST: Kathleen McCoy
GUESTS:
Francesca DuBrock, Chief Curator, Anchorage Museum
Alaska Native Birthworkers Community members, Moh David, Stacey Lucason, Abra Patkotak
Laurie Wolf, Foraker Group, on women’s wages
Amber Webb, Alaska Native artist, calling in from Dillingham
LINKS:
‘Extra Tough: Women of the North’ exhibit landing page on the web
Profiles of Alaska’s ‘Extra Tough’ women, from pilots to artists to advocates to change makers, web page with images and bios
‘Extra Tough’ online events in December: Artists Merritt Johnson and Tsema Igharas, 12.4, 5 pm; Artists Susan Joy Share and Betany Porter, 12.9, 5 pm Registration page
Facebook, Anchorage Museum, for links to ongoing online events, webpage
Bunnell Gallery conversation, Isolation and Inspiration, with Amber Webb and two otber artists speaking, listen here
Bunnell Gallery conversation, Isolation and Inspiration, with Francesca DuBrock. Scroll on this page to find her conversation with fellow curator David Walsh
Facebook page for Alaska Native Birthworkers Community, web page
Alaska Native Birthworkers Community website
Native Movement website, promoting gender justice and environmental justice, website
The 49th State ranks first when it comes to women entrepreneurs, 11.27.2018, UAA News
Gender Gap, The Foraker Group presents gender pay gap data with information from Alaska Dept of Labor, UA Center for Economic Development, graphic website
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LIVE: Monday, November 30, 2020 at 2:00 p.m
RE-AIR: Monday, November 30, 2020 at 8:00 p.m.
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November 21, 2020Unpacking the gift and power of women in the Alaska community
The YWCA of Alaska recently named its 31st cohort of Women of Achievement. On this edition of Hometown Alaska, we learn more about the mission and priorities of this organization as it has thrived through three decades. And, we meet and speak with several Women of Achievement to learn their story and hear their wisdom.
As always, your questions and comments are welcome during the live broadcast. Join us!

HOST: Kathleen McCoy
GUEST:
Theresa Lyons, CEO of YWCA Alaska
Sharon Richards, 1988 co-founder and first executive director YWCA
Several Women of Achievement: Carol Schatz (1997); Kate Slyker (2014); Moira Smith (2020)
LINKS:
2020 Booklet featuring Women of Achievement and Youth Awards, PDF
Full list of Women of Achievement through the years, PDF
YWCA Alaska website
YWCA Facebook page, with archived live events of this year’s awardees
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Call 550-8433 (Anchorage) or 1-888-353-5752 (statewide) during the live broadcast (2:00 – 3:00pm)
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LIVE: Monday, November 23, 2020 at 2:00 p.m
RE-AIR: Monday, November 23, 2020 at 8:00 p.m.
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November 21, 2020 Unpacking the gift and power of women in the Alaska community
The YWCA of Alaska recently named its 31st cohort of Women of Achievement. On this edition of Hometown Alaska, we’ll learn more about the mission and priorities of this organization as it has thrived through three decades. And, we’ll meet and speak with several Women of Achievement to learn their story and hear their wisdom. […]
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November 14, 2020 Coronavirus: Update on help for small business, renters facing eviction
National and state elections were, and continue to be, major distractions from a global pandemic that is tightening its grip around Alaska. Congress and the President have failed to agree on a supplemental CARES Act to stabilize U.S. small business and residents facing evictions. On the next Justice Alaska on Hometown Alaska, we’ll speak with […]
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November 06, 2020 Dr. Anne Zink offers updates, best strategies for COVID safety
It seems as if the coronavirus COVID-19 is that unwanted guest who came for a three-day visit; eight months later its still taking up space in our mental spare bedroom. Evidence of its overstay range from long, difficult recoveries or death, to an economy that hit a brick wall and has yet to pick itself […]
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October 16, 2020 Why Alaska judges are appointed, but still run for retention in elections
This November 3, Alaskans will go to the polls to choose a president and congressional and state leaders. But there is more on the ballot. In Southcentral, part of the Third Judicial District, voters will see seven District Court judges on the ballot, eight Superior Court judges, one appellate judge and one serving on the […]
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October 03, 2020 Alaska Book Week rolls out October events: how to get an agent, Alaska women writers, AQR reading series and more
October 2-9, 2020 marks this year’s Alaska Book Week. Find a list of happenings here. While in-person events won’t be the norm, a slate of virtual opportunities await: Alaska Reads 2020: Join a Zoom discussion of “Find the Good” with author Heather Lende through your local library. List of participating libraries statewide on this poster. […]
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September 25, 2020 Save our Sisters Alaska: Telling victim stories of rape and abuse to seek community healing
Ten months ago, filmmaker Mary Katzke had an idea. Television is filled with detective stories created to draw viewers into the terror, victimization and truth-unraveling of real crimes. Why is no one telling the incredible stories of Alaska Native women, threatened for so long by outrageous rates of abuse and rape. She determined to do […]
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September 21, 2020 COVID-19 and the Courts: District Judge Kari McCrea describes impacts
Since mid-March 2020, the Alaska Court System has coped with the public health risk of the COVID-19 pandemic by delaying court proceedings. Altogether, the presiding judge has issued seven orders. The latest, Order No. 7, was issued August 27. It staggered the start dates of trials set to begin. Examples: trial calls currently set for […]
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Hometown, Alaska features conversations with local civic and cultural leaders, educators, and community members making an impact on their city. Hosted by: Kim Sherry and Dave Waldron