Historian & Author & former senior aide to two Alaskan governors and one of its US senators. Will speak about the heyday of Alaska-Russian relations and the new Cold War between the US and Russia. Author of Melting the Ice Curtain: The Extraordinary Story of Citizen Diplomacy on the Russia-Alaska Frontier. David is a 46-year Alaskan

We Help Youth Facing Homelessness in Anchorage, Alaska. We serve young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness or human trafficking with absolute respect and unconditional love. Our ultimate goal is to help each young person move on with their lives in positive ways with counseling, education, stable employment, and secure housing.

Part 2. He will show a two-part PBS film documentary - The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced - which retraces the historic route of railroad baron Edward H. Harriman's ambitious journey in 1899. The 2001 Expedition follows the 1899 route and documents the many changes over the past 100 years from Southeast Alaska to the Bering Strait. This is a must-see program to "know and see Alaska" with historic and present-day content.

Alaska Health Project of South Sudan focuses on providing clean water, addressing food insecurity, supporting healthcare, and training local people to sustain these projects. At this time, we have put in 93 boreholes (water-wells) in probably 30 villages, we have supported the development of over 1200 small family farms and have built two medical clinics. We are operating in one of the most remote, impoverished, and inaccessible regions in one of the poorest countries in the world. The country is second from the bottom with the lowest human development index.