Alaska Native/Native American Heritage Month:

·       Performance of “Growing Up Native in Alaska”

·       Guest lecturers, Guillermo Gomez-Pena and James Luna, discuss cross-cultural issues related to cultural diversity, identity and US-Mexico and Indian relations.

UAA Alaska Civil Rights Month (January 15 –February 16):

·       Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration

·       Annual Elizabeth Peratrovich Day (February 16)

·       Disability History Exhibit

·       Live Broadcast of Presidential Inauguration

·       Guest Lecturer, Arun Ghandi, Peace activist & Proponent of Nonviolence

·       UAA/APU Books of the Year, Student Roundtable Discussion Series

·       Faculty Senate Diversity Committee, Brown Bag Presentations; Growing Up Alaska Native: Looking Towards the Future, Alaska Native Identity & Behavioral Health and Feminist or Womanist - Does it make a difference?

·       Guest Lecturer, Dan Savage, Columnist discuss human sexuality

·       Black/African-American History Month: “Our Stories” Panels (faculty, staff and students)

Elizabeth Peratrovich:

·       Diane Benson, one woman performance of Elizabeth Peratrovich.  E. Peratrovich spoke before the Alaska territorial legislature in support of anti-discrimination legislation.

Reel Eyes:

·       Annual showcase of films by and about people with disabilities.

Alaska Native Oratory Society (AkNOS) at Kenai Peninsula College:

·       KPC Hosts First AkNOS speech competition. Oratory, Commemorative Narration, Declamation, Storytelling & Native Languages.

·       Kenai Peninsula College Features Jake Shimaburko

Our Culture, Our Lands, Our Future:

·       Series of UAA Community Forums designed to educate Alaska Native students about pressing issues facing Alaska Native communities and cultures. Offer guidance, wisdom and information to assist, survive and thrive in two worlds in 21^st century Alaska.

Public Forum, Guest Lecturer, Dr. James Liu, Professor Victoria University, New Zealand:

·       International scholar on diversity and indigenous people. Lectures on issues of identity for New Zealander/Maori culture groups.

Public Forum, Guest Lecturer, Dr. Martin Brokenleg, Director of Native Ministries and Professor of First Nations Theology & Ministry, Vancouver School of Theology:

·       Collaborative partnership with Anchorage Community Diversity Project (ACDP).  Authentic dialogue about race and diversity, focused on empowering audience to effect meaningful change and become aware of ethnic/cultural experiences and opportunities that exist in Anchorage. How to interrupt racism.

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month:

·       UAA students present “Strength+Beauty:The Empowerment of Polynesian Women.”  Featured historical roles of Polynesian women in society, issues faced, culture and generational differences.

Pilot Web Accessibility:

·        Improving usability of online information and services

Student Activities (January 2010):

·       Nikki Giovanni, African American author invited to campus during January 2010. Community lecture and keynote address to inform and inspire listeners of diverse ages and cultures with stories, poems, and ideas that relate to the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Previous UAA Diversity Action Council Sponsored Events:

• Model UN
• Sierra Leone’S Refuge Alls
• National Coalition Building Institute
• Hip-Hop Student Leadership Connecting to the Community: Comprehensive Grassroots Organizing
• ADA Celebration 
• Portraits of Courage: African Americans You Wish You had known
• “Globalization and the Outsource Economy” forum
• Honoring Native Cultures Event
• “The School of Pan-American Unrest “ Exhibition and Lectures
• Journey to a Hate Free Millennium
• "Causes and Consequences"
• Teach-in Guest lecture Dr. Fisher Collins on “African American Women Prisoners”
• MLK/UAA Civil Rights Month
• Rage is Not a One Day Thing
• Tres Vidas
• Interpreters for Disability Awareness Week UAA
• Juneteenth Celebration
• Honors Project – Afghanistan school for girls
• Alaska Native Studies Pow Wow
• International Student Diversity Fair
• Diversity Series Online
• Mayor's Diversity Week
• Holiday Gathering for Faculty and Staff of Color
• Diversity Resource Guide
• Walter Austin Honoring Dance
• Woman's History Month speaker
• Reel Eyes film series
• Annual Student Diversity Awards