In today's Our Community segment, Loren Dixon highlights upcoming events taking place throughout Anchorage.
August 1: The Stone Soup group invites the community to those who have made significant contributions to children with special needs in Alaska. The Annual Family Community picnic is a free event from 1 - 3 Pm at the Kincaid Park Chalet. For more information, visit: http://stonesoupgroup.org
August 7th: The Smithsonian Spotlight series at the Anchorage Museum will feature "Voices of our Ancestors", a presentation by scholar and author Roy Agloinga. He will discuss a new Inupiaq dictionary for the endangered language from his home village, White Mountain. For more information, visit: https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/calendar/GroupDetails.aspx?ID=41
August 23: The Anchorage Centennial Celebration of bridge builders unity Gala event will be at the Dena'ina center on Saturday, August 23rd. The events recognizes and honors members of ethnic communities who have made significant contributions to their communities as a volunteer. If you know anyone you would to nominate, visit: http://www.bridgebuildersak.org
October 20 - 22nd : The first Alaskans Institute is now accepting presentation proposals for the 2014 30th Anniversary Elders and Youth conference, as part of AFN. All proposals must be submitted online by August 1st at http://surveymonkey.com/s/2014eldersandyouth
