Public Affairs

Maria Offer presents “Revisiting Human Rights in Guatemala in the aftermath of the civil war.”

Offer is a reading and curriculum specialist and education consultant who does volunteer literacy work with Indigenous communities in Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru (as well as developing culturally responsive programs for Alaskan Native students). She did volunteer work in Guatemala during the 1980s when that country’s civil war was taking place, and is currently working to set up a program to support primary and secondary education for Indigenous children in a rural area of Guatemala. She also discusses the genocide trial of Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt, as well as human trafficking.

This presentation was filmed March 9, 2015 @360.

The Glory Hole is an emergency homeless shelter, soup kitchen and care center in Juneau, Alaska. This video is part of A Roof, a yearlong project highlighting homelessness and affordable housing issues in Alaska, from 360 North and KTOO Public Media.

Our brains develop the most during infancy. During that crucial stage, research has shown what happens – or what doesn’t – can ripple across a lifetime.

This Forum@360 features a discussion with early childhood experts from around Alaska. Lisa Phu hosts.

Panelists include economic analyst Jim Calvin with McDowell Group; Joy Lyon, Executive Director of Association for the Education of Young Children (AEYC), Southeast; Patrick Sidmore, planner with the Alaska Mental Health Board and Steve SueWing, Dad and family advocate.

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