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Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Forum PodcastsUsing the Arts to Empower - Shirley Mae Springer StatenSend us a textShirley Mae Springer Staten has called Anchorage, Alaska, home for over 45 years, dedicating her life to building bridges across race, class, culture, and generations. As an artist, educator, speaker, and cultural connector, she is known for her exuberance, compassion, and commitment to community and global understanding through the arts. In 2015, she founded Keys to Life, a nonprofit focused on cross-cultural connection through storytelling, artistic expression, and community gatherings. As executive director, she has led initiatives such as the Anchorage Cross-Cultural Summit, Camp Kaleidoscope for youth, Winter Voices, and the What Is...
2025-10-191h 12
The New Design for LivingThe New Design for Non-Profits with Shirley Mae Springer StatenShirley Mae Springer Staten is one of the most incredible women I have ever met! Her bio, background and experience is an episode unto itself! As the founder of the non-profit, Keys to Life which fosters and empowers rich communities through the arts and cross cultural events, Shirley is a trailblazer in the field of non-profits. With funding cuts affecting everyone, we talk today about the new design not just for non-profits but for those of us who benefit from their work.
2025-08-1355 min
Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Forum PodcastsStories Should Lead to Action - Shirley Mae Springer StatenSend us a textShirley Mae Springer Staten is the executive director of Keys to Life, a nonprofit corporation dedicated to empowering, creating, and strengthening an inclusive community through rich arts and cross-cultural experiences. She has worked as a VISTA volunteer, traveled to Cuba and Africa, served as Cultural Events Project Coordinator for the United Nations/NGO Womens Conference in Beijing, and worked in various positions for the Alaska Humanities Forum, Alaska Native Heritage Center, Anchorage School District, Home Base After School Program, and others. Shirley Mae earned her Master's Degree in Applied P...
2023-01-081h 18
Hometown, Alaska - Alaska Public MediaNew anthology: 25 years of Alaska women’s voices
This cover of the new “Alaska Women Speak” anthology is artwork by Teresa Ascone that first graced the cover of the WINTER 2014 journal.
Ember Press, a Palmer-based small independent publisher specializing in Alaska non-fiction, adventure, conservation and history, has just released an anthology collecting the first 25 years of the journal “Alaska Women Speak,” from 1992 to 2017.
The journal is still publishing today. Find out more about the contemporary journal here.
But this week’s Hometown Alaska program is focused on the new anthology. Our guests are its editors, MaryLee Hayes and Angie Slingluff. Both also served as managin...
2021-08-2758 min