Five (5) ACLU of Alaska Fairbanks Trainings Feb. 24-26, 2026

Know Your Rights: Immigration Enforcement
Learn about the legal framework of immigration, individual rights when interacting with federal officials.

Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 

Time: 10-11:15 a.m.

Location: University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus. Gruening Building. Room 202.
Zoom by request: Dr. Carol Gray cjgray5@alaska.edu
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Immigration in Alaska 101
Discover how immigration shapes communities throughout Alaska.
Date: Thursday, February 26, 2026

Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Location: University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus. Gruening Building. Room 202.

Zoom by request: Dr. Carol Gray cjgray5@alaska.edu

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Hello – 

I wanted to pass along a community opportunity & ask for your help sharing it widely.

The Alaska ACLU will be in town next week with a couple different trainings geared towards immigrant safety & bystander intervention. We’re hosting one evening session, at the Bread Line, that will teach us how to help families fill out the ACLU’s Immigration Family Safety Plan. It’s open to anyone who wants to learn, so you or your staff, volunteers, or whoever wants to be this kind of helper wants to come, please do – we’ll have coffee & snacks!

Family Safety Planning Training

Tuesday 2/24 from 6:30-7:30 @ the Bread Line, 507 Gaffney Rd.

A short “train the trainers” session on how to help folks fill out the ACLU’s Immigration Family Safety Plan. In person & online options available. No registration for in-person, but participants must register online to receive Zoom access &/or the training recording.

Please see the attached flyer’s scannable QR registration code (for online access only) & let me know if you have any questions!

Thanks so much for all you do for Fairbanks, 

-Hannah C. Hill

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Tue, Feb 17 at 10:23 AM

Dear ACLU of Alaska supporter,   We are excited to announce that we will be in the Fairbanks community for immigration-related trainings next week, and we’d love to see you there!     We’re showing up with our partners from Refugee Assistance and Immigration Services (RAIS) at Catholic Social Services to provide information for immigrants, refugees, and concerned community members who want to understand their rights and responsibilities when interacting with immigration law enforcement.   ‘Know Your Rights’ Training   Tuesday, February 24th | 5-6 PM  Dena’ Movement Commons, 526 Gaffney Rd, Suite 204, Fairbanks   This training is geared toward impacted community members, specifically immigrants and refugees in Alaska, to help them understand their rights when interacting with ICE at home, in public, or while detained. This event will take place in-person and virtually. RSVP to attend virtually here.        ‘Know Your Responsibilities’ and Immigration Bystander Training   Thursday, February 26th | 6- 7:30 PM  Dena’ Movement Commons, 526 Gaffney Rd, Suite 204, Fairbanks   This two-part training is for concerned community members who want to support Alaska’s immigrant and refugee community. This event will take place in-person and virtually. RSVP to attend virtually here.    We look forward to seeing you next week in Fairbanks and sharing critical information with you!    The ACLU of Alaska team   P.S. Busy next week? Register for the virtual trainings and we will follow up via email with the event recording and shared resources.       ACLU of Alaska 1057 W Fireweed Ln STE 207 Anchorage, AK 99508 United States

There is a lot going on!
Our very full agenda of review and planning upcoming events to promote Peace, Justice, and Sustainability includes

Local Actions
Sponsoring Peaceful Protective Presence
Collaborations
Initiatives brought by community members
Alternatives to Violence Project/Hands of Peace Presentation & potluck
Upcoming Newsletter work!
…AND MORE….

All are welcome. We meet in suite 203 of 3535 College Rd (above Fuji Steakhouse)
and via zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84389719538?pwd=dDdJVnZzSXM5SWdXd0pWcWdpdUtxdz09
For questions, call 907-479-0981.

The image and story of a Fairbanks public bus with a thought-provoking message is being publicized around the world via World BEYOND War, which includes “Tens of thousands of people in more than 200 countries worldwide who have signed onto World BEYOND War’s Declaration of Peace, including 1000+ organizational pledge signers, [with] 53 chapters in 39 countries and maintain partnerships with 122 affiliates around the world.  Here it is:

Peace Message Has Reached Alaskans on Buses for Seven Years Now

Photo in 2023 by Maia Genaux.

By World BEYOND War, December 30, 2025

For almost seven years now, the Alaska Peace Center has kept an ad on at least one public transit Fairbanks North Star Borough bus, sometimes more, traveling a 60 square mile area.

The ad reads “3% of U.S. military spending could end starvation on earth… alaskapeace.org… Number explained: worldbeyondwar.org/explained ”

According to Heather Koponen, Alaska Peace Center chair, “An example of the impact the sign has had came when a fellow came to the Alaska Peace Center’s annual booth at the 10-day-long Tanana Valley State Fair and proceeded to tell us about the extraordinary human costs incurred by our military budget, including asking us, ‘Did you know that 3% of the U.S. military budget could end starvation on Earth?’

It was evident that he shared this important and shocking information widely! We also have the impression that folks care about the message enough that they are donating to Alaska Peace Center to keep it visible.”

In person at the Peace Center office, or via Zoom, 7 pm

The office is in Suite 203 of the College Mall Building, 3535 College Road, up the stairs at the west end of the building just inside the outer door for the Fuji Steakhouse.

Or connect via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84389719538?pwd=dDdJVnZzSXM5SWdXd0pWcWdpdUtxdz09

Meeting ID: 843 8971 9538 Passcode: 149078

Alaska/Fairbanks Protective Witness whose recent month helping with the olive harvest and bearing witness in Palestine was sponsored by Alaska Peace Center is back. Help welcome them home by bringing food to share, and hear their first-person experience volunteering for Center for Jewish Nonviolence in the West Bank.

Dear Friends of Peace, 

The Alaska Peace Center, North Star Veterans For Peace Chapter 146, and Fairbanks Peace Choir invite you to a celebration of Armistice Day (DRESS WARMLY!)

Tuesday, Nov 11, gathering at 10:45am  at Veterans Memorial Park, 700 Cushman St.

Bring a bell if you have one. Extra bells will be available if you don’t have one to bring. 

In 1918 World War I, “the war to end all wars”, ended with the ringing of bells, celebrating Peace!   

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Peace is needed always. And it is needed now. Armed conflict creates more problems. 

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Bring your prayers for Peace, bring your vision of Peace and well-being for all. Let us step up in Peace, to peaceably communicate our hopes and fears. And Ring and Sing for Peace! Peace is the Way.

Center: 2022 Armistice Day Bell-Ringing commemoration at Veterans Park.

Bottom: Suzanne Rich Osborne ringing her bell at the 2022 commemoration.

In person at the Peace Center office, or via Zoom, 7 pm

The office is in Suite 203 of the College Mall Building, 3535 College Road, up the stairs at the west end of the building just inside the outer door for the Fuji Steakhouse.

Or connect via Zoom:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84389719538?pwd=dDdJVnZzSXM5SWdXd0pWcWdpdUtxdz09

Meeting ID: 843 8971 9538 Passcode: 149078

The main item on the agenda will be finalizing plans for the Armistice Day bell-ringing commemoration at the Veterans Park next Tuesday (November 11).

From Alaska to Palestine

Solidarity Gathering

Friday, October 24, 6:30pm ADT

In-person at: Dené Movement Commons, 526 Gaffney Rd, Suite 204, Fairbanks AK.

And on Zoom: bit.ly/3W3REtM

The focus of this gathering is food sovereignty, its significance, challenges and successes, as experienced by Palestinian and Alaska Native peoples. Hosted by “Fairbanks’ Protective Witness” and Native Movement. Sponsored by Native Movement, Alaska Peace Center and Green Olive Collective. 

Alaska Peace Center Office

Potluck: 6:00 pm, Program: 7:00 pm

Alan Batten will share photos from his trip to Viet Nam last April. For most of the trip he was a run-of-the-mill tourist, but even a tourist gets to see interesting things and meet interesting people. That would include the man on the bus who delivered a 20-minute rant about Donald Trump’s tariff policy. At the end of the trip Alan joined a Veterans For Peace group in Ho Chi Minh City who had been invited to view the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the reunification of the country. Reunification Day, April 30, is a holiday in Viet Nam every year, but the Vietnamese pulled out all the stops for a huge celebration to commemorate the 50th anniversary.

The Alaska Peace Center Office is in Suite 203 of the College Mall, 3535 College Road, upstairs above the Fuji Steakhouse. The stairs are at the west end of the building and are accessed through the same exterior door that the restaurant uses.