28 Nov The Fab Five
"I didn’t even know what friends were until I came here.” How a group of strangers came to CITC for help with sobriety—and found a family...
Our Stories
03 Nov CITC Flashback: A New Plan
Two years ago, Payge Panamarioff was just finishing her administrative assistanceship at CITC. Catch up with where she's at today with the first in our Flashback series...
27 Oct Our Future Ancestors: A Story of Education in Alaska
Across Alaska, a transformative initiative has been brewing, shaping the very foundation of education for generations to come. The mission? To engage in profound conversations and envision what culturally-relevant education in Alaska could look like...
23 Oct Parents as Teachers
Babies don’t come with an instruction manual. But parents who participate in the Ch’anik’en Home Visiting program get something better than a how-to book: They receive hands-on guidance in parenting skills from a family mentor...
13 Oct A New Generation of Yup’ik Speakers
Not so long ago, Alaska Native children were often forbidden from speaking their Native languages. In 2017, the Clare Swan Early Learning Center (CSELC) took a step toward revitalizing Alaska Native language when it created Anchorage’s first early childhood Yup’ik immersion classroom...
13 Oct CITC Flashback: Making Language History
In 2017, the Clare Swan Early Learning Center launched Anchorage's first early childhood Yup'ik language immersion class...
28 Sep “Community Is the Opposite of Addiction”
Every month, the residents at the Chanlyut and Ernie Turner residential treatment centers meet up for a communal potluck. It's an opportunity to explore culture through food--and to practice ways to create healthy, sober communities...
20 Sep The Space to Dream Bigger
"Denełchin" means "to make something"--and we recently made a big move to our new Super Fab Lab!...
15 Sep Beyond the Job Search
Tyler White was ready to go to work, but unsure of his direction. Fortunately, Alaska's People workforce coordinators help people find the right path to new careers...
05 Sep Tools for Student Success
When budgets are tight, the Johnson O'Malley Student Native Students Activities Grant program bridges the gap...