Dear Alliance Members,

I’m pleased to share that we are expanding the use of The Alliance’s social media profiles! While our Facebook and Instagram profiles have been active to support the Youth Social Norms campaign outreach, we'll be prioritizing our social media efforts to enhance internal communications and foster greater collaboration among our members. We invite you to engage with us by following the page and sharing updates about your organizations, Alliance activities, and relevant information related to prevention work in Alaska.

A heartfelt thank you to Kelby Murphy at Walsh Sheppard for leading this initiative, and to Blaze Bell and Kara Stewart from the Recover Alaska team for their essential support moving forward.

In the coming months, our Facebook page will primarily serve as a hub for internal communications. You can expect to find workgroup updates, training opportunities, and a chance to connect with fellow members. In the future, we aim expand our outreach to promote our Youth Social Norms campaigns, engage in advocacy as directed through our Policy Workgroup, and enhance efforts to reach underrepresented communities.

If you’re interested in contributing to these initiatives, please join our monthly Communications and Social Norms Workgroup, held on the second Tuesday of each month at 1 PM.

Thank you for your continued dedication to our mission!

Warm regards,

Tesia

STRIKE Consortium held their first Behavioral Health Simulation in Kenai this month. Community stakeholders and members joined in the activity aimed at identifying gaps and solutions to improve accessibility of behavioral health and supportive services in the Central Jenai Peninsula. The takeaways from this event will drive next steps for the STRIKE Consortium and 100% Behavioral Health Action Team.

About The Alliance

The Alliance is a collaborative effort of multiple and diverse partners across Alaska who recognize the impacts of alcohol misuse on individuals and communities. We are personally and professionally committed to working together to address this complex problem in our state.

Our primary goal is to connect and engage communities as partners — increasing protective factors, reducing risk factors, and changing social norms — to prevent underage alcohol use and eliminate adult misuse in Alaska.

Alliance Materials

• The Alliance's common agenda
• The Alliance's grounding document
• The Alliance's Resource Page
• The Alliance's network member portal
• Materials for new network members

Get Involved

Between starting new work and sustaining our progress, there are many opportunities to participate in The Alliance! All current workgroups are open to any member who would like to join. You can always read more about our workgroups and their purpose on the Get Involved page of our website. Our network practices an emergent strategy, and we update information based on our network's needs.

• The Communications/Social Norms Workgroup will be supporting the social norms campaign and The Alliance's various other internal and external communications needs. The Comms Workgroup meets on the second Tuesday of each month from 1-2 pm.
• The Data and Learning Workgroup will be supporting data equity conversations and practices.
• The Evaluation and Learning Workgroup is where members can participate in developing and overseeing the process of reflecting on the work of the network to identify what is working well and where more attention may be needed so we can continue to develop and grow.
• The Strategy and Design Workgroup builds structures and processes for the network to work in alignment with our values and theory of change.

You are welcome to ask questions about those workgroups or to ask to join any of them.

If you would like to submit content for The Alliance newsletter, please email Tesia at tbobrycki@recoveralaska.org and Blaze Bell at bbell@recoveralaska.org.