KNBA WEBCAST: Friday, May 15, 2026

KNBA | By Rhonda McBride

Published May 15, 2026 at 11:34 AM AKDT

Charlene Apok, executive director of Data for Indigenous Justice, says the Courage Project award recognizes the entire team, which she calls "small but mighty," made up of six staffers and three board members. Pictured standing, left to right: Antonia Commack (Resource Coordinator), Abigail Echo-Hawk (Board Member), Maka Monture Paki (Communications Wayfinder). Charlene Apok (Executive Director) and Tatiana Tiknor (Program Coordinator). Sitting (left to right): Jessica Black (Board Member), Sabrina Dunphrey (Operation Manager). Asia Zedar is not pictured here. She is joining the staff as Adminstrative Coordinator. — Charlene Aqpik Apok, executive director of Data for Indigenous Justice, says the Courage Project award recognizes the entire team, which she calls "small but mighty," made up of five staffers and three board members. Pictured standing, left to right: Antonia Commack (Resource Coordinator), Abigail Echo-Hawk (Board Member), Maka Monture Paki (Communications Wayfinder). Charlene Aqpik Apok (Executive Director) and Tatiana Tiknor (Program Coordinator), Malia Villegas (Board Member). Sitting (left to right): Jessica Black (Board Member), Sabrina Dunphrey (Operation Manager). Asia Zedar is not pictured here. She is joining the staff as Adminstrative Coordinator.

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Rhonda McBride

Rhonda McBride has a long history of working in both television and radio in Alaska, going back to 1988, when she was news director at KYUK, the public radio and TV stations in Bethel, which broadcast in both the English and Yup’ik languages.

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