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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Diversity, equity, inclusion advocates speak out for initiatives, a possible target of Utah lawmakers
Jan 6, 2024
Tim Vandenack
KSL
Diversity, equity and inclusion programs — a focus of hot debate in Utah and across the nation — aren't just for racial and ethnic minorities, advocates say.
Public Health
Judge places hold on Utah law that would have required abortions be performed in hospitals
May 2, 2023
Marjorie Cortez
KSL
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah law that would have required abortions before 18 weeks to be performed in a hospital and criminalized abortions performed in abortion clinics has been placed on hold.
LGBTQIA
Comments On Drag Story Hour Received At Uintah County Library Board Meeting
May 1, 2023
Kristin Forbis
Other Print
Community members gathered at the Uintah County Library board meeting on Friday for the chance to make public comments regarding the Drag Story Hour private event scheduled in June at the library.
UAC in the News
Press Release: Utah Communities Oppose HB 0215
Jan 30, 2023
Utah Alliance Coalition & Utah Parents for Teachers
UAC
On January 27th, the Utah legislature finalized a long time goal of a few extreme conservative groups by writing into law a voucher system allotting public money to fund private education for a few. It was signed into law by Governor Cox on January 28th.
Our combined citizen groups, all of them supporting parents, teachers and students, strongly oppose this transfer of 42 million dollars of taxpayer money into private, for profit institutions. The absence of this money will leave many students stranded in low-performing and underfunded schools. Our students, our Utah families, would be much better served by allocating these resources where they are needed to provide better educational outcomes in Utah public schools.
We believe HB 215 is a first step to further degrade our public education system. In the words of Allison Sorenson, Marketing Director for Utah Fits for All and Executive Director and Board member of Educational Opportunity for every Child, the point of HB 215 is to “destroy public education.” In spite of backlash from GOP leaders, we believe her. Knocking down public education through voucher bills, benefitting only a few, is going on in several deeply conservative states, all with the goal of benefiting those wealthy enough to afford the additional cost of privatization. It is harmful to all of us.
We believe the goal of public education is to benefit our community by educating our children to navigate an increasingly diverse globalized economy. We believe an emphasis on diversity and inclusion helps our children and our families learn from different cultures, backgrounds and experiences. HB 215 allows for segregation of some of the most diverse and marginalized members of our common community. This does not benefit individual education, nor does it benefit our community.
HB 215 causes a great deal of harm to our public education, a harm that will be multi-generational. Even with the best intentions of some, HB 215 heads us in the wrong direction. We support an immediate repeal of this harmful legislation.
Prepared by Utah Alliance Coalition and Utah Parents for Teachers
Immediate signatories:
Utah Parents Involved in Education
NAACP Ogden Branch
1Utah Project
Murray Equity Alliance
Public Education
Carroll ISD strikes gender, religion, sexual orientation from nondiscrimination statement
Dec 12, 2022
Michael Williams
Other Print
SOUTHLAKE — The code of conduct for Southlake students will strike references to gender identity, sexual orientation and religion from its nondiscrimination statement, the Carroll ISD school board voted Monday.
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Censorship
Only small group of parents utilizing new law to help ban books in Utah school libraries
Dec 6, 2022
Chris Jones
KUTV
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — In the last legislative session, proponents of Utah House Bill 374 argued passionately that Utah school libraries were inundated with unsuitable reading materials.
Parents, most of them associated with the group Utah Parents United, were at nearly every hearing for the bill that would codify in law, the banning of inappropriate material on Utah school shelves.
The bill has been law for several months now, and Crisis In The Classroom wanted to find out how many books have been removed or restricted from Utah school library shelves, and who has complained about them.
Using public records requests and a report from the Utah State Board of Education, we discovered that a little more than three dozen parents across the state have lodged complaints.
In one school district, Granite, a West Valley City couple was behind nearly every complaint filed with the district. Of the 205 filings, Nick and Hailey Foster were behind 199 of them.
UAC in the News
Press Release: Utahns Plan fREADom Forum at Millcreek Community Library
Nov 30, 2022
Utah Alliance Coalition
UAC
Utah Alliance Coalition—in partnership with EveryLibrary, a national group that advocates for supporting and funding libraries—will hold an in-person and online panel forum discussing book banning in Utah. Peter Bromberg, the Associate Director of EveryLibrary and former Executive Director of Salt Lake City Public Library, will discuss the current state of book banning, how those efforts are expected to impact Utah families and schools, and why this issue is important. Also available for contact is Utah Parents for Teachers, a parent-teacher support group based in Davis County.
This will be followed by discussions from a number of local writers; current speakers include former Utah Poet Laureate Paisley Rekdal, Senator Kathleen Riebe will inform us about HB 374 and the application of the “bright-line” rule. We have scheduled a number of community members to speak from their own, unique perspectives.
We know that Utah families value their freedoms, including having the freedom to read without censorship by short-sighted politicians or extreme groups trying to impose their personal beliefs on all Utahns. Restricting access to literature puts our students at a competitive disadvantage and leaves them less prepared for success in the world. Most Utah families oppose government overreach and mandates that deny public and student access to a wide range of diverse literature, children’s books, and classics, and disagree with the intentional attempt to scrub library shelves of LGBTQI+ and BIPOC voices, perspectives, and experiences.
Censorship
Orem Library accused of censorship over removal of celebratory displays
Nov 25, 2022
Genelle Pugmire
The Daily Herald
The children’s collection at the Orem City Library is the largest in the state of Utah, with 97,000 children’s books, pamphlets, magazines, read-alongs and other offerings, but something missing from the library is the assorted displays once representing the national heritage months.
LGBTQIA
Utah-based Zions Bank opts out of participating in Boise Pride Festival
Sep 7, 2022
Kayla Winn
KUTV
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Salt Lake City-based Zions Bank has announced they will be withdrawing from the Boise Pride Festival.
The bank tweeted the update stating, "when they committed to the event, they were unaware of the event's activities involving children and minors."
Elections
Opinion: Darlene McDonald will champion Utahns ‘from the cradle to the grave’
Aug 27, 2022
Charlotte Maloney
The Deseret News
Darlene McDonald is running to represent Utah’s 4th Congressional District in D.C. What does she bring to the table that Burgess Owens does not?
“From the cradle to the grave.” This is the message of Darlene McDonald, who is running to represent Utah’s 4th Congressional District in Washington, D.C. You’ll notice these words on her website, her campaign literature and when she speaks. McDonald is running to improve the well-being of all people — at every stage of life.
LGBTQIA
Transgender girls in Utah can compete again after judge grants injunction blocking state’s sports ban
Aug 19, 2022
Courtney Tanner
The Salt Lake Tribune
Judge Keith Kelly wrote in his ruling that the ban is “plainly unfavorable treatment” and granted a preliminary injunction.
Transgender girls in Utah can return to competing in high school sports on a girls’ team this fall after a judge temporarily blocked the state from enforcing its controversial ban.
It’s a big — though still early — victory in the case for the three teenage transgender girls here who brought the challenge. They were barred from competing under their preferred gender after state lawmakers passed the athletic ban earlier this year.
Third District Judge Keith Kelly said in his ruling posted Friday that granted the hold, known as a preliminary injunction, that the state’s ban is currently harming the girls by taking away opportunities and creating a stigma.
“The ban singles out transgender girls and categorically bars them from competing on girls’ sports teams,” he wrote. “At the same time, other girls are free to compete. This is plainly unfavorable treatment.”
LGBTQIA
After transgender ban, Utah sports group gets complaints some girls aren't 'feminine enough'
Aug 18, 2022
Ben Winslow
FOX13
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's organization that oversees high school athletics has fielded complaints from parents that some girls don't look "feminine enough," suggesting they may be transgender.
The Utah High School Activities Association disclosed it even launched an investigation after the parents of two girls — who took second and third place in a competition last year — complained the first place winner may not be a biological girl.
David Spatafore, the UHSAA's legislative liason, told the Utah State Legislature's Education Interim Committee on Wednesday that the first place winner "outclassed" the other girls. It spawned a complaint that was filed the day of the competition. For privacy reasons, he would not name anyone involved, their schools, nor the sport they were competing in.
"The school checked their records. They said based on our records there isn’t a question," he said. "Then together we asked and the school asked them to check their feeder schools to double-check to see as far back as the records of the students would go and see if she was always female. The school went back to kindergarten and she’d always been a female."
LGBTQIA
Judge won't dismiss lawsuit challenging Utah's ban on transgender athletes
Aug 10, 2022
Ben Winslow
FOX13
SALT LAKE CITY — A judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on transgender children playing school sports matching their gender identity.
The decision follows a lengthy hearing on Wednesday where lawyers in the case argued a series of motions, including motions to dismiss the lawsuit. The judge cautioned he was issuing a partial ruling with facts to sort out in litigation and more to come.
"It has the purpose and effect of creating a classification based on transgender status," 3rd District Court Judge Keith Kelly said of the law. "Furthermore, when I look at the statute as a whole it’s very clear the purpose of the statute is to exclude transgender girls from entirely competing or participating with other girls in high school sporting activities."
Judge Kelly said the law singles them out when others are free to compete and treats them "less favorably than other girls" and imposes a disparate treatment.
Gender Equality
Letter: Conservative wing of the Supreme Court got it wrong. And Kansas voters made that clear.
Aug 7, 2022
Darlene McDonald
The Salt Lake Tribune
Contrary to popular belief, abortions did not begin in the United States with the 1973 Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision. Before 1973, illegal abortions were performed in back alleys, hotel rooms, and in the homes of unlicensed abortionists with no medical training. Pregnant women seeking the illegal procedure were often subjected to unsanitary conditions, extortion and sexual abuse. Many of them died.
Two years following the landmark decision, the number of illegal procedures fell from around 130,000 to 17,000, and the number of deaths decreased from 39 to five. The women that died were disproportionately Black or low-income.
Before Roe vs. Wade, Black women died at 12 times the rate of white women undergoing an illegal abortion. Following the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, a Duke University study found that Black maternal deaths will increase by 33%, compared to a 21% increase for the overall population. Currently, Black women experience maternal mortality two to three times higher than that of white women. As a country, we do not do enough to support women before, during, and after childbirth to ensure better health outcomes.
It’s unclear if this was on the mind of primary voters in Kansas when they voted overwhelmingly against a constitutional amendment that would have allowed lawmakers to end abortion protections in the conservative state. What is clear is that the conservative wing of the Supreme Court got it wrong. Women do not want to give the government control over their bodies.
A society that values women and life guarantees access to prenatal and postnatal healthcare. Voters are telling politicians that these are decisions women should be making with their families and doctors. These decisions should not be made by politicians in Washington or the state legislature.
Environment
Opinion: When the last laugh is no laughing matter — our climate crisis response
Aug 6, 2022
Darlene McDonald
Deseret News
Why did we wait so long to act on the shrinking Great Salt Lake? The options left are costly for this dire emergency.
In March 2019, Sen. Mike Lee took to the Senate floor and mocked Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over the Green New Deal legislation. Lee said, “The solution to climate change is not this unserious resolution … the solution to so many of our problems at all times and in all places is to fall in love, get married, and have some kids.”
Fast-forward just three years, Sen. Markey and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez may have had the last laugh. Except, what’s happening with the Great Salt Lake is no laughing matter.
UAC in the News
Board approves policy to determine which books are appropriate for Utah school libraries
Jul 26, 2022
Logan Stefanich
KSL
SALT LAKE CITY — What kinds of books are — or aren't — allowed in Utah school libraries?
After months of deliberation surrounding a policy to determine what book titles are or aren't appropriate for school libraries, the Utah State Board of Education on Tuesday voted to approve a library materials model policy that aims to specify "the process for identifying materials to be included or disqualified from use in libraries and schools."
The policy, which provides guidance to districts and charter schools for reviewing possibly sensitive materials in schools, was created in response to HB374 and board rule R277-628.
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After over two hours of deliberation and amendments to the policy, the board voted to approve the library materials model policy nearly unanimously with board member Natalie Cline casting the lone vote in opposition.
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This contention picked up more steam as the conservative parent group Utah Parents United pushed more districts to remove titles that they said contained "pornographic or indecent material," and lobbied in support of HB374, a bill that bans "sensitive materials" and requires school districts to evaluate objectionable content in libraries or classrooms and report it to the Utah State Board of Education and, ultimately, the Utah Legislature.
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Utah Alliance Coalition President Frank Brannan, at a rally last month in opposition to the policy proposed by board member Cline, described her proposed policy as "extreme," saying it "limits the diversity of library materials for students."
"Utah's educational system belongs to all of us," Brannan said. "Banning a book because it features a gay or transgender character or touches on difficult topics that impact real teens — like drug abuse, sexual assault and racism — does a disservice to all students, but worse, it alienates students who see elements of themselves and their lives in those themes and characters."
UAC in the News
Utah State Board of Education still trying to thread the needle on book ban law guidance
Jul 1, 2022
Jon Reed
KUER
Members of the Utah State Board of Education continue to work out what they hope will be a model policy for how schools resolve concerns some parents have about ‘inappropriate books.’
Despite months of work, so far, and a nearly two-hour debate Thursday, they have yet to reach a consensus on how to move forward.
It’s been a confusing and contentious issue for public education stakeholders nationwide and in Utah, stemming from a massive spike in requests to remove books from school libraries around the country and a recent state law banning “sensitive materials” in schools.
While the Utah law defines sensitive materials as ‘pornographic’ or harmful to minors with no literary or artistic value, school librarians have been unsure about how to enforce it. Even the initial legal guidance from the Attorney General’s office conflicted with later advice from the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, though the AG has since clarified its directions.
Board members are considering several policy variations. Each lays out how parents, students or members of a school community can flag a book or other school material they find objectionable, triggering a review from a panel, public hearings and an appeal process.
The policies differ, however, in how strict they are, and whether they would simply serve as a model for districts and charter schools to adopt or as specific rules schools would have to follow.
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Before Thursday’s meeting, a small group of parents and community advocates gathered outside the state office to urge board members to ensure the process is reasonable and fair to diverse groups of students.
Juliet Reynolds, a parent of four kids who attended the Murray District and a founder of the Murray Equity Alliance, said she showed up in order to fight back against the “intolerance” she’s seen in book challenges.
UAC in the News
Community members rally against proposed Utah school library book review policy
Jun 30, 2022
Logan Stefanich
KSL
Juliet Reynolds is the mother of kids who are part of the LGBTQ community and said that she fears removing certain book titles from school libraries could lead to increased suicide rates.
Reynolds, founder of the Murray Equity Alliance, said that for some LGBTQ youth, seeing their experiences represented through literature can be the difference between "life and death."
"Some kids are closeted because they've got parents that are intolerant or that just don't understand, and they feel really alone and isolated," Reynolds said, adding that the same situation applies to stories from or about any diverse perspectives. "One story is never a good idea," she said.
This is just part of why Reynolds joined other activists on Thursday outside of the Utah State Board of Education Building to push the board not to adopt a policy that would restrict the availability of books deemed explicit from school libraries.
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It's a policy that Utah Alliance Coalition President Frank Brannon described as "extreme," saying it "limits the diversity of library materials for students."
"Utah's educational system belongs to all of us," Brannon said. "Banning a book because it features a gay or transgender character or touches on difficult topics that impact real teens — like drug abuse, sexual assault and racism — does a disservice to all students, but worse, it alienates students who see elements of themselves and their lives in those themes and characters."
Kelly Whited Jones is an educator in the Davis School District who said that last year the district saw 38 books that were challenged — and all of them remained on the shelves.
As an educator, Jones said that she believes society has to be careful about "what we label as pornography."
Censorship
Statement on Censorship of Pride Display at Orem Public Library
Jun 15, 2022
Utah Library Association
Other Print
The Utah Library Association became aware of a censorship issue at Orem Public Library through social media posts on May 29 which stated that the Orem City Council is forbidding the library from doing any displays in the children’s area related to Pride Month in Utah. The library director has indicated that in spite of the positive reception and thankful comments from parents last year, there will not be a Pride display in the Children’s wing this year, and instead there will be a single display in another location in the Library away from the children’s area.
In the interest of serving all members of the community, library staff have wide latitude to create or not create displays, and to decide where to locate them. However, it is unacceptable, and a possible infringement of citizen’s first amendment rights, when politicians intervene and direct staff to eliminate planned displays or have them moved to a less frequented area of the library because those politicians do not like the topic or viewpoint being expressed. Moving a children’s book display to the adult section where materials may not be age appropriate for children is problematic because it actually increases the likelihood of exposing children to material that is unsuitable for their age and makes the materials less accessible for families and harder to discover.
Public Education
Ashley Anderson: Salt Lake City schools need someone to investigate IEP non-compliance
Jun 10, 2022
Ashley Anderson
The Salt Lake Tribune
We should all be concerned by recent allegations of racism and ableism in the Salt Lake City School District.
Much remains to be seen, but Jeanetta Williams of the NAACP Salt Lake Branch has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate, writing that the board, as well as some administrators, are guilty of racial discrimination and creating a hostile work environment for the district’s Black employees, of which the new superintendent, Timothy Gadson, is the most visible.
She further alleges that the district itself has been negligent in legally required Individualized Education Plan (IEP) meetings, a key part of the special education process in which families and educators must gather annually to review the needs and goals of students with disabilities. Of course, we must wait and see what comes of any investigation. As a parent, a longtime activist within the district and a candidate for the school board, the question I find myself asking is, what else don’t we hear about?
I don’t say that to malign the brilliant work of our educators. Our district has great strengths, but every American school district continues to struggle with American racism. Every school district also struggles to live up to the justice and equity for students with disabilities aspired to by Congress through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) which created the IEP in its first iteration in 1975.
We live in a moment where every school system is taking a hard look at itself. That must include rethinking the process by which individual stories are brought into focus at the district level. If the inputs elected officials are receiving from their public aren’t fed to them in an equity-driven process, our values end up compromised by faulty conceptual models.
As a parent who has often volunteered to help other parents to navigate the system in the capacity of an advocate, which has included learning more about their rights under special education laws, I believe that changing the avenues through which complaints are processed might be the biggest single step we could take toward addressing inequity in our district.
Gender Equality
2 Utah families sue over ban on transgender women and girls competing in school sports
Jun 1, 2022
Paradise Afshar, Melissa Alonso
CNN
The families of two Utah teenagers have filed a lawsuit challenging a state law that bans transgender women and girls from participating in school sports.
LGBTQIA
A GUIDE TO UTAH PRIDE 2022
May 31, 2022
Salt Lake Magazine
Other Print
Utah Pride is back and promises to be bigger than ever! The 200-foot rainbow Pride flag will once again grace the streets of Salt Lake City. After scaling way back during the pandemic, the Utah Pride Center is making up for lost time by hosting several events during Pride Week, including the Pride Parade (with their longest ever route), Festival (with more food, entertainment and vendors” and Glow March. “I AM Utah Pride” is the theme of 2022 Pride week, which runs May 29 – June 5. But the festivities don’t end there—venues across the state are putting on shows throughout the entire month. Whether you’re in the mood for a high-energy drag performance, an inspiring paint night or an evening of barhopping, we’ve got you covered with this all-inclusive guide to Pride.
Gender Equality
Here’s who gets abortions in Utah — and what help is available if Roe v. Wade is overturned
May 9, 2022
Becky Jacobs
The Salt Lake Tribune
As the coronavirus disrupted lives and livelihoods in Utah, it appears that an increasing number of women sought abortions in the state, providers say.
The number of procedures in Utah has generally declined — with some fluctuations — over the past few decades, from approaching 5,000 in 1990 to just under 3,000 in 2019, according to a report from the Utah Department of Health’s Office of Vital Records and Statistics.
Income Inequality
Biden starts program to provide discounted internet service
May 9, 2022
Aamer Madhani
KSL
The Biden administration announced on Monday that 20 internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to people with low incomes, a program that could effectively make tens of millions of households eligible for free service through an already existing federal subsidy.
LGBTQIA
Project Rainbow: Fostering inclusivity across Utah
May 9, 2022
Ryan Bittan
ABC4
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) – Thousands of pride flags will fly in yards across Utah in May.
The flags are a part of a mission called Project Rainbow, working to promote LGBTQ+ visibility and foster inclusivity throughout the state.
The organization plans to distribute 8,000 flags, and if you want one, a $15 donation is required to sign up.
LGBTQIA
'Queer' elementary teacher put on leave after talking with students about their sexuality
May 9, 2022
Alec Schemmel
KUTV
Lehi, UT. A fourth-grade teacher at a Utah charter school has been placed on administrative leave after she posted a video on social media describing conversations she has had with students about their sexuality.
Public Education
Headcounts are down at public schools. Now budgets are too.
May 9, 2022
Heather Hollingsworth and Annie Ma
Other Print
Emergency aid during pandemic wasn’t meant to last forever
Mission, Kan. • A school system in suburban Kansas City is eliminating over 100 jobs, including kindergarten aides and library clerks. Oakland, Calif., is closing seven schools. Other districts around the country are merging classrooms, selling buildings and leaving teaching positions unfilled in order to close budget gaps.
Public school systems are beginning to feel the pinch from enrollment losses tied to the coronavirus pandemic.
Rural Utah
Utah farmer plants differently to save soil moisture during historic drought
May 9, 2022
Erin Cox
FOX13
Every drop of water makes a difference, the farmer said.
Box Elder County, Utah • A Utah farmer says he planted his corn crop differently this year as a way to preserve soil moisture during Utah’s historic drought.
“I love working with the soil, I love improving it, I love coming up with new and innovative ways to take on these challenges,” said Joel Ferry, a fifth-generation farmer.
For the past four years, Ferry has been trying out a new way to prepare the soil for planting his 200 acres of corn.
Instead of tilling and turning over his entire field, he tills in strips — leaving pieces untouched, still covered by last year’s nutrients.
“You can see there is a bunch of lead material, and what that does is it protects that from the sun in the springtime so the ground stays wetter because it’s shaded,” Ferry said. “And so when we go and plant, we already have the moisture there to get the seed started.”
UAC in the News
Utahns gather at Capitol on Mother’s Day in support of abortion rights
May 9, 2022
Saige Miller
The Salt Lake Tribune
Three sisters approached the Utah Capitol on Sunday cloaked in red hooded robes and little white bonnets meant to help shield their faces. Each sister held a sign that read ‘Of Alito’ ‘Of Thomas’ ‘Of Gorsuch,’ as chants from other pro-choice demonstrators echoed around them.
They were three of the roughly 100 people marching at the Capitol on Mother’s Day in support of women’s bodily autonomy. Many marched around the perimeter of the Capitol, holding signs and shouting chants like ‘Hey, hey, ho, ho the patriarchy has got to go.’
Gender Equality
Religious rift over legal abortion on display after Supreme Court draft opinion leak
May 8, 2022
Deepa Bharath and Luis Andres Henao
KSL
WASHINGTON — America's faithful are bracing — some with cautionary joy and others with looming dread — for the Supreme Court to potentially overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and end the nationwide right to legal abortion.
Gender Equality
Utah woman says experience at clinic after miscarriage shapes 'less judgmental' view of abortion
May 8, 2022
Morgan Wolfe
KSL
A life devoted to her family and faith has presented Heather Sundahl with some trials.
"I have four children and I've had four miscarriages," Sundahl said. "I watch the TV show called 'The Midwife,' and anytime there's a miscarriage or still birth, like, I'm there again. I'm there again. And I'm remembering the pain and the sadness, and it's just scary."
UAC in the News
Demonstrators march at Utah State Capitol in support of abortion rights
May 8, 2022
Chris Arnold
FOX13
The leak of a draft earlier this week suggesting Roe v. Wade could be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court brought dozens of demonstrators to the Utah State Capitol on Sunday.
A Mother's Day march was organized by the Utah Alliance Coalition. The coalition's co-founder, Eleanor Sundwall, said this is the first time they've put on an event like this.
UAC in the News
Mother's Day March in protest of Supreme Court draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade
May 8, 2022
Arielle Harrison
KUTV
On this day when we celebrate mothers and women, both sides of the abortion argument are taking the opportunity to speak out.
At least 100 people gathered at the south steps of the State Capitol in protest of the Supreme Court’s draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and give the power back to the states.
UAC in the News
Photo gallery: Demonstrators march for women’s rights on Mother’s Day
May 8, 2022
The Salt Lake Tribune
The Salt Lake Tribune
About 100 people gathered at the Utah Capitol on Sunday for the Mother’s Day March, billed as a community event supporting women’s rights.
A group called the Utah Alliance Coalition organized the event, with flyers describing it as “a pleasant walk with friends in a beautiful location, not a protest or rally.”
Community
Residents at YWCA feeling extra sweet with surprise cupcake, painted vase gifts
May 7, 2022
Kayla Winn
KUTV
esidents at the YWCA were made to feel especially sweet Saturday by a nonprofit organization and teenage volunteers putting together cupcake decorating kits and hand painting vases.
The cupcake decorating kits came with everything they needed to frost and decorate two cupcakes from a local bakery, as well as written instructions and a video demonstration.
Income Inequality
Are landlords contributing to homelessness in Utah?
May 6, 2022
Kiah Armstrong
ABC4
CEDAR CITY, Utah (ABC4) – There is a multitude of factors and situations that can make it hard for a person to find housing.
Oftentimes, a scathing relationship may ensue between a tenant and their landlord — which in a worst-case scenario, results in eviction. But before things get to that point, there are steps both parties can take that can place them both in a win-win situation.
Environment
Utahns encouraged to hold off on new landscaping
May 3, 2022
Kade Garner
ABC4
UTAH (ABC4) – As Utah’s housing market continues to boom while the drought continues to get worse, Utahns are being asked to delay putting in new landscaping. In particular, turf in the form of sod and grass seed.
“I think it’s important to understand the situation that we’re in,” Pineview Water Systems General Manager Ben Quick told ABC4. “This is eight out of 10 years of drought conditions.”
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