Stay Salty Blog

May 615 min

Episode 4: When You Can’t Leave: Incarceration on the Lake’s Shore

(Tea pictured above is currently incarcerated at the Utah State Correctional Facility, which was constructed on top of Great Salt Lake...

May 22 min

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BY:Olivia Juarez Photo of the art exhibit opening reception. During the opening reception for the “What It Means to Stay: Lakefacing...

Mar 172 min

Stretched Listening: Sounds and Snapshots by the Saltair

By: Olivia Juarez I must’ve been a strange sight in the eyes of people visiting Great Salt Lake’s shoreline by the Saltair on a cool...

Mar 32 min

Conversations Behind Bars

By Meisei Gonzalez Today, communication is often as easy as a click or a call away. But the obstacles to reaching someone behind bars are...

Feb 261 min

A Salty People

Poem By Olivia Juarez This is a verse contributed to the collective praise poem: irreplaceable. “irreplaceable is a chorus of praise...

Feb 82 min

Deep Listening

By Olivia Juarez River Writing facilitator, poet, and Great Salt Lake vigil keeper Nan Seymour often doles out the invitation to give...

Jan 272 min

Behind the Lens: How Jeri Gravlin uses her camera for storytelling and activism

Photographer Jeri Gravlin took photos at the Rally to Save our Great Salt Lake on Saturday, January 20. More than 1,200 people flocked to...