Stay Salty Blog

May 6, 202415 min read

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 2, 20242 min read

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

Mar 17, 20242 min read

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 3, 20242 min read

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 26, 20241 min read

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

Feb 8, 20242 min read

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

Jan 27, 20242 min read

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...