$6,000 TOWARD CODE OR DESIGN PROGRAMS V School in Salt Lake City just announced their You Belong in Tech Scholarship to help displaced workers reskill for a career in the tech industry. This is available for people of color, women, LGBTQ+, refugees, veterans, and those in financial hardships. This scholarship fund will provide 170 recipients with a $6000 scholarship for … [Read more...]
Red Light Alert RESTART to light up Ogden Venues
This September marks seven months since the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastation to communities around the globe. On September 1, 2020 #WeMakeEvents, a coalition of trade bodies, businesses, unions, and live events workers, will light up their venues, homes and cities red in over 1500 locations across North America to raise public and media … [Read more...]
More than 22,000 Households Apply for Pandemic EBT
More than 22,000 households have applied for Pandemic EBT, out of an estimated 77,000 households that qualify for the program. The program provides a one-time benefit of $308 to children in kindergarten through 12th grade who were receiving free or reduced-price school meals on March 16, 2020. This is a federal food assistance program by Congress as part of the Families First … [Read more...]
The American Red Cross is Hosting a Blood Drive in Provo
The American Red Cross is hosting a blood drive in Provo on Wednesday, August 12, from 12 to 6. The event will take place at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, located at 255 South 700 East, Provo. The goal of the event is to collect blood to aid ill or injured individuals arriving at hospitals in the community. Throughout the United States, Utah County … [Read more...]
theMemories: Everyone has a Story
Everyone has a story. It’s that dash, sandwiched between the day you are born and the day you die that that represents your life. Your life is a story that is more than just a list of random facts but one that honors who you were during that dash. Most of us have experienced the death of a loved one. However, not all of us have had to write a traditional obituary. If you … [Read more...]
Off The Beaten Path offers Utah African American Point of View
In the opening scene of the pilot episode of Off The Beaten Path, images of powder skiing, Delicate Arch, and the Bonneville Salt Flats flash across the screen while a voice-over says, “When most people think of Utah they think of this.” The camera then pans to two African American men standing in the foothills who point at each other, shrug and say “They definitely don’t think … [Read more...]
Medicine Reexamines Psychedelics – Are psychedelics a valid mental therapy tool?
In the 1960s and early 1970s, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy showed great promise for treating a variety of conditions. After a long moratorium, medical interest in psychedelics is experiencing a dramatic resurgence. Recent studies show the ability of psilocybin to alleviate depression and anxiety in those with terminal illness, and MDMA to help with post-traumatic stress … [Read more...]
The Journey of Running a Marathon
Well, I did it again—a marathon—The Full Monte in Huntsville, Utah—Saturday, September 21, 2019. My weight training at the local VASA gym for a year and a half provided me confidence as I planned to run another 26.2 miles with six months to train. Since my first marathon-training plan consisted of running daily and one successful long-distance test run, I knew … [Read more...]
Why REI, Levis and Coca Cola, and many local businesses are no longer advertising on Facebook
Stop hate for profit has gained enormous momentum in ending the spread of misinformation and hate on the social media platform. It was announced today that Starbucks and Pepsi will join the litany of major brands that will be discontinuing their ad spending with the social media giant. Market Business Insider reports that Facebook has lost $60 billion in value since the … [Read more...]
Expect Few Frills and Lots of Farm Fresh Food at Farmers Markets This Summer
In the midst of quarantines and social distancing, farmers across the state are literally ploughing ahead, working with what they’ve got to steward their croplands and sow abundance just like they do every year. Farmers markets statewide are following suit. The market-going experience, like all social experiences, will be different because of the pandemic this year, but Utahans … [Read more...]
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