The chamber held an event to announce an agreement with Mountainland Technical College to hold business academy classes and other events at its Provo Campus.
University of Utah professor Armando Solórzano, who curated the display, said the intention was to give a voice to the estimated 89,000 undocumented immigrants in Utah.
The Ute Indian Tribe filed a lawsuit in May alleging that state agencies cooked up a racist and discriminatory bidding scheme to prevent the tribe from purchasing Tabby Mountain.
Betty Sawyer, Ogden NAACP president, added that while what happened in Florida is horrific, those in the Beehive state also need to pay attention to what’s happening close to home.
For photographer Maruch Santíz Gómez, each of these day-to-day items represents a thread that weave together a uniquely intimate portrait of the lives and culture of her people.
The festival also features cultural entertainment, including taiko drummers, judo and martial arts, a traditional Japanese fashion show and choir performances.
Most immigrants are still a ways out from receiving a license since the Department of Commerce is still defining licensing pathways for hundreds of professions.
‘We’re really focusing on what you could refer to as marginalized voices in the community and youth that doesn’t necessarily feel like they’re being heard,’ Masha Shukovich with the Center For Documentary Arts said.
A bill under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives would ratify a 23-year-old treaty between the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and the Navajo Nation.
Living Traditions Festival, now in its 37th year, will connect the community with 85 cultural performances, 18 food vendors, film screenings and kid-friendly activities.
