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This poet wants you to fall in love with the Great Salt Lake
They start at sunrise.
A group of artists and community members gather at the Utah Capitol and begin hoisting up azure and turquoise colored fabric waves. The wind gently moves through the fabric as the crowd marches its way silently around the building.
It brings together an eclectic crowd. Nan Seymour, a poet who is part of the Great Salt Lake Artists Collective, said the group’s rally transcended divides: environmentalists, artists, school professors and religious leaders side by side.
“It’s because we all know that we need the lake,” she said. “It’s because it’s recognized that we have to step over these divides to take care of this essential thing. And we’re really willing to — and that’s been so inspiring to me — to work hand in hand with all these different kinds of people.”
Read more about the vigil for the Great Salt Lake.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Liz Truss, former U.K. prime minister, spoke as part of the Gary R. Herbert Institute for Public Policy’s forum series on Tuesday at Utah Valley University for a conversation about why they believe limited government is critical for the future. Truss served as prime minister for about seven weeks in 2022.
“We have two people today that we’re going to be hearing from that care deeply about the well-being of their respective countries and the public service that they’ve rendered is significant,” former Gov. Gary R. Herbert said in his introduction.
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