Landlord group opposes translating renter information for minority tenants
Communities of color are harder hit by eviction, but Utah Apartment Association director says Utah is “an English-only state.”
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Joél Arvizo-Zavala, Ph.D., is a researcher with the Division of Multicultural Affairs for Utah and a leader in community-engagement and social justice, Feb. 5, 2021.
By Eric S. Peterson Cathy McKitrick, Ria Agarwal, Taylor Hartman and McKhelyn Jones
| Feb. 15, 2021, 1:00 p.m. | Updated: 2:34 p.m.
This story is part of a continuing series on Utah evictions and the state’s leading landlord law firm. It is supported by a grant from The Economic Hardship Reporting Project and was written and researched by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune.
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Sacred Heart University will host a memorial service this Monday to remember the Connecticut residents and members of the SHU community who died of COVID
Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY A Utah bill to limit “no-knock” warrants that allow police to force entry into people’s homes without warning faltered in a legislative committee on Friday, struggling to find enough traction to clear its first legislative hurdle.
No-knock warrants have received nationwide scrutiny since the high-profile death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman who was shot and killed after Louisville, Kentucky, police forced entry into her apartment during a botched raid.
Taylor’s death on March 13 along with George Floyd’s killing May 25 became a symbol for the nationwide movement calling for police reform and an end to racial injustice. In the wake of her killing, the Louisville Metro Council banned no-knock search warrants. So did the states of Virginia, Florida, Oregon, and at least 13 local governments or police departments.
Women of Color Initiative at ESU donates masks to Navajo Nation
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East Stroudsburg University has donated hundreds of masks to the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after a new campus group adopted an individual student’s cause.
Alejandra Browne, a senior biology major from East Stroudsburg, and her mother, Amanda Browne, an ESU employee, had already donated almost 200 masks on their own when Alejandra mentioned it during a virtual Sister Chat with Women of Color Initiative, a new campus group, in the fall.
Lurine Allotey, assistant director for the Center for Multicultural Affairs and Inclusive Education, contacted faculty and staff to explain the Navajo Nation’s need for masks. “Alejandra, of Native descent herself, had explained to Allotey that the women living there live in extreme poverty, face a fear of sex and human trafficking and just don t have the same luxuries as many others,” ESU said.