APLU names University of Utah 2020 C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award Winner.
2020
Carlos Palestina was born in Mexico City and migrated here to Utah when he was 8. Carlos attended Newman Elementary School, Escalante Elementary School, Northwest Middle School, and Highland High School.
It’s the first week of school in Salt Lake City School District. Most classes are online, and in-person classes are under severe social distancing guidelines. School has never looked like this before.
Like you, we are in pain. We are angry. We are afraid. We are horrified by the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and so many others. We say their names to honor their lives, and to condemn this country’s 400-year history of stealing Black life.
If you attended parent-teacher conferences at a west side school this past fall, you may have been handed a small comic book about School Community Councils (SCC).
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