A group of Utah teens has organized with a purpose: To educate and lobby leaders about the Great Salt Lake — to show people that 'the youth care about' the environmentally endangered lake.
Members say their goal is to educate and lobby, and show leaders that “the youth care about” the lake.
“I very quickly thought that it would be really important to involve youth, west-side residents and youth of color,” she said. India Elliott, a senior at Granger High School, said she joined the group because she has always been interested in activism and is concerned about the shrinking lake’s future and its long-term environmental impact. She wants, she said, to be able to grow old in her home state.
For Elliott, attending the vigils for the lake – which took place every morning for all 45 days of this year’s legislative session – stood out as a highlight. Community members interested in saving the Great Salt Lake gathered on the steps of the Capitol every day. Members from the youth coalition joined every Tuesday at 8 a.m., along with“We sing, we dance,” Elliott said. “It’s lighthearted when you’re kind of, like, surrounded in doom and gloom.
Izzy Khachatryan, a junior at Skyline High School, said she knew she wanted to get other youth involved in the issue of the Great Salt Lake.
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