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To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from.<\/p>\nTerry Tempest Williams<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Important Actions You Can Take for the Redrock<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Sign Up for Text Alerts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a>Click here to sign up for SUWA text alerts<\/a>. You’ll receive occasional texts informing you about rallies, public meetings, and other events and letting you know how to take timely action to protect the redrock.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Join Our Grassroots Leaders Email List<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\"\" Email your regional organizer (see below) to join our Grassroots Leader email list\u2014a listserv that keeps you up to date with everything SUWA is working on. Join this list to become a superstar activist!<\/b><\/p>\n

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Learn about Current Issues<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a>Learn about all the current issues SUWA is engaging on now by visiting the Issues<\/a> tab on our website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Subscribe to Utah Wilderness News<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\"\"Sign up to receive regular news clips via email of articles from across the country pertaining to redrock wilderness issues. We search for topical articles and send them to you in digest form, and with links to the original articles. Click to be added to the Utah Wilderness News list<\/a>. Please type “Subscribe UWN” in the subject line.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Follow Us on Social Media<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Follow us on social media to stay informed on what\u2019s happening at SUWA\u2014from events, to public comment periods, to field opportunities!
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How Are You Looking to Get Involved?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Utah<\/b>–Based Activism<\/b>:<\/h4>\n

Join our Utah based activist network! Email our Utah organizer Mimi Ortega at mimi@suwa.org<\/a> or our Comunidad Latina<\/em>\u00a0Organizer Diana Haro at diana@suwa.org<\/a> to get involved here in Utah.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Utah-based volunteering opportunities include staffing outreach tables at events across the state (from farmer\u2019s markets to Pride festivals to street fairs), writing letters to the editor, showing up at rallies, submitting evidence-based comments to land management agencies, and even getting out in the field. Volunteers help make our organizing and outreach efforts successful!<\/p>\n

National Activism<\/b>:<\/h4>\n

Join our national activist network! Contact your regional organizer to learn how.<\/strong><\/p>\n

West Coast Organizer: Jenny Holmes at jenny@suwa.org<\/a><\/strong>
Southwest Organizer: Kaya Tate at kaya@suwa.org<\/a><\/strong>
Midwest Organizer: Chris Riccardo at chris@suwa.org<\/a><\/strong>
Eastern Organizer: Rachel Carlson: rachel@suwa.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

America’s redrock wilderness is a landscape of national importance, which means advocates from all across the country\u2014and their members of Congress\u2014have a role to play in its protection. Join the effort from anywhere in the U.S. by staffing outreach tables at local events, giving Wild Utah presentations in your area, and reaching out to legislators in their home district.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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