Magnify Utah
Connecting Communities, Places & Multicultural Stories
| A Resource & Learning Hub
Magnify Utah
Connecting Communities, Places & Multicultural Stories
| A Resource & Learning Hub
Connecting Communities, Places & Multicultural Stories
| A Resource & Learning Hub
Magnify Utah
Connecting Communities, Places & Multicultural Stories
Connecting Communities, Places & Multicultural Stories
- A Resource & Learning Hub -
Magnify Utah
Connecting Communities, Places & Multicultural Stories
| A Resource & Learning Hub
Connecting Communities, Places & Multicultural Stories
| A Resource & Learning Hub
The "Magnify Utah" project is a compilation of stories, people, and places featuring StoryMaps, an asset mapping directory, & multicultural placemaking principles. It will also invite community members and leaders to contribute stories and information, so that we can all better magnify and share the diversifying story of the Utah experience.
A Sense of place, a sense of belonging
Exciting updates are coming to Magnify Utah to improve the website experience and grow the resources offered.
Utah: A Place for Everyone
A Welcoming Message from Governor Spencer J. Cox
If you’re new to Utah, welcome. We are happy to have you. If you’ve been here for a while, we’re happy you’re here.
Note: This project was previously called "Multicultural Placemaking & Community Belonging" and has since changed to better capture the vision for these resources. Governor Cox may reference the older name, but the goals remain the same.
Community
Assets
Explore hundreds of locations, organizations, and groups that serve Utah's multicultural communities.
MultiCultural Placemaking
Review principles, community experiences, and measurements that are important in placemaking and community belonging.
Story
MapS
Learn about multicultural places, people, and histories that are integral parts of the Utah story.
What Can
I do?
Find ways to get involved in placemaking and create welcoming spaces in your community.
WHAT DOES MAGNIFY UTAH DO?
CONNECT
ELEVATE
Bring awareness to the presence, contributions, and dynamic strengths of multicultural communities.
CENTRALIZE
Provide a comprehensive and living collection of multicultural spaces, history, and stories.
EMPOWER
Provide opportunities to co-create materials and rely on communities to fill in gaps by writing and submitting pieces.
PARTNERS TO MAGNIFY
Those who made this project possible.
These partnerships will support and share content for ongoing development and will also help evolve the community-led creation of StoryMaps and place-based stories. Other community organizations that are engaged in similar efforts will be elevated on the online platform to avoid duplication and celebrate grassroots efforts.
FEATURED STORIES
MAGNIFY UTAH ON RADIO
Featuring: Claudia Loayza of Utah Division of Multicultural Affairs. The division has launched a new series, Magnify Utah, to connect communities, places and multicultural stories. Check back every Monday through Labor Day as RadioACTive passes the microphone to some of those voices on the show.
Featuring: Rozanna Benally-Sagg and Claudia Loayza of Magnify Utah, a project of the Utah Division of Multicultural Affairs. Benally-Sagg, Development & Project Coordinator at UDMA, has created a heartfelt, customized, and action-inviting land acknowledgment statement for Division-related events that encourage personal reflection and continued learning. To watch it, click here.
Featuring: Nichol Bourdeaux, whose family's story is featured on the Magnify Utah platform, talks about redlining and its impact today. This is part of the "Lines that Divide: Redlining in the Salt Lake Valley", a Magnify Utah StoryMap of the Utah Division of Multicultural Affairs.
Featuring: Claudia Loayza of Utah Division of Multicultural Affairs. The division has launched a new series, Magnify Utah, to connect communities, places and multicultural stories. Check back every Monday through Labor Day as RadioACTive passes the microphone to some of those voices on the show.