Standing Up For Utah’s Needs 2014 Report
This report deals with issues in our Declaration of Human Rights - Transparent and Ethical Government, Education, Health, Social & Community Support, Healthy Environment, Violence Prevention, and Dignity and Respect.
Issues covered in this Report:
Education: Pg 10
Health: Pg 17
Social & Community Supports: Pg 31 (Previously titled “Social & Community Supports”)
Violence Prevention: Pg 26 (Previously titled “Personal Safety”)
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December 2014
Dear Fellow Utahns,
The Utah Citizens’ Counsel, a nonpartisan group of seniors dedicated to improving public policy in Utah, recently issued the Declaration of Utah Human Rights found on the next page. The Declaration lists seven basic rights that we believe belong to all Utahns. Our Declaration serves as a framework for the policy positions that UCC takes in this, our 2014 annual report. This report is the first of what we hope will be other such annual reports that assess progress or lack thereof toward realization of the human rights stated in our Declaration.
This year, we are issuing five committee reports, each one related to one of our enumerated human rights. Each committee report focuses on specific, targeted aspects of each right: this year on Utah’s air pollution, public education spending and student achievement, health and health care measures, domestic violence and gun violence, and poverty. Reports in subsequent years may focus on other rights articulated in our Declaration and other aspects of the rights selected for this year’s document.
We invite public consideration of our views, and we hope for continuing dialogue on the subjects we discuss. There is much more to be analyzed and understood about the facts included in our reports and about the policy positions declared in our recommendations.
We hope that our 2014 report will contribute to the ongoing conversation and help to generate public understanding of the many common interests that bind us together as Utahns.
Sincerely,
The Utah Citizens’ Counsel:
Archie Archuleta
Kim Burningham
Aileen Clyde
Irene Fisher
Harry Fuller
Nancy Haanstad
Dixie Huefner
Robert Huefner
David Irvine
Karen Okabe
J. Bonner Ritchie
Dee Rowland
With volunteer staff support Tim Dolan, Westminster College; and David Carrier, University of Utah