The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just awarded a $25,000 grant to the Repertory Dance Theater in Salt Lake City to educate youth about the impacts of air pollution.
According to the EPA release, the theater, “uses the arts to educate Salt Lake City youth about the impacts of air pollution” and will produce “demonstrations and movement classes” for elementary school children.”
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“By supporting local environmental justice projects in under-served communities, we are expanding the conversation on environmentalism and advancing environmental justice in communities across the nation.” said Lisa Garcia, EPA’s senior adviser to the administrator for environmental justice.
The Dance group website boasts that the organization, “continues to build bridges of understanding as it attempts to demystify the art of dance, making it a meaningful and vital part of the culture of the great state of Utah.”
