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Charles Frost/Dottie Dixon

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Sister Dottie S. Dixon was conceptualized and created after his own mother who worked in a sewing factory and as a school lunch lady. The character has become, as Salt Lake Magazine recently named her, “A One Woman Artistic Force.” The core principals of loving everyone may be what drives her success. Continue reading

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Chelsea Handler

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Handler grew up in the suburban town of Livingston, New Jersey. The youngest of six children, she was raised in Reform Judaism by her Mormon mother and Jewish father. Handler has said that while growing up, she felt like an outsider, telling a reporter, “We lived in this nice Jewish neighborhood…Everyone had Mercedes and Jaguars, and I was going to school in a Pinto.” Continue reading

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Change Everything…I AM EQUAL!

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This group of I AM EQUAL participants from Salt Lake City, Utah is joining thousands of others from around the world in claiming equality for themselves, their family, friends, communities, and all of humanity. Continue reading

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TBA CHARLESTON, WV
TBA ATLANTA, GA
TBA RICHMOND, VA
I live with my parents and I’m 29 years old. Salt lake city is my hometown and I have three pugs.

I have downs syndrome. Sometimes people been teasing me cause I look different. I went to many schools. I was vulnerable and it would make people want to tease me when I was in school. One time a boy spitted on me on my glasses. Another time a girl pinched me hard on the shoulder and it hurt. And other students would call me slow. And when people do these things it kind of makes me a little sad and hurt.

I love my family and they are precious to me. I like to go to the movies with my brothers and listen to my favorite singer Taylor Hicks. I’m happy...  » READ MORE «