As a college student studying community development and public service, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what makes a city feel like it belongs to everyone. A recent article in The Salt Lake Tribune caught my eye, about a Utah author creating board books that feature ballet, hip hop, and children of color simply being joyful and imaginative. It was a short piece, but it stuck with me. It made me ask something I hadn’t considered before, who gets to see themselves in leisure, and who gets access to it at all?

I’ve grown up with the idea that leisure is something you earn, after work, after school, after responsibilities. But the more I learn, the more I see how leisure is actually a basic part of well-being, just like education, housing, or health care. It’s where we play, connect, le

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