Federal Art Advocacy Day - March 7 & 8
Arts advocates from a broad section of America's cultural organizations, along with grassroots advocates from across the country are in Washington, DC the next few days to promote the importance of developing strong public policies and appropriating increased public funding for the arts.
You can support these advocates by emailing your federal representatives. Our website, powered by VoterVoice, lets you easily connect to your federal and state representatives by putting in your zip code and address. Your message does not need to be long - the best messages convey how/why the arts and arts education are important to you personally. You can also share this link that provides 10 reasons to support the arts. You can share your message on social media and follow the Arts Advocay Day conversation #AAD16.
This would also be a good time to thank our Congressional representatives who have joined the 166 member bipartisan Congressional Arts Caucus (Rep. Brad Ashford) or encourage them to join (Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, Rep. Adrian Smith); or encourage our Senators (Sen. Deb Fisher, Sen. Ben Sasse) to join the Senate Cultural Caucus. Both caucuses serve an important role in informing Congressional officials about federal initiatives and the imact of the arts on our economy, educational system, healthcare costs and service members returning from war.
