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Advocacy Alert: Be an #ArtsHero & Census 2020
Be an #ArtsHero is an intersectional grassroots campaign comprised of Arts & Culture workers, Unions, and institutions in the United States pushing the Senate to allocate proportionate relief to the Arts & Culture sector of the American economy.…
#ArtistsAreNecessaryWorkers Series Recap
Dance/NYC #ArtistsAreNecessaryWorkers Conversations in Review New York – After 12 weeks, Dance/NYC closes the #ArtistsAreNecessaryWorkers Facebook Live Conversation Series. This has been one strand of the public campaign towards demanding the acknowledgement, representation and integration of dance and arts workers into the city’s future post-pandemic. Beginning on May 21, these conversations…
Dance/NYC State of the Organization & Summer Break
Dear Dance Community, Today, I write to you, our constituents, to reflect on lessons learned and to establish clear grounds for accountability to what we as an organization can promise in the months and years to come. These reflections come as we close the second year of a period of Dance/NYC’s leadership transition, which began on July 31, 2018 with Lane Harwell’s transition from the organization. I…
Weekly Advocacy Alert, August 12: Push for Federal Relief
Federal Relief still hasn’t arrived. Tell your representatives what you need: ACT for Arts Relief: Speak up for nonprofits. The Nonprofit Community Letter outlines urgent reforms to the CARES Act. Contact your representatives and ask them to include nonprofits in the final bill. The Save Our Stages Act is still in the Senate. The bill has been expanded to include…
Dance/NYC Announces Recipients of Disability. Dance. Artistry. Dance and Social Justice Fellowship Program
Dance/NYC is pleased to announce the 26 recipients of its Disability. Dance. Artistry. Dance and Social Justice Fellowship Program…
Weekly Advocacy Alert, August 5: Act Now for Arts Relief Before August 8th Recess!
Federal CONTACT your member of Congress/Senate before August 8th: Write or call for PPP and Small Businesses: The PPP Coalition is seeking to improve PPP through a few key changes to the program that will benefit all borrowers, small businesses and nonprofits, regardless of their industry. Take action. Save Our Storefronts is fighting for small business and nonprofit rent relief…
Weekly Advocacy Alert, July 29: Federal Advocacy
FEDERAL CONTACT your member of Congress/ Senate on the importance of emergency arts funding: Call: Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation $600/wk relief ended July 25th. ExtendPUA is advocating for pandemic relief to continue until the pandemic is over. Call your senator and see ExtendPUA’s action items list for more options. Sign: An Open Letter to the…
Announcing Conversations 11 and 12 of the #ArtistsAreNecessaryWorkers Series
New York – Dance/NYC moves into the final two weeks of the twelve-part Facebook Live Conversation Series with arts workers from across the arts and culture sector. These discussions highlight the importance of the arts ecology, point to current challenges and offer considerations on our way forward as a field. This series is a part of #ArtistsAreNecessaryWorkers, a new online and social media campaign dedicated to the acknowledgement, representation and integration of dance and arts workers into the decision-making processes that will envision the future for New York City post-pandemic.…
