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Weekly Advocacy Alert, July 22: Contact Your Members of Congress
SUPPORTING BLACK LIVES ACTIONS DONATE: The New-York Historical Society is actively collecting materials related to the pandemic and to the Black Lives Matter protests through their ongoing History Responds initiative. They seek to preserve signs, flyers, political face masks, protective gear, artwork distributed to protesters, and the stories connected to those items, before they disappear. Donate…
Weekly Advocacy Alert, July 15
SUPPORTING BLACK LIVES ACTIONS Join Dance/NYC in supporting the #ArtsGoBlack campaign. The Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) officially launched #ArtsGoBlack to galvanize organizations that wish to take real action to end racism in the arts and culture field. Please visit artsgo.black and take the pledge. Once signed up, you will receive a questionnaire and a toolkit…
Announcing Conversations 9 and 10 of the #ArtistsAreNecessaryWorkers Series
New York – Dance/NYC moves into its ninth week of hosting a 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. …
Weekly Advocacy Alert, July 8
FEDERAL CONTACT your member of Congress/ Senate on legislation coming up: (S. 4032) Universal Giving Pandemic Response: With bipartisan support the bill would expand the current above-the-line deduction for charitable giving made available by the CARES Act in March. The provision would lift the current $300-per-tax-filing cap and make available, for tax years 2019 and 2020, an above-the-line…
Dance/NYC Announces Disability. Dance. Artistry. Dance and Social Justice Fellowship Program
Disability. Dance. Artistry. Dance and Social Justice Fellowship Program Will Award Disabled Dance Workers Citywide With Funds in Recognition of Dance and Social Justice Activity…
Announcing Conversations 7 and 8 of the #ArtistsAreNecessaryWorkers Series
New York – Dance/NYC moves into its seventh week of hosting a 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.…
Weekly Advocacy Alert, June 24
FEDERAL CONTACT your member of Congress/ Senate on bills up for voting in the next week: (H.R. 7120) George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 was introduced on June 8, 2020. The bill would hold law enforcement accountable for misconduct in court, improve transparency through data collection, and reform police training and policies. The House is expected to vote on it this week. Write…
Testimony to Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations on June 22, 2020
Submitted to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations on June 22, 2020…
