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The Power of Digital Storytelling (Huffington Post)
New York City's nonprofit community has an opportunity to harness the power of digital storytelling to engage a growing online public and drive contributions, attendance, and other forms of participation. This power was the topic of this recent Engage NYC panel, co-convened as a model of interagency collaboration by NYC Digital, NYC Service, Greater New York and New York City's Department of…
Business Support for the Arts (Huffington Post)
It is not coincidental that New York is a business and cultural capital; business and the arts are one. Arts and culture improve livability, drive tourism and economic development and make the city desirable for businesses and their employees. Robust and strategic corporate giving is critical to realizing these and more deliverables. To better understand and to advocate for corporate giving, the organization…
JCommer Gets Health Insurance: Brighid Greene on NPR (Junior Committee Blog)
Our very own Brighid Greene was featured in this NPR story: Can Young People Get Obamacare For $50 A Month? Sometimes “For Obamacare to succeed, it’s crucial for young people to sign up. Healthy young Americans need to pay into the insurance system to help cover the costs for older, sicker people,” explains Chris Arnold. His article probes the White House’s pledge that half of young people…
Working Toward a Comprehensive Cultural Plan (Huffington Post)
I am writing to advocate the inclusion of a comprehensive cultural plan in the New York City Charter, with thanks to the City Council for introducing this effort. In my role at Dance/NYC, I am focused exclusively on services for dance teachers and companies in the metropolitan area. Yet, I offer here that all of us in arts and culture are strongest when we are working together with all New Yorkers. For…
Testimony on a Comprehensive Cultural Plan for NYC
Submitted to the New York City Council Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries, and International Intergroup Relations By Lane Harwell, Executive Director of Dance/NYC On behalf of the service entity Dance/NYC and more than 1,200+ local dance makers……
Opportunities for the Arts in Our New Mayor's One New York (Huffington Post)
It is official: we have elected new leadership for the City of New York. I write to welcome Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio and state my enthusiasm for working with the new Administration and City Council. I also call on New Yorkers who make and support the arts to act on opportunities at the core of De Blasio's vision for New York and framework for addressing inequity, One New York, Rising Together. I…
After Superstorm Sandy: NYC Dance Responds (Huffington Post)
Of the videos released so far as part of NEW YORKERS FOR DANCE -- a new visibility campaign spotlighting why dance matters to our city -- there is one I find particularly compelling: this statement from Luanne Sorrentino of Staten Island's St. George Theatre and Mrs. Rosemary's Dance Studio. Luanne's story is one of 15 families wiped out by superstorm Sandy and of the art form helping…
Hello There, Brooklyn Commune (Junior Committee Blog)
Sunday September 22nd, Hollis Bartlett and Alexander Thompson (Dance/NYC Junior Committee’s Chair and Vice-Chair) attended the fourth general meeting of the Brooklyn Commune. The Brooklyn Commune Project is a grassroots initiative organized by Culturebot and The Invisible Dog Art Center to educate, activate and unify performing artists of all disciplines to work together towards a more equitable,…
