About to start our training!
#claimyourARTS
...is an arts advocacy initiative created to excite, train and motivate teens to become articulate arts advocates.
BIG PLANS FOR TODAY!
Americans for the Arts’
National Arts Action Summit/Arts Advocacy Day - April 16, 2012
9:00AM Orientation
9:30AM Legislative and Political Update
10:00AM Briefing on the National Endowment for the Arts, Arts in Education Programs, and Nonprofit Tax Issues
11:00AM Facts and Figures to Make Your Case
12:00PM. State Delegation Planning Time with State Captains during Lunch
1:30PM. Congressional Visit Role Play Demonstration and Interactive Breakouts
2:45PM Refining Your Argument: Ask the Experts
3:30PM Part II: Concurrent Breakout Panels on Policy Issues
6:30PM. 25th Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts & Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts featuring Alec Baldwin
Visiting the Washington monument and Lincoln memorial.
Learning history at the National Museum of American History
Learning through art at the National History Museum
Off on our adventure to DC!
I am an arts advocate. The arts are vital for my education. They empower and inspire. The arts are necessary for my development as a person. They help me to be open-minded, empathetic, and creative. The arts improve my community and my world because they generate and captivate. I will speak up for the arts because every person, no matter their background, deserves to be unique, blissfully playful, and confident. This is our education. Our voice. Our arts. And this is why I am an arts advocate.
