Ballot measure advocacy by arts education organizations is legal, powerful, and fundamental to democracy. With important measures that could impact funding for the arts on the ballot in California this November, it’s critical for nonprofits to be a part of the conversation. This workshop, hosted by The Hewlett Foundation and Alliance for Justice, is open to everyone not just Hewlett grantees. 

Thursday, July 30, 11am-12:30pm Pacific
Free
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Learn the legal rules that impact your advocacy to influence government budgets at every level of government, and how you can work with elected officials, coalition partners, and community members to advocate for arts funding and the arts. Indi McCasey, Executive Director, Arts Education Alliance of the Bay Area and Jessica Paz-Cedillos, Executive Director, School of Arts and Culture at Mexican Heritage Plaza will be discussing their budget advocacy! This workshop, hosted by The Hewlett Foundation and Alliance for Justice, is open to everyone not just Hewlett grantees. 

Thursday, August 6, 11am-12:30pm
Free
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Advocating for dance can just take a minute – it doesn’t always have to be a big action, and it certainly doesn’t need to feel intimidating.

The National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) has been filming 1 minute advocacy videos as mini pep talks for all of us. Take a peek here for some inspiration!

Check out Create CA’s School Leader Flyer and start a conversation with education leaders in your community and school. It’s a free step-by-step, data-driven guide to help you support the creation of a strategic arts plan.  Print it out and share it with your principal, school board members, and superintendent. 

March is Arts Education Month and from now until the end of March our friends at Create CA are sharing small weekly actions we can all take to support the movement for arts education. Here’s this week’s action:

Look up your data and see where your district or school stands!

The California Arts Education Data Project has been updated with new branding, tools, and data!  

The new data shows that California went from a 39% average participation rate to 40%. That means more students are taking at least one arts class. Which is great! But progress is still way too slow.

It is our belief that in order to expand access to arts education in our schools and communities we absolutely have to know where we stand. So please check out the Interactive Dashboard and learn about the growth and gaps in arts education equity across the state!

Take the arts education pledge! By signing the pledge you are stating that you believe in and stand for the principles outlined in The Declaration of Student Rights.

CreateCA is hoping to collect 1,000 signed pledges by the end of Arts Education awareness month in March. So please share this widely!  CreateCA.org/pledge