CommonGround
2008
Mindful Innovations
Making
the Case: Public Policy and
Advocacy for the Arts
Judith Weiner
Executive
Director, the Alliance of
NYS Arts Organizations
Carol
Brown
Coordinator
for Arts in Education, Eastern
Suffolk BOCES
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Strategies, tools
and resources to be strong and convincing
advocates to drive arts-in-ed agendas
in the public arena, with legislators
and more.
Anyone
with a stake in education and/or the
arts knows that arts education as well
as arts in education are often on the
endangered species list. In these times
of diminishing budgets, wavering requirements
and unfunded mandates, advocacy efforts
by educators, administrators,
artists, parents, and students are more
important then ever.
Behind the scenes advocacy information,
along with a variety of innovative advocacy
approaches, will focus on: What can be
done? How can it be done? What are the
tools? What could be the outcome/impact?
What are the implications and intersections
with shifting demographic power bases?
The presenters will set the stage for
the first half of the session, followed
by audience engagement with debate and
discussion where participants will discuss
and develop action steps for the issues
in their communities.
Conference Strand:
Education Reform
Educators: will
gain tools
and information to make a compelling
case for the importance of the arts for
all students, and will understand the
grassroots advocacy process and the
role they can play and the power they
have to advance policy and funding initiatives.
Artists: will
gain tools and ideas for raising the
level of awareness of the arts in their
community and will understand the
grassroots advocacy process and the
role they can play and the power they
have to advance policy and funding initiatives.
Parents/Community: will
gain compelling arguments and tools for
why the arts are an essential component
of every student's education, and will
understand the grassroots advocacy process
and the role they can play and the power
they have to advance policy and funding
initiatives.
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Judith
K Weiner has
spearheaded trend-setting web-based
training programs for arts administrators
and artists, developed graduate student
training for the next generation
of arts leaders, created advocacy
opportunities for diverse voices,
spearheaded new legislation, and
partnered with national and statewide
service organizations and with Columbia
and Cornell Universities to create
professional development programs. As
head of the
Alliance, she works to provide technical
assistance for arts organizations,
professional training for arts leaders
and advocacy services to advance public
policy and increase government funding
for the arts.
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