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Advocacy
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This section of the Web site provides you with all of the information you need to effectively advocate on behalf of arts and culture in your community.
The links to the left contain everything from the 2008 Arts & Culture Advocacy Toolkit and other resources for our legislative arts action center. Using these tools and resources will allow you to effectively talk to your elected officials and organize arts supporters in your community.
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What are the burning issues in
Department of History, Arts and Libraries Budget:
ü Current grant funding for the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs: $8.25 million
ü House of Representatives passed House Bill 5804, increasing grant funding to $10.25 million
ü The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on HAL will make a decision on funding on May 15, 2008.
ü ArtServe has requested the legislature increase funding MCACA from $7.7 million to $14 million for Fiscal Year 2009. Click here to view ArtServe’s 2008 budget platform.
Legislation:
ü While we continue to monitor relevant legislation from 2007, we are now aggressively supporting the Cultural Redevelopment Districts Act.
o House Bills 5947-5950, a bi-partisan package of bills introduced by Representatives Steve Tobocman, Bill Huizenga, Ed Clemente and Jeff Mayes, would set up a special authority made up of arts and culture advocates and economic development experts to designate Cultural Redevelopment Districts throughout the state. Click here to learn more about this package of legislation.
Why should this matter to me?
While state funding has and in the near term, may continue to face cuts by the legislature, we know that in state’s that are culturally vibrant, public funding is an important part of the revenue mix so …. there is no better time than now to begin to educate our local elected officials to make sure they know what arts and cultural funding means to this state and who benefits from the money the MCACA grants. If we begin to build our case now, it will be easier to gain broader support for increased funding as more money becomes available. In other words, despite the current funding crisis, we need to lay the groundwork for our future.
Download the Arts & Culture Advocacy Toolkit to get all the information you need to aid you in contacting your local elected officials.
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