URGENT ACTION!
The arts in Los Angeles are in crisis and they need your voice.
The City of Los Angeles Budget and Finance Committee has put forward a
motion to eliminate the Department of Cultural Affairs dedicated source
of revenue.
Voice your support to maintain the only dedicated revenue source for neighborhood art and culture in the City of Los Angeles.
Take action by sending your Councilmember a letter voicing your opposition to this motion.
Take action by joining Arts for LA in providing public testimony at the council meeting on Wednesday, February 3rd.
Take action by blasting this alert to your networks.Use the service links below to share with Facebook, Twitter, Digg etc.
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The news is getting even worse. Arts for LA just received word that the CAO's report is calling for the immediate elimination of the grants program - including all unencumbered 09/10 grants. Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available.
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The Board of Education of Los Angeles Unified School District met on January 19th for a special session on the value of arts education.
Recognizing the Board's historic commitment to arts education, a series of speakers and performances will address the continuing need to include quality, standards-based K-12 arts education for all students in LAUSD.
Stream the meeting by visiting laschoolboard.org/node/846 and clicking "Live Video Stream During Meeting."
For the agenda and additional information, please click here.
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Arts for LA announced today the launch of its advocacy campaign enlisting a broad coalition of stakeholder groups to voice support for arts education in LAUSD, the second largest school district in the nation. The campaign was developed in response to California's continuing fiscal crisis and LAUSD's subsequent proposal to eliminate 50% of Elementary Arts Teachers, or 173 of 345 teachers, for the 2010-2011 school year. The purpose of the campaign is to win board support to maintain the integrity of LAUSD's Arts Education program by retaining its elementary arts teachers.
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