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The Art of Advocacy: Protests, Videos, & Your Local Media

I hate that I have to write this sentence yet again, but I don’t think I can start this entry without stating the very obvious point… Arts education continues to face budget battles in school districts across the country due to the sagging economy, failing revenue models, and just plain ignorance to the value of […]

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From Advertising to Advocacy: A Multicultural Approach

How many languages are spoken in your local school district? Chances are most of us will be surprised at the number and varieties of languages the students speak and probably do not know how to reach out to that community. Currently, the School District of Palm Beach County, Florida, is the 11th largest in the […]

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Beyond Letter Writing & Phone Calls: Relationship-Based Arts Education Advocacy

Over the last few years, I’ve blogged here about our arts education advocacy efforts in San Diego with the San Diego Unified School District. I am the co-founding chair of the San Diego Alliance for Arts Education (SDAAE) which officially launched in May 2010 (although our collective grassroots advocacy work began a year earlier). As […]

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Connecting Creativity, Innovation, & the Education System

Running short on money for long-term big picture projects? Is “Community Outreach” a part of your mission statement or goal? Is working with the school district a maze (um, maybe talk to so and so, oh he’s no longer there, leave a message, come on in – but not today…), a closed door (we can’t […]

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The Relationship Between Innovation and Impact

I was fortunate enough to attend this year’s Americans for the Arts Annual Convention in San Diego. One of the most engaging ideas that I took home with me was the relationship between innovation and impact. We talked about how these two ideas are often assumed to go hand-in-hand and although many innovative ideas do […]

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