MARCH 2023 POLICY & ADVOCACY WEBINAR
On Friday March 3, 2023 we kicked off our 2023 Policy and Action Update Webinar series. This series provides opportunities for advocates across the Commonwealth to hear updates on federal, state and local arts policy issues and receive action alerts from MASSCreative.
During this webinar, we introduced our two new Team MASSCreative members: Richeline Cadet, our director of organizing, and Kelsey Rode, our director of external relations. We reviewed some of the important work we accomplished together in the last legislative session, including increasing and sustaining public funding for cultural spaces, and advocating for $145 million in state funding for COVID-19 relief and recovery. We also shared more information about our policy priorities for the 2023-2024 legislative session and advocacy around the FY24 budget.
Download the slide deck here.
State Budget
MASSCreative's FY24 letter to the Healey Driscoll Administration
Action Alert: Sign on to MASSCreative's FY24 letter to House Ways and Means Chair Michlewitz and Senate Ways and Means Chair Rodrigues advocating for $25 million for Mass Cultural Council
Action Alert: Send a thank you to Gov. Healey and Lt. Gov. Driscoll for including $25 million for the Mass Cultural Council in H.1
MASSCreative 2023-2024 Legislative Agenda
Action Alert: Use these email and call templates to contact your legislator and ask them to support a stronger and more equitable creative sector!
About MASSCreative
MASSCreative works with artists, cultural councils, arts organizations, and the broader creative community to build a Commonwealth where arts and creativity are an expected, recognized, and valued part of everyday life. Working with their coalition of 400 arts and cultural organizations and artists from across the Commonwealth, MASSCreative uses public education and awareness, grassroots organizing, advocacy campaigns, and other civic and political engagement to ensure that arts, culture, and creativity are considered when important policy and political decisions are made at the state and local levels.
