The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities announced that Martin Luther King, Jr. School in Portland, Oregon has been selected to participate in a new arts education initiative to help turn around lowperforming...
More Advocacy Resources
The Creative Advocacy Network is our partner in advocating for more local public funding of arts and culture.
The Cultural Advocacy Coalition, The Oregon Arts Commission, and the Oregon Cultural Trust are our partners in advocating for arts and culture at the state level.
RACC partners with Americans for the Arts and the Arts Action Fund for arts advocacy at the federal level.
Art. Ask for More is a national campaign to support arts education in the schools.
The Oregon Art PAC is non-partisan political action committee that supports local candidates who are committed to increasing public funding for arts and culture.
Act for Art, published in 2009, is a five-year action plan for arts and culture in the region.
National Issues
On the national level, RACC partners with Americans for the Arts and the Arts Action Fund and the National Endowment for the Arts to fight for federal arts funding and other legislative issues of importance to artists and arts organizations.
Below is a listing of current National Issues:
White House committee selects Martin Luther King, Jr. School among 8 schools in the country for the Turnaround Arts Initiative
4/23/12
4/23/12
National Arts Advocacy Day April 17
4/17/12
4/17/12
Issued by Americans for the Arts
On April 17th, hundreds of dedicated arts supporters from across the country have come together in Washington, DC for National Arts Advocacy Day, a united effort to tell Capitol Hill how important...
President Obama's budget FY2013 for the arts
2/23/12
4/5/12
Issued by Americans for the Arts (2/17/12)
The Obama Administration has released the much anticipated FY2013 budget request to Congress, which includes funding for the nation's cultural agencies and programs, such as...
The pARTnership Movement
1/12/12
1/12/12
On January 10, 2012, Americans for the Arts launched the pARTnership Movement, a new campaign designed to reach business leaders with the message that partnering with the arts will advance their bottom-line goals and build their competitive...
Congress Passes FY 2012 Budget: $9M Cut for NEA, NEH
1/3/12
1/3/12
December 17, 2011—On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the final budget agreement for FY 2012, which includes $146.255 million in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and National Endowment for the Humanities...