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NYC Arts in Education Roundtable

It Starts With the Arts – Rally for Arts Education

Jun 6, 2024
Time
12:00 pm
1:00 pm
Cost
Free
Location
Entrance to City Hall Park located at the intersection of Broadway and Park Place. Please arrive at 11:30am.
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The NYC Arts in Education Roundtable, along with elected officials, artists, educators, students, cultural workers, and parents will gather to advocate for universal, equitable access to arts education in all NYC schools and communities.

Dance, music, theater, visual arts, and media arts provide evidence-based solutions for engaging the whole child. Arts education nurtures social-emotional wellness, improves academic outcomes in the classroom, prepares students to enter the workforce, and increases parent involvement and attendance rates. Yet today these opportunities are available to only some of NYC’s 1 million students.

Our voices are stronger together! Help us call on the Mayor and City Council to include vital arts education funding in this year’s budget: to support our students, our workforce, and our great city. We need all of New York City to know that it starts with the arts!

First 50 attendees will receive a FREE t-shirt featuring our It Starts With the Arts logo!

Register for the Rally
Learn More About the “It Starts With the Arts” Campaign

Meeting Location

***MEETUP LOCATION CHANGE*** We will now meet at the entrance to City Hall Park located at the intersection of Broadway and Park Place. Click here for a Google Maps link. Representatives in our t-shirts with It Starts With the Arts signs will be at the park entrance to direct you to the rally point just inside the park. Please arrive at 11:30am.

What to Expect:

You will hear from:

  • Council Member Keith Powers, District 4
  • Council Member Shahana Hanif, District 39
  • Council Member Erik Bottcher, District 3
  • Student Drum Group from I.S. 093
  • Beatrice B., It Starts With the Arts Student Artist & NYC Public Schools Student
  • Angelina L., It Starts With the Arts Student Artist & NYC Public Schools Student
  • Angel R., Midori & Friends NextGEN Advocate & NYC Public Schools Student
  • Ibrahima G., Midori & Friends NextGEN Advocate & NYC Public Schools Student
  • Janice Weinman, Education Through Music
  • Liz Chidester, Education Through Music
  • Kimberly Olsen, New York City Arts in Education Roundtable
  • Asari Beale, Teachers & Writers Collaborative
  • And more!

Additional speakers to be announced.

Join the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable in advocating for this important cause. Please don’t hesitate to email Executive Director, Kimberly Olsen at kolsen@nycaieroundtable.org with any questions.

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