As a National Co-Sponsor for Arts Advocacy Day, Dance/USA participates in the Legislative Planning Committee to draft annual legislative issue briefs on a variety of arts policy topics.

This year Arts Advocacy Day is April 8 and 9, 2013. The issue briesfs and statements of concern below can be used to learn more about each topic and as resources to leave behind in Congressional offices.

Issue Briefs

• National Endowment for the Arts (NEA): Promoting Creativity and Public Access to the Arts
• Tax Reform: Encouraging Charitable Gifts to Support Community Access to the Arts
• Funding the Arts in Education Program at the U.S. Department of Education: Improving Access to Arts Education for All Students
• Strengthening Arts Education in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Helping Children Achieve in School, Work, and Life
• Tax Fairness for Artists and Writers: Creating America's Artistic Heritage
• Improving the Visa Process for Foreign Guest Artists at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
• Cultural Exchanges Throught the U.S. Department of State: Strengthening Ties Between the United States and the World
• Office of Museum and Services (OMS): Promoting Lifelong Learning and Protecting Our National Heritage
• Arts in Health: Improving Our Nation's Health Through the Arts
• Supporting Public and Community Media

Statements of Concern

• National Service and the Arts
• Network Neutrality
• Federal Communications Commission: Protecting Performing Arts Technology