MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD: Arts & Culture in MI are under attack!

Grab your legislators and media's attention!

Using the tools below, stay connected to all the current news as it happens and get the information you need to state your case in support of state arts and culture funding:

Tell Lansing that state funding for arts & culture is VITAL to Michigan's future

• Write Governor Granholm. Send the Governor a Message. Let her know of your opposition to her recommendation to nearly zero-out funding for the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs in 2010
• Join GRAAND. To sign up for the e-mail list and receive action alerts visit http://capwiz.com/artsusa/mi/mlm/signup/
• Join MiArt Attack. A support group created by the creative community to build support for arts, culture and creativity in Michigan

Refine your MESSAGE: Know the Facts

• Use the Arts and Culture Advocacy Toolkit
• Download the Campaign Messages and Talking Points
• 2005 W.E. Upjohn Institute's Arts and Cultural Activities and Michigan Economy Report
  

Monitor the Press & Hold Local Media Accountable

• Read the recent Detroit Free Press op-ed by Jennifer Goulet, ArtServe Michigan's president. Use the messages from this op-ed to write your own letter to the editor, comment on a blog posting or develop an op-ed article for your local newspaper
• Link to other newspaper op-eds and articles from around the state and nation
• Statewide media lists for daily and weekly newspapers