America needs a bold new investment in culture, a policy recognizing that culture holds the key to a future we can believe in. This Framework calls on Congress and the Obama Administration to support art’s public purpose to mend our social fabric, promote freedom of expression and a vibrant, inclusive national dialogue, and revitalize both education and commerce with the creativity that has always been the wellspring of our energy and success…
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This new Framework was developed by the Cultural Policy Working Group created on May 12th, 2009, following a White House Briefing on Art, Community, Social Justice, National Recovery. All of the founding endorsers took part in that meeting:
- Arnold Aprill, Founding and Creative Director, Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE)
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Caron Atlas, Independent Consultant
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Prof. Judith F. Baca, UCLA Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana/o Studies, UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures, Founder/Artistic Director of SPARC and the UCLA/SPARC Cesar Chavez Digital/Mural Lab
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Biko Baker, The League of Young Voters
- Denise M. Brown, Arts/Culture and Philanthropy
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Jeff Chang, writer
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William Cleveland, Musician, Author, Director, Center for the Study of Art and Community
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Dudley Cocke, Roadside Theater/Appalshop
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Milly Hawk Daniel, PolicyLink
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Amalia Deloney, Board Member, Main Street Project
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Diane Fraher, American Indian Artists Inc. (AMERINDA)
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Arlene Goldbard, Writer and Speaker
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James Bau Graves, Executive Director, Old Town School of Folk Music
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Gayle Isa, Executive Director, Asian Arts Initiative
- Bakari Kitwana, Author and Founder, Rap Sessions
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Joe Lambert, Center for Digital Storytelling
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Liz Lerman, Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
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Rick Lowe, Artist, Founder of Project Row Houses
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Meghan McDermott, Executive Director, Global Action Project
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Michelle Miller, Manager of Popular Media Organizing, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
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Alyce Myatt, Media and Philanthropy
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Michael D. Nolan, Director, National Campaign to Hire Artists to Work in Schools and Communities
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Anne Pasternak, Creative Time
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Nick Rabkin, co-author, Putting the Arts in the Picture: Reframing Education in the 21st Century
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Matt Revelli, Upper Playground and Juxtapoz Magazine
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Donald Russell, Executive Director, Provisions Learning Project
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Ellen Schneider, Media Strategist
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Michael B. Schwartz, Community Muralist
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Alli Chagi-Starr, Art in Action/Green Youth Media Center
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Loris Ann Taylor, Native Public Media
- Anasa Troutman
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Carlton Turner, Alternate ROOTS, M.U.G.A.B.E.E
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Clyde Valentin, Producer and Executive Director, Hip-Hip Theater Festival (HHTF)
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MK Wegmann, President and CEO, National Performance Network
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Billy Wimsatt, Journalist and Cultural Organizer
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Jawole Zollar, Urban Bush Women
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