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Let's make history together!
Do you or your organization receive funding from Canada Council for the Arts and/or Canadian Heritage and/or participate in projects funded by them?
For too long, the arts sector has lacked a unified voice when advocating to the government. Now, more than ever, we need choirs, singing groups, and choral artists to align their message with the rest of the arts sector.
The Canadian Arts Coalition, representing artists and arts organisations across Canada, calls on the Federal Government to adopt a permanent 1% funding commitment to the arts, culture and heritage in Canada.
You can read the Coalition's full recommendation here.
This commitment is vital to financially support you, your organizations, and your singing communities, especially with the impacts from the pandemic and inflation. If politicians do not hear from us, they do not think it is important.
Not sure what to do? Keep reading...
FALL ADVOCACY TOOLKIT
This fall, the Coalition is asking artists and allies who care about culture in Canada to spend time with both Members of Parliament and prospective candidates. They have created a Fall Advocacy Toolkit so you can easily welcome your local politicians to see why the arts matter nationally and to understand that culture is a part of every constituency.
The Coalition’s five-step approach to advocacy involves:
- Connecting with MPs and candidates.
- Inviting sitting members and candidates to your rehearsals, performances, facilities and events this fall and winter.
- Sharing specific, impactful stories about the arts’ value in your community and asking politicians of all parties to support the national call for 1% for the arts!
- Thanking them for coming out and talking with you and asking them to keep coming to cultural events and to pledge their support for the 1% call.
- Taking a photo and posting about their visit on social media, tagging accounts and using hashtags provided in the toolkit.
Follow their five steps to make new neighbourhood allies and get to a permanent 1% funding for the arts!
Together, we are the storytellers of our neighbourhoods and our nation. If we each speak with our Parliamentarians and candidates as neighbours this fall and winter, we can help all the politicians from coast to coast to coast understand the role that artists and arts organisations play in every single community of Canada. Let’s make these moments matter.
