“Leveraging the Every Student Succeeds Act to Advocate for the Arts” Webinar
As the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) rolls out in individual states, arts funders have a unique opportunity to respond and support arts advocacy efforts. In Session 3 of the 2018 GIA Webinar Series we feature Jane Best, director of the Arts Education Partnership (AEP) at the Education Commission of the States in Denver, CO. Best will provide an overview of ESSA and the value it brings to states via a case study on her advocacy work with the California Arts Alliance. Join us for this deep dive and learn what you can do to support advocacy efforts in arts education.
“Leveraging the Every Student Succeeds Act to Advocate for the Arts” will be held on Tuesday, May 29, at 2:00pm EDT / 11:00am PDT. Details and registration available here.
“Leveraging the Every Student Succeeds Act to Advocate for the Arts” will be held on Tuesday, May 29, at 2:00pm EDT / 11:00am PDT. Details and registration available here.
A Collaborative Webinar: “Impact investing in the creative economy”
Socially responsible investing in the United States has reached $8.7 trillion. Yet, when looking at the thematic areas targeted by impact investing across the country, arts and culture is 0%. This collaborative webinar between Foundation Center and Grantmakers in the Arts will feature Laura Callanan, founding partner of Upstart Co-Lab and Eddie Torres, president and CEO of Grantmakers in the Arts in conversation with Ellen Friedman, executive director at the Compton Foundation, and Gary Steuer, president and CEO of Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, to talk about how mission-related investment (MRI) has the potential to advance their organizational missions and work toward a creative economy that is sustainable, equitable, and inclusive. They will also explore impact investing as an innovative opportunity to invest in the arts and unlock resources specifically for ALAANA communities and organizations.
“Impact Investing in the Creative Economy” will be held on Tuesday, May 31, at 2:00pm EDT / 11:00am PDT. Details and registration available here.
“Impact Investing in the Creative Economy” will be held on Tuesday, May 31, at 2:00pm EDT / 11:00am PDT. Details and registration available here.
Renew your GIA Membership
If you still need to renew your GIA membership, you can now renew your GIA 2018 Membership online.
New from the GIA Reader
Published in the Winter 2018 edition of the GIA Reader, in “Collaborative, Iterative, and Responsive: Agile techniques transform MAP’s grantmaking,” Lauren Ree Slone, MAP Fund program manager, and Kevin Clark, philanthropy consultant, address how the MAP Fund took concrete steps to enact greater racial equity in their grantmaking. Artists of color had expressed frustrations about needing to “bend” or “hack” MAP’s application platform to better reflect how their work was produced. This piece explores how MAP confronted issues of equity and took control of their tools with the mission of embodying antiracist and anti-oppression principles in all aspects of their work.
In moments when respect for cultural diversity feels even more urgent, a national grantmaking program called Building Bridges, by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, works to foster understanding and engagement between Muslim and non-Muslim communities…
Issues black and brown communities faced in Austin through the 70s and early 80s, and parallels to current social issues, are the subject of the exhibit "Juntos/Together: Black and Brown Activism in Austin, Texas From 1970-83," on display through May 19 at the George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and Genealogy Center…
The U.S. spends more than $80 billion each year on prison systems and incarceration, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). By the close of 2010, America had more than 2.2 million people behind bars in state, local, and federal prisons, reports ACLU…
