Visit these Arts Advocacy Links to help create change in your community:

• Americans for the Arts: http://www.artsusa.org/get_involved/advocate.asp

Respond to issues currently being discussed in Washington.

• Parent Advocacy: http://www.naea-reston.org/pdf/Parent.pdf

Tips on how parents can advocate for the arts in their children’s school. 

• National Assembly of State Arts Agencies: http://www.nasaa-arts.org/publications/10ways.pdf

Ten ways to Convert Legislators into Arts Advocates.

• National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Advocacy Site: http://www.nasaa-arts.org/publications/advo.shtml

Useful tools for organizations and individuals to advocate for the arts.

• Illinois Art Education Association Advocacy Site: http://ilaea.org/iaea/advocacy.htm

Basic steps on how you can prepare yourself for arts advocacy.

• Keep Arts in Schools: http://www.keepartsinschools.org/GetInvolved/index.php

Easy action items that you can do in a short period of time and make an impact.

• Business Advocacy: http://www.bcainc.org/index.html

Resources and Services for Businesses that want to get more involved in the arts.