This is a presentation for teachers who want to help their students understand the importance of arts advocacy.

1. Student Arts Activists Our Future in THEIR Hands!

2. Arts Activists? “But aren’t they too young?” Not too young to know: The arts are a part of our daily lives Students at Carl Sandburg Middle School create pinwheels that contain their written thoughts about war and peace.

3. Arts Activists The arts are connected to other parts of our lives Part of a GLOBAL movement , Pinwheels for Peace– “Imagine Whirled Peace!” Celebrating International Peace Day, Sept. 21 www.pinwheelsfor peace.com

5. Senior citizens

10. Visit jerseyarts.com during October, National Arts & Humanities Month Upload a video (30 sec.-1 min.) that says what the arts do for YOU and win a Flip Mino video cam!

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12. Other Resources

13. Americans for the Arts artsusa.org

14. Art Pride New Jersey artpridenj.com Arts Action Center – contact your legislators Connections online art gallery

15. NJ Arts Education Partnership artsednj.org NJ Arts Education Census Project

16. NJ Arts Education Collective njaec.org The New Jersey Arts Education Collective is a partnership of not-for-profit organizations whose mission is to provide the highest quality, professional development for members of the arts and education community.

17. Young Audience for Learning NJ yanj.org

18. dosomething.org

19. Art Pride NJ Foundation 432 High St. Burlington, NJ 08016 609.479.3377 ext. 307 Fax – 609.964.1566 www.artpridenj.com artpride@artpridenj.com