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NOVEMBER 2, 2008

FEBRUARY 22, 2009


March 26, 2009

Dear Friends,

At today's Louisiana Partnership for the Arts/Arts Advocacy meeting, I heard a devastating news. Governor Jindal has cut Decentralized Arts Funding (DAF) by 83%. You heard right, 83%. He has also cut statewide arts grants (SAF) by 31%. Cuts to other arts programs are on their way.

Arts and cultural organizations so crucial to our economy will be affected by loss in programming, staff, arts-in-education, etc.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

The House Appropriations Committee will meet next week and we need to deluge them with emails, faxes, letters, and phone calls urging them to reinstate grant dollars. One easy way to contact them is by typing your zip code into the box on the right that says "write your legislators," click "take action," and the capwiz system sends emails to your representatives for you!

THIS IS VERY EASY TO DO. I did it and it did not take more than a minute of my time. It gives you a sample email, but you can personalize the email however you want. I especially urge you to tell your legislators how you and your arts organization will be affected if these cuts go through. We need to hit home that this 83% DAF cut and 31% SAF cut will devastate the cultural economy which is the second largest industry in the state.

Once you've taken action, please forward this message to friends. Through our grassroots efforts, we were able to restore funding for the arts back in 1994 when we faced a similar situation. We can do it again now. We just need your help to get the message out so every member of Appropriations receives thousands of emails!

Impresarios Choice does not receive any arts funding from the state of Louisiana but all its arts partners do.

DO THIS TODAY!!!

Raymond Poliquit
Founder and Artistic Director
IC's Founder and Artistic Director
Calls for Urgent Action
In case of a ZIP error alert , click the "TAKE ACTION" Button above. It automatically brings you to the LPA action page.