A. National arts advocacy resources

• Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network:
  kennedy-center.org/education
• Arts Education Partnership: aep-arts.org
• Americans for the Arts: National Arts Advocacy Day 2005 Briefing Papers (talking points for arts education): www.artsusa.org/public_awareness/get_involved; Americans For the Arts (home page): www.artsusa.org
• President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities: www.pcah.gov
• Music Educators National Conference: http://www.menc.org; The Music Education Coalition: www.supportmusic.com
• Music for All Foundation: music-for-all.org
• The American Music Conference: www.amc-music.org

B. State arts advocacy resources

• Mississippi Alliance for Arts Education: www.msartsalliance.com
• Mississippi Department of Education legislative updates: www.mde.k12.ms.us/Extrel/leg/leg.htm
• Mississippi Arts Commission: www.arts.state.ms.us
• Whole Schools Initiative: www.mswholeschools.org

C. Local arts advocacy resources or opportunities

• Local Arts Councils
• Booster clubs
• School PTA
• Business/community partners

II. Arts education advocacy research in Mississippi:

A. The Arts are an “R,” Too, a five-year evaluation of the Whole Schools Initiative: www.mswholeschools.org. Select the publication title on the home page.

B. 2004 Take Part Community Audit Project, a study of arts education resources in five diverse Mississippi Communities: www.msartsalliance.com/advocacy/publications&research.htm

III. Writing letters to elected officials

A. U.S. Congress: www.congress.org/congressorg/home

B. Mississippi Legislature: www.congress.org/congressorg/home
Contact information may be selected by clicking State Officials in the Elected Officials column.