[PhiladelphiaDANCE.org Listserv] Contact your PA legislator TODAY and ask them to support Amendment 1125 to House Bill 2380!

[Lois Welk]

PA Representative Mark Cohen will introduce Amendment 11215 to House Bill
2380, otherwise known as the Budget Bill, to increase the appropriation for
the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grants to arts organizations by an
additional $1.5 million.   This supplementary increase, added to the
increase already requested by  Governor Edward G. Rendell in February, will
raise the state  appropriation for Grants-to-the-Arts to $17.225 million.
This funding level will provide much-needed additional resources next year
as the PCA  works to serve the people of Pennsylvania through support for
nonprofit arts organizations, arts programs, and artists; arts in education;
and continuing investments in partnerships and initiatives.

We  need your help NOW. Please take a few minutes to call your legislator,
at the district office or in Harrisburg, to let he/she know = that you
support this increase and would like them to vote for a budget  that
includes Rep. Cohen's amendment. Citizens for the Arts in Pennsylvania has a
web feature where you can access the contact information for your
legislator. You can find it by visiting the Legislative Action Center at
<http://capwiz.com/artsusa/pa/state/main/?state=3DPA>
http://capwiz.com/artsusa/pa/state/main/?state=3DPA. Also, take a few more
minutes to forward this e-mail to friends, family and board members asking
them to also contact their legislators on this important issue.  

To help us keep track of support, we are asking that you let Citizens for
the Arts in Pennsylvania know what your legislator's response was to your
request. Send their responses to Jenny Hershour at
<mailto:jlh at citizensfortheartsinpa.org> jlh at citizensfortheartsinpa.org .

We are under a time  crunch...call your legislator TODAY and ask them to
support Amendment 11215 to House Bill 2380!

 

Lois Welk, Director 

Dance/USA Philadelphia 

1427 Spruce St. Suite 1F

Philadelphia, PA 19102

215-922-5970 or Cell: 607-329-0467

www.danceusaphiladelphia.org

Office hours: Mon, Wed, Thurs:  10am-6pm & Tues: 10-8pm 

for details.

Join us for a discussion of Engaging Art from a dance perspective on Friday
July 18th at 10 am at the Chapterhouse, 9th Street and Bainbridge.  The
coffee (or tea) is on us.   

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Motion Pictures, Fiddle Kicks, Jaye Allison's Philadelphia Tap Challenge,
Here[begin] Dance, Nicole Bindler, Music and Motion,  and Merian Soto.  Go
to the Philadelphia Dance Calendar at
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details.

 

 

 

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