Your voice makes an impact no matter where you are! If you can’t travel to Washington, D.C. to advocate for the arts then join us from New Jersey.
Option 1
We Want to Hear Your Story
ArtPride New Jersey’s Advocacy Team is eager to hear from you! We want to learn about your programs, the audiences you engage with, and the role federal funding for cultural agencies—particularly the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities—plays in your work. We're interested in understanding how this funding affects your organization and the challenges you would encounter without this crucial support.
ArtPride New Jersey’s Advocacy Team will share your stories with elected officials during Arts Advocacy Day. Please fill out the form to provide more details about you and your work.
Option 2
Make an Impact: Reach Out and Engage with Congress
Call your legislator's district office. Not sure who your member of Congress is?
Find My Congress Member
Option 3
Send a Letter to Congressional Representatives
Let’s create an action alert that people can engage with for the entire month of March. Transition the current NEA/NEH action alert to be framed as AAD from home.
Option 4
Action Alerts
Sign up to start receiving Action Alerts today. This is the best way to stay in touch and involved in ArtPride's legislative advocacy.
Act Now
Opt-In to Text Messaging. If you participate in any action alert, you can check a box to opt in to text messaging, or you can text NJARTS to 52886.
Option 5
Invite Congress to Visit Your Next Event
Now is the most crucial time to connect with your elected officials and key stakeholders representing you and your organization.
Download Resources
Why the Arts Matter Factsheet
Every year, the Arts Action Fund creates detailed data and narrative driven state factsheets that help tell the story of "Why the Arts Matter" in each state.
Arts & Economic Prosperity 6
The Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 study reveals that the nonprofit arts and cultural sector is a keystone of our state's economy and reaps huge social benefits.
National Endowment for the Arts Factsheet
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent federal agency that is the largest funder of the arts and arts education in communities nationwide and a catalyst of public and private support for the arts. By advancing equitable opportunities for arts participation and practice, the NEA fosters and sustains an environment in which the arts benefit everyone in the United States.
