KA HOʻOPIʻI & KĀWAI                                        
Hoʻokomo ʻo WESTAF ELC Alumna i ke kuleana pilikanaka a me ka hui hoʻokomo
ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana iā Ashanti McGee ma ke ʻano he Kānāwai Hāʻawi hou a me ka Luna Hoʻokele WESTAF. ʻO Ashanti kahi mea pena kiʻi a me nā mea hoʻolaha noʻeau i kapa ʻia ʻo Las Vegas, Nevada home no nā makahiki he 25. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna hana hoʻokele noʻeau e kōkua ana i nā ʻuʻu a me nā mea waiwai ʻole me ka palapala hāʻawi kālā a me ka hoʻokele a hoʻomau i ka hana ma kēia wahi no kahi ʻumi makahiki. Ma 2014, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i ʻelele no Nevada no ka papahana Emerging Leaders of Color a WESTAF a ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he panelist no ka WESTAF's Arts Leadership and Advocacy Seminar. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he ʻelele apana no Nevada Congresswoman Susie Lee, e kālele ana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana no nā kaiāulu ʻeleʻele, ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, a me LGBTQ+ e pili ana i nā hana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu, a me ka ʻāina a me nā ʻāina lehulehu. He makuahine haʻaheo o ʻehā, ua hāʻawi ʻo Ashanti i kāna hana i ka hana noʻeau a me ka hoʻonaʻauao, me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā kūlana hoʻonaʻauao no ka ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao ʻo Nevada; e lawelawe ana ma ke ʻano he lālā papa no Cultural Alliance of Nevada, he hui kākoʻo noʻeau mokuʻāina; hoʻokumu pū i ka Las Vegas Womxn of Color Arts Festival, a ma ke ʻano he lālā koʻikoʻi o NUWU Cultural Arts + Activism complex, kahi POC nona a lawelawe ʻia ma Las Vegas e hana ana e hāpai i nā kaiāulu āpau ma o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka ʻike moʻomeheu a me ka ʻike. hana noʻeau, hoʻoikaika, a hoʻonaʻauao.

HOOLAHA, HOOLAHA & KUAI                  
E hoʻopaʻa inoa i kēia lā no WESTAF's Creative Vitality™ Summit!

Ua wehe ʻia ke kākau inoa ʻana no ka WESTAF e hiki mai ana a manuahi e hele i Creative Vitality™ Summit, e hana ana ma kahi o Kepakemapa 20-21 a hāʻawi ʻia me ka hui pū ʻana me ka National Creative Economy Coalition, ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Grantmakers in the Arts, ka National Ahahui o Latino Arts & Cultures (NALAC), a me na mea e ae. Hoʻākoakoa ka Summit i nā loea hoʻokele waiwai, nā loea hoʻomohala waiwai, nā alakaʻi noʻeau a me nā moʻomeheu, nā kākoʻo hoʻokele waiwai lokahi, a me nā poʻokela kaulike e kaʻana like i ka ʻike a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻoihana hoʻokele waiwai. ʻO nā mea haʻiʻōlelo i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, nā panelists, a me nā mea hoʻokele: Laura Callanan, Upstart Co-Lab; ʻO Laura Zabel, Springboard for the Arts; ʻO Nadia Elokdah, nā mea hāʻawi kālā i ka ʻoihana; Tariana Navas-Nieves, Denver Arts & Venues; Abdiel López, Luna Kūʻokoʻa; Cézanne Charles, rootofwo; ʻO Sunil Iyengar, ka hoʻonaʻauao aupuni no ka hana noʻeau; Dee Schneidman, New England Foundation for the Arts; Zannie Voss, SMU DataArts; Hakim Bellamy, Kulanakauhale o Albuquerque; Hollis Wong-Wear, hww.work; Alberto Mejia, NALAC; Adriana Gallego, Arts Foundation no Tucson a me Arizona Hema; Susan Soroko, Arlington Economic Development; Althea Erickson, Kukakuka; ʻO Jessica Stern, nā ʻAmelika no ka ʻOihana; Hasan Bakhshi, Nesta; Patton Hindle, Kickstarter; ʻO Rasmus Tscherning, ʻO ke kīʻaha ʻoihana hoʻomohala; Jen Cole, ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts; Jonathon Glus, Kulanakauhale o San Diego; ʻO Kim Tignor, e lawe i ka mana hoʻomohala; ʻO Julie Baker, Kaleponi no ka ʻoihana; Roberto Bedoya, Kulanakauhale o Oakland; Felipe Buitrago, Kakauolelo; Ted Russell, Kenneth Rainin Foundation; Randy Engstrom, Kūkākūkā; a me David Holland, WESTAF. ʻO ka manawa hope loa e noi ai no ka Luna Hoʻokele o WESTAF no nā kulekele aupuni a me ke kūlana Advocacy

Ke hoolimalima nei makou! Ke ʻimi nei ka māhele Alliances, Advocacy, and Policy (AAP) o WESTAF i kekahi e komo i ka hui ma ke ʻano he Luna hou o ka Public Policy and Advocacy. Hoʻopili ka mahele AAP, hoʻonohonoho, a hoʻoneʻe i kahi pūnaewele komohana o nā mea pena kiʻi, nā luna hoʻomalu, nā luna aupuni a me nā mea hoʻoikaika i loko a ma waho o ke kahua hana no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā pilikia pili i ka hana no ka hoʻokele kānāwai a me nā kulekele. E hui pū kēia kūlana me WESTAF Luna Hoʻokele o Impact and Public Policy David Holland e alakaʻi i kā mākou hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻolaha ʻana no ka hana noʻeau ma nā pae kūloko, mokuʻāina, a me ke aupuni. Kākoʻo nui ʻia ke kūlana e ka MJ Murdock Charitable Trust ma o ka makana multiyear. No ka ʻike hou aku, e nānā i ka wehewehe ʻoihana piha, a e ʻoluʻolu e kaʻana like me kāu mau pūnaewele. Ua hui pū ʻo WESTAF me ka National Arts Advocacy Coalition ma ka ʻōlelo hoʻolaha hoʻonaʻauao ʻenehana

Ua hana pū ʻo WESTAF me ka Cultural Advocacy Group a me nā hui a puni ka ʻāina i ka hana ʻana i Rebuilding America's Arts Infrastructure, kahi ʻōlelo kulekele i hoʻokuʻu ʻia no ka ʻae ʻia. E hoʻohana i kēia palapala hōʻailona inā hiki i kāu hui ke kākoʻo i ka ʻōlelo. Ua kaʻana like ʻia ka ʻōlelo me ka Hale Paʻa a me nā lālā o ka ʻaha kūkā a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e alakaʻi i nā kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka ʻoihana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu me nā kūkākūkā hoʻopukapuka waiwai o kēia manawa a hoʻonohonoho i kahi papahana kulekele lōʻihi no ka ʻāpana. Kākoʻo ʻo WESTAF i ke kānāwai hoʻāla hou ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai

Ua kākoʻo ʻo WESTAF i ka Creative Economy Revitalization Act, kahi ʻāpana kānāwai hou i kākoʻo ʻia e US Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM) me nā hui 175 ma ka ʻāina. Kākoʻo pū ʻia kēia kānāwai e nā Lunamakaʻāinana Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), a me Ted Lieu (D-CA). E kākoʻo pū ʻia ka bila Senate e nā Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM) a me Alex Padilla (D-CA). Paipai mākou i kā mākou pūnaewele e hoʻomaopopo iā lākou iho e pili ana i kēia hana koʻikoʻi a kākoʻo i ke ana me kā lākou mau lālā o ka Congress. Ke ʻimi nei ka bila i ke kālā ma o ke Keʻena ʻOihana Hana a me NEA e hāʻawi i nā haʻawina no nā ʻano hana hana hoʻomohala e kū nei i ka lehulehu ma ka ʻāina. Ke hana pū nei ʻo WESTAF, ka Western Arts Advocacy Network, a me nā hui like ʻole me Be an #ArtsHero/Arts Workers United ma kahi papahana hoʻolaha hui e kākoʻo i ka Creative Economy Revitalization Act (CERA). E lilo i #ArtsHero/Arts Workers United he 100% manawaleʻa holo, intersectional grassroots campaign of Arts & Culture workers, Unions, and institutions in the United States e koi ana i ka Senate e hoʻokaʻawale i ke kōkua kūpono i ka ʻoihana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu o ka hoʻokele waiwai ʻAmelika. Hoʻonui ʻo WESTAF i ke komo ʻana i ka Federal Arts Advocacy and Cultural Policy Networks

Ua kākoʻo hou ʻo WESTAF i kahi leka i ke Kakauolelo Hoʻonaʻauao o ʻAmelika, ʻo Kauka Miguel A. Cardona, ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻoikaika mua ʻana e komo i ka Arts Education Partnership, he hui aupuni o nā hui 100 i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka holomua ʻana i ka hoʻonaʻauao noʻeau. Ua komo pū ʻo WESTAF i ka Performing Arts Visa Working Group, he hui aupuni o nā hui e like me ka Association for Performing Arts Professionals (APAP), American Federation of Musicians, Recording Academy, Tamizdat, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e kākoʻo ana i ka neʻe ʻana o nā mea hana kiʻi honua a hoʻokomo iā USCIS a ke Keʻena Moku'āina e pili ana i nā pilikia e pili ana i ka neʻe ʻana o nā mea hana kiʻi honua ma ka pōʻaiapili US Ke kākoʻo nei ka hui i ke kānāwai ARTS, kahi e hoʻokumu hou ai i ka ʻoihana ʻo Arts Requiring Timely Service ma ka Immigration Service. Hoʻopuka pinepine ka māhele AAP o WESTAF i nā manaʻo aʻoaʻo, nā leka kūkākūkā, a ʻaʻohe palapala hōʻole no nā mea pena kiʻi malihini e ʻimi nei i ke komo ʻana i ʻAmelika no nā hana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu. Ua komo pū ʻo WESTAF i ka hana nui i ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā hana kiʻi honua ma o ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka papahana Performing Arts Discovery ma ka inoa o ka National Endowment for the Arts ma 2021. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana me ka Performing Arts Visa Policy Working Group e hoʻonui i ka ʻike i nā loli i nā kulekele visa a me nā honua. nā pilikia o ka neʻe ʻana o nā mea hana kiʻi, ʻoiai i ka wā maʻi maʻi. Mālama nā Western Arts Advocates ma luna o $830,000,000 i ka Moku'āina ʻo Relief and Recovery Funding for the Arts and Culture Sector

Me nā kānāwai i hoʻopaʻa inoa hou ʻia e Kiaʻāina Newsom o Kaleponi i loaʻa kahi $600 miliona i nā hoʻopukapuka kālā i nā papahana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu e kākoʻo i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o ka ʻāpana, ʻo ka huina o ke kōkua mokuʻāina a me ka hoʻihoʻi kālā kālā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e nā mea kākoʻo noʻeau ma ke Komohana ua manaʻo ʻia ʻoi aku. $830 miliona. He $65 miliona hou no ka papahana waiwai waiwai, ʻo Colorado Community Revitalization Act, i hoʻolaha hou ʻia ma Colorado. Hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo WESTAF i ka ikehu, dynamism, a me ka hana hou o ka Western Arts Advocacy Network i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka hoʻolaha kūpono a me kā mākou mau hoa ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina no kā lākou alakaʻi ʻana e hāʻawi ana i kēia mau kālā i ka ʻoihana a me ka moʻomeheu a puni ka ʻāina.
HAAWINA HELUHELU                                              
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