FA'AIGA MA FA'ATAU                                        
WESTAF ELC Alumna Auai i le Vaega o Tiute Fa'aagafesootai ma le Fa'aofiina
Matou te fiafia e fa'afeiloa'i Ashanti McGee o le WESTAF's fou Grants and Access Manager. O Ashanti o se tusiata ma faufautua faatufugaga na taʻua Las Vegas, Nevada fale mo le silia ma le 25 tausaga. Na amata lana galuega fa'ata'ita'i fa'ata'ita'i e fesoasoani ai i nu'u ma fa'alapotopotoga e le o ni polofiti i tusitusiga fa'ameaalofa ma le pulega ma fa'aauau pea ona galue i lea vaega mo le silia ma le sefulu tausaga. I le 2014, na filifilia ai o ia e avea ma sui Nevada mo le WESTAF's Emerging Leaders of Color program ma sa avea o se laulauafono mo le WESTAF's Arts Leadership and Advocacy Seminar. Talu ai nei sa galue ai o ia o se sui itumalo mo Nevada Congresswoman Susie Lee, e taulaʻi atu i le aapa atu mo le Black, Native American, ma LGBTQ+ nuu i luga o faatufugaga ma aganuu, ma le siosiomaga ma fanua lautele. O se tina mitamita o se fanau e toafa, ua tuuina atu e Ashanti lana galuega i faatufugaga ma aoaoga, e aofia ai le faafouina o tulaga faatonuina o aoaoga faatufugaga mo le Matagaluega o Aoga a Nevada; auauna atu o se sui o le komiti faafoe mo Cultural Alliance of Nevada, o se faalapotopotoga lagolago faatufugaga i le setete atoa; fa'avae fa'atasi le Las Vegas Womxn of Color Arts Festival, ma avea ma sui autu o le NUWU Cultural Arts + Activism complex, ose POC e umia ma fa'agaioia avanoa i Las Vegas e galue e fa'aeaina nu'u uma e ala i le fa'amalosia o le fa'aleaganu'u ma le fa'asinomaga e ala i le faatufugaga, activism, ma aoaoga.

SO'OGA, FA'AVAE MA FAIGA FA'AVAE                  
Resitala Aso nei mo le WESTAF's Creative Vitality™ Summit!

Ua tatala nei le lesitala mo le WESTAF's loma ma saoloto e auai i Creative Vitality™ Summit, e faia toetoe lava o Setema 20-21 ma tuʻuina atu faʻatasi ma le National Creative Economy Coalition, ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Grantmakers in the Arts, le National. Association of Latino Arts & Cultures (NALAC), ma isi. O le Summit o loʻo tuʻufaʻatasia ai tagata tomai faʻapitoa tau tamaoaiga, faʻapolofesa atinaʻe tau tamaoaiga, taʻitaʻi o faatufugaga ma aganuʻu, faʻauluuluga o le tamaoaiga, ma siamupini tutusa e fefaʻasoaaʻi le poto ma faʻataʻitaʻiga i le atinaʻeina o se tamaoaiga sili atu ona aofia ai. O failauga faʻamaonia, tagata faʻapitoa, ma faʻatautaia e aofia ai: Laura Callanan, Upstart Co-Lab; Laura Zabel, Springboard for the Arts; Nadia Elokdah, Foafoa i le Faatufugaga; Tariana Navas-Nieves, Denver Arts & Venues; Abdiel López, Pule Tutoatasi; Cézanne Charles, rootoftwo; Sunil Iyengar, Faaeega Faaleatunuu mo Faatufugaga; Dee Schneidman, New England Foundation for Arts; Zannie Voss, SMU DataArts; Hakim Bellamy, Aai o Albuquerque; Hollis Wong-Wear, hww.work; Alberto Mejia, NALAC; Adriana Gallego, Arts Foundation mo Tucson ma Arisona i Saute; Susan Soroko, Arlington Economic Development; Althea Erickson, Faufautua; Jessica Stern, Amerika mo Fa'atai; Hasan Bakhshi, Nesta; Patton Hindle, Kickstarter; Rasmus Tscherning, Ipu Pisinisi Foafoa; Jen Cole, ASU Herberger Institute for Design and Arts; Jonathon Glus, Aai o San Diego; Kim Tignor, Pulea Foafoaga; Julie Baker, tagata Kalefonia mo le Faatufugaga; Roberto Bedoya, Aai o Oakland; Felipe Buitrago, Faamatalaga; Ted Russell, Kenneth Rainin Foundation; Randy Engstrom, Faufautua; ma David Holland, WESTAF. Avanoa Mulimuli e talosaga ai mo le Pule ole WESTAF o Faiga Fa'avae a le Malo ma Tulaga Faufautua

O lo'o matou fa'afaigaluegaina! Ole vaega ole Alliances, Advocacy, and Policy (AAP) a le WESTAF o loʻo sailia se tasi e auai i le 'au e avea ma Pule fou o Faiga Faʻavae ma Faʻasalalauga. O le vaega o le AAP e fesoʻotaʻi, faʻamaopoopo, ma faʻapipiʻiina se fesoʻotaʻiga i sisifo o tusiata, pule, ofisa o le malo ma tagata faʻapitoa i totonu ma fafo atu o faʻataʻitaʻiga e faʻalauteleina le faʻalauiloaina o mataupu tau faatufugaga e faʻamalosia tulafono ma faiga faʻavae. O lenei tulaga o le a galulue vavalalata ma le WESTAF Director of Impact and Public Policy David Holland e taʻitaʻia a tatou taumafaiga e faʻamalosia le lagolago mo faatufugaga i le lotoifale, setete, ma le atunuʻu. O le avanoa e lagolagoina ma le agalelei e le MJ Murdock Charitable Trust e ala i se taui e tele tausaga. Mo nisi fa'amatalaga, siaki le fa'amatalaga atoa o galuega, ma fa'amolemole fa'asoa i au feso'ota'iga. O lo'o galulue fa'atasi le WESTAF ma le National Arts Advocacy Coalition i le Fa'amatalaga o Faiga Fa'avae o Atina'e Fa'ata'ita'i

Sa galulue le WESTAF ma le Cultural Advocacy Group ma faʻalapotopotoga i le atunuʻu atoa i le fausiaina o le Rebuilding America's Arts Infrastructure, o se faʻamatalaga o faiga faʻavae ua tuʻuina atu mo le faʻamaonia. Fa'aoga lenei Pepa Fa'ailoga pe afai o lo'o i ai lau fa'alapotopotoga e fa'amaonia le fa'amatalaga. O le faʻamatalaga na faʻasoa i le White House ma Sui Usufono o le Konekeresi ma ua mamanuina e taʻitaʻia ai talanoaga i luga o faatufugaga ma aganuʻu fesoʻotaʻiga faʻatasi ai ma felafolafoaiga o atinaʻe tetele o loʻo iai nei ma faʻataʻatia ai se fuafuaga faʻavae umi mo le vaega. E Lagolagoina e le WESTAF le Tulafono o le Toe Fa'afouina o le Tamaoaiga Fou

Na lagolagoina e le WESTAF le Tulafono o le Toe Fa'afouina o le Tamaoaiga Fou, o se tulafono fou na lagolagoina e le Sui US Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM) fa'atasi ma fa'alapotopotoga e 175 i le atunu'u. O lenei tulafono o loʻo lagolagoina faʻatasi e Sui Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), ma Ted Lieu (D-CA). O le pili a le Senate o le a lagolagoina e le Senate Martin Heinrich (D-NM) ma Alex Padilla (D-CA). Matou te faʻamalosia a matou fesoʻotaʻiga e logoina i latou lava e uiga i lenei taumafaiga taua ma lagolagoina le fuataga ma o latou sui o le Konekeresi. O le pili o lo'o sailia se fa'atupega e ala i le Matagaluega o Leipa ma le NEA e tu'uina atu ai fesoasoani mo galuega fa'atino eseese o lo'o feagai ma tagata lautele i le atunu'u. O le WESTAF, le Western Arts Advocacy Network, ma le tele o fa'alapotopotoga o lo'o galulue fa'atasi ma Be an #ArtsHero/Arts Workers United i se ta'iala fa'atasi e lagolago ai le Creative Economy Revitalization Act (CERA). Avea ma #ArtsHero/Arts Workers United ose 100% volenitia fa'atautaia, fefa'asoaa'i fa'alaua'itele o tagata faigaluega Arts & Culture, Iuni, ma fa'alapotopotoga i le Iunaite Setete o lo'o una'ia le Senate e tu'ufa'atasia le toomaga i vaega o faatufugaga ma aganu'u o le tamaoaiga o Amerika. WESTAF Fa'ateleina le Auai i Feterale Arts Advocacy and Cultural Policy Networks

E le'i leva atu fo'i na fa'amaonia ai e le WESTAF se tusi i le Failautusi o A'oga a Amerika, Dr. Miguel A. Cardona, e avea o se vaega o se taumafaiga vave e fa'atasi ai ma le Arts Education Partnership, ose feso'ota'iga a le atunu'u e silia ma le 100 fa'alapotopotoga fa'apitoa mo le fa'alauteleina o a'oa'oga fa'aata. Na auai talu ai nei le WESTAF i le Performing Arts Visa Working Group, o se fesoʻotaʻiga a le atunuʻu o faʻalapotopotoga e aofia ai le Association for Performing Arts Professionals (APAP), American Federation of Musicians, le Recording Academy, Tamizdat, ma isi o loʻo fautua mo le gaioiga faʻavaomalo o tusiata ma auai i le USCIS ma le Matagaluega a le Setete i mataupu na a'afia ai tagata tusiata faavaomalo i le US context O lo'o lagolagoina e le vaega le Tulafono o le ARTS, lea o le a toe fa'atūina le tu'uina atu o le Fa'ata'ita'i Mana'omia Taimi Taimi i le Auaunaga Femalagaa'i. O le vaega a le WESTAF o le AAP e masani ona tu'uina atu manatu faufautua, tusi fa'atalanoaga, ma leai ni tusi fa'ate'e mo tufuga fa'ava-o-malo o lo'o sailia le ulufale atu i le US mo galuega fa'atino ma fa'aleaganu'u. Ua faia foi e le WESTAF se sao malosi i fefaʻatauaʻiga faʻa-va-o-malo e ala i le puleaina o le Performing Arts Discovery program e fai ma sui o le National Endowment for the Arts i le 2021. O le auai i le Performing Arts Visa Policy Working Group e faʻateleina ai le avanoa i le atamai i suiga i faiga faʻavae visa ma faavaomalo fa'afitauli tau fe'avea'i, aemaise lava i taimi o fa'ama'i. Western Arts Advocates Puipuia le sili atu i le $830,000,000 i le Setete o le Toomaga ma le Toe Faʻaleleia Faʻatupeina mo le Vaega o Faʻamatalaga ma Aganuu.

Faatasi ai ma le tulafono na sainia talu ai nei e Kovana Newsom o Kalefonia lea e aofia ai le $600 miliona faʻasolopito i tupe teufaafaigaluega i polokalame faatufugaga ma aganuu e lagolago ai le toe faʻaleleia o le vaega, o le aofaʻi o fesoasoani a le setete ma toe faʻaleleia tupe faʻamaonia e le au faufautua faatufugaga i Sisifo ua fuafuaina nei ua sili atu. $830 miliona. O se polokalame fou e $65 miliona fale fa'ato'aga fou, le Colorado Community Revitalization Act, na fa'asalalau talu ai nei i Colorado. E fa'afetaia e le WESTAF le malosi, malosi, ma le fa'afouga a le Western Arts Advocacy Network i le fa'atulagaina o fa'asalalauga lelei ma a tatou pa'aga a le malo fa'apitoa mo le latou ta'ita'iga o lo'o tufatufaina atu nei tupe i matata ma aganuu i le itulagi atoa.
FA'AFONOA                                              
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