AMEA+Advocacy+Goals

adopted 12-12-09 2010 Advocacy Goals Arizona Music Educators Association ¨  EDUCATE & INVOLVE : Offer advocacy resources, tools and training to AMEA members,  music program parents and friends of music education in Arizona ¨  ADVOCACY CONFERENCE TRACK: Provide a variety of sessions at the 2010 and 2011 AMEA Annual In-Service Conference ¨ COLLABORATION: Open dialogue with other Arizona arts educations organizations to ignite statewide advocacy efforts ¨ COMMUNICATION: Use varied resources such as web-based social networking venues to rally support and further educate interested parties in advocating for arts educations programs in Arizona schools ¨  STATEWIDE ADVOCACY ACTIVISM: Email, phone, and physical interactions with district leaders and state legislators POSSIBLE ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES & TASKS (not limited to) <span style="font-size: 11pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-font-kerning: .5pt; msoansilanguage: en-US; msofontkerning: .5pt; msotabcount: 1;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;">- SEPTEMBER 2009 ADVOCACY GATHERINGS (Flagstaff-Phoenix-Tucson): Education, involvement and database building <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"> - DATA COLLECTION: Collect home contact information and areas of advocacy interest from AMEA members and fans of music education <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"> - COMMON COMMUNICATIONS: Generating and distributing email, phone and personal visitation scripts to advocacy volunteers <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"> - LOCAL MEDIA BLITZ: Using MENC’s created public service announcements on local radio, television and newspapers <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"> - MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH PROCLAMATIONS: Encourage members to present proclamations to local school boards and enhance publicity in March <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"> - TRACKING LEGISLATORS VOTING: Tracking methods through social networking venues <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"> - SEEK PARTNERSHIPS IN MUSIC EDUCATION: Engage in relationships with external factors; i.e.: NAMM, National Endowment for the Arts, businesses and corporations <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"> - AMEA CONFERENCE ADVOCACY SESSIONS <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;"> - ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN ARIZONA ARTS CONGRESS (February annually)