Advocacy+Resources

=Let's draw our plan from these resources and links. Much of the information comes from MENC's web site. Perhaps we should include some of this information on the AMEA website as well. Please add more!=

[|****MENC Building Support for School Music****]
A guide to planning for advocacy efforts in music education; organizing for action, analyzing the situation, planning and strategy, getting to work, and evaluating progress

[|****Find Your Elected Official****] **- State and National**
This is an amazing tool! Find your state and national elected leaders by zip code; includes email address, phone number, local office information plus committee participation and views

[|****Track How Your Elected Official is Voting!!!****]
Subscribe to MEGAVote to electronically track your officials' voting records

[|******MENC's Make Your Case******]
a database of fact, statistics, research and anecdotes to support music education

[|******MENC Webinar Link******]
MENC: The National Association for Music Education announces a series of Webinars focusing on music education advocacy. The series, beginning in January 2007 and culminating with a special session from the MENC Centennial Congress in June, aims to give MENC members and other music education advocates the information they need to build and support strong school music programs. Through Webinar technology, experts from various fields will interact with participants in their homes, offices, and schools. All you need is a computer with internet access and a phone! Support for the MENC Advocacy Webinars has been generously provided by the Music Lives Foundation. View program and registration information below. Questions? Contact Chris Woodside

[|****MENC Public Service Announcements****]
//Why Music?// is a series of radio public service announcements produced twice annually by MENC to coincide with Music In Our Schools Month in March and with the traditional beginning of school in late August. The series features top country, pop, jazz, and classical artists talking about the value of music education. It is targeted for audiences of adult contemporary, country, classical and jazz. The Country Music Association, ASCAP, National Music Council, the Birchmere Music Hall, and Wolf Trap, America's National Park for the Performing Arts, have assisted in facilitating artist participation.

MENC Advocacy Support
advocacy@menc.org

[|****Arts Education Partnership State Policy Database****]
This searchable database contains the latest information on arts education state policies and practices. Since 1999, AEP has gathered these data through an annual survey of arts education personnel in state education agencies in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The 2007-08 database provides state-by-state summaries of state policies and practices on the following eight policy topics:
 * Arts education mandate
 * Arts education state standards
 * Arts education assessment requirements
 * Arts requirements for high school graduation
 * Arts requirements for college admissions
 * Licensure requirements for non-arts teachers
 * Licensure requirements for arts teachers
 * Continuing education requirements for arts teachers

[|****THE RECORDER: MENC Legislative News Feed****]
The latest on music education news and issues from Capitol Hill and around the country

[|MENC's MusicFriends]- Join Now! It's Free!
MusicFriends is a group of parents, community members, and other music advocates working to support local school music programs through grassroots initiatives. We're sponsored by MENC: [|The National Association for Music Education], an organization of more than 75,000 music teachers and 60,000 honor students and supporters. Founded in 1907, MENC's mission is to advance music education by encouraging the study and making of music by all. Through MusicFriends, MENC raises awareness about the importance of music education in schools and communities across the nation**.**

[|****Music Education in the Law****]
Copyright © 2002 by MENC—The National Association for Music Education. Reprinted with permission

[|****Support Music****]
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