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Who is participating
on this morning's statewide call?
Go here for a list of call participants.
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Final Tax Reform Bill -- you decide what to communicate to
your U.S. Representative and Florida's U.S. Senators.
The final tax reform bill is scheduled for a vote at the beginning of this week. If passed, President Trump
will sign it into law before the end of this week.
Here are some references for your use regarding the tax reform bill:
and, of course, your own information sources.
to vote on this critically important bill.
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What are our "appropriation asks" to fully fund all 658 recommended 2018-2019 DCA grants?
And other related information to know and use:
2.a. The
2018 Florida Legislative Platform for Arts & Culture that we use in our advocacy efforts is under construction and should be available soon for our use.
2.b. Here are the "
appropriation asks" needed to fully fund all 658 qualified and recommended Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs (DCA) grants.
2.c. What are the dates for the 2018 Florida Legislative Session?
January 9 through March 9
2.d.
What can you and other advocates do to help educate, inform, and engage policy makers about arts & culture programs and funding and other policy asks?
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Dennis Edwards Arts Advocate Extraordinaire
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Dennis Edwards, long-time supporter of all things related to the arts and a board member of the Florida Cultural Alliance, is an arts advocate extraordinaire. I've asked Dennis to start a shared conversation for a few minutes on today's call to share with you what he is doing to help educate and inform our state policy makers about what DCA programs are, what our asks are, and the local impact they have on our communities and local arts and cultural organizations.
Now, it's your turn to share some of your advocacy strategies with us to help make us all stronger and more effective advocates for arts, arts education, & culture.
Here is the
Suggested-Advocacy-Action Calendar with three simple and easy action steps we suggested you take each month from August through December -- have you taken these steps?
A new action calendar that takes us through the first quarter of 2018 will be provided to you soon.
2.e. Now that Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner has approved the ranked 2018-2019 grants' lists for the Florida Department of State, what are the ranked DCA 2018-2019 lists of recommended grants that are dependent upon the Florida Legislature providing the appropriations to fund them?
Learn More About Each DCA Grant Applicant: If you want to learn more about each of the recommended 2018-2019 DCA grant applicants' programs, services, staff, etc., click on the name of the applicant on any of these lists to get to their individual websites.
2.f. The Florida Department of State
2018-2019 Grants Lists Book
and the
2018 Florida Legislative Platform for Arts & Culture.
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2.g. What were the Florida Cultural Alliance's face-to-face advocacy efforts in Tallahassee during November?
Dr. Jim Zingale and Sherron Long met with approximately forty legislators and their staff members, along with the directors of both the Senate and House Appropriations Committees to review and discuss the Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs (DCA) grants' programs.
The following materials were tailored to each of the legislators and/or staff members they met with between November 6 and 17 in the Capitol. One day, The Honorable Lois Benson, immediate past chair of the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, drove over from Pensacola to join them for a whole day of legislative meetings, which included meetings with Senate President Joe Negron and Speaker of the House Richard Corcoran.
Tailor-made packets for each of the legislators we met with included the following:
Cover for individual informational packets for legislators/staff
Always check for legislative staff and address changes by
going to the legislators' linked websites on your downloaded Excel file. Updated lists will be provided to you at the end of December 2017.
2.i.
TED Appropriations Subcommittees:
There are changes in legislative membership in 2018 for both the Florida House and Senate TED appropriations' subcommittees.
As you know, the two appropriations
subcommittees that deal with appropriation discussions and recommendations for the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs' grants programs are the
2.j.
Florida 2018 Legislative Leadership in
Senate
and
House
. Do you or any of your board members know any of these legislative leaders?
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Arts & Culture Day 2018
Wednesday, January 24 at State Capitol
Scheduled for Wednesday, January 24, starting at 8:15 a.m. on the 22nd floor of the Capitol in Tallahassee. Go here for information on why you should participate, hotel information, etc.
You're also Invited to Cocktails and Dinner Networking Among Your Colleagues and Advocates
from Throughout Florida on Tuesday, January 23,
from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.:
The Florida Cultural Alliance is re-establishing its annual night-before Arts & Culture Day networking dinner for representatives from local arts agencies and any other arts and culture advocates from a Florida arts, arts education, or cultural organization or community
for networking, cocktails, dinner, and sharing from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on January 23 at Wahoo Seafood Grill, a restaurant right behind the Quality Inn where we have a group rate.
Details will be emailed to you once you register here to participate in Arts & Culture Day.
You and Other Advocates Must
Pre-Register to Participate on January 23 and/or 24
To participate in either the networking dinner on January 23 AND/OR
What does your participation cost?
To participate in Arts & Culture Day on Wednesday January 24 is the cost of your travel -- there is no participation fee. We secured a fantastic hotel rate at the Quality Inn for only $60.75 that includes taxes.
Go here for details and the number to call to make your hotel reservation now.
To participate in the networking cocktail and dinner from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 23, the Florida Cultural Alliance has paid for the private room at the Wahoo Seafood Grill; HOWEVER,
each person attending must cover his or her cocktail and dinner expenses.
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Other News You Should Know About:
Mark your calendars for both state and national
arts & culture days for 2018, and
join us in Tallahassee and Washington, DC.
You can sign up to receive future issues
here.
Do you have announcements you want to share that impact our arts, arts education, and culture industries?
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Please join us for 2018 Monthly FCA Advocacy and Information-to-Use
Statewide Calls:
Please mark your calendars and plan to participate.
All calls are on Mondays from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. EST:
January 22
February 19
March 19
April 23
May 14
June 18
July 23
August 20
September 24
October 22
November 19
December 17
Dates are subject to change, and we'll finalize on each month's statewide call the date of the next call for the following month.
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Florida Cultural Alliance
Post Office Box 2131
West Palm Beach, FL 33402-2131
info@FLCA.net
www.FLCA.net
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