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Proactive (Continuing)
To stay proactive and avoid harmful budget cuts in your district, you need to keep the public informed! Visit
MENC’s Advocacy Central at http://www.menc.org/information/advocacy/main.html for ways to promote your program from the inside out!
Immediate Advocacy Help
If you are involved in a potential cut to the music program in your district (a budget cut, a reduction in a position, etc.),
here are the steps to follow:
1) Contact your District Chair (look at the “District Websites” for contact information for your district’s
chair).
2) Contact Jess Newton, MMEA’s Advocacy Chair, by email jdstone00@alumni.plymouth.edu or phone
(207-251-0993) as soon as possible.
3) Find out important dates regarding the situation (school board meetings, hearings, etc.), and attend every
single one of them!
4) Get parents involved!!! Parents are some of your biggest allies when it comes to issues such as this.
Arrange to have a parent or two speak at any applicable school board meetings.
World’s Largest Concert
WLC is back! Thursday, March 13th, 2008 is the date... more info to come as it becomes available!
Download our new Advocacy Bookmark!
A great project for a rainy afternoon. Print the page, photocopy on brightly colored paper, and laminate. Cut your bookmarks
and hand out at concerts, around town or to your PTA!
Advocacy Bookmark in Microsoft Word format
Advocacy Bookmark in pdf format (You will need Adobe Acrobat to open this file)
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