THE CEG - Cultural Equity Group Present:

SUSTAINING OUR ARTISTS, ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS OF COLOR DURING THE "RECESSION"
 
Hunter College
68th & Lexington Avenue, 7th Floor
Hall 714 West Building
 
Friday, May 9th, 2008
6pm - 8pm
Moderated by:
Dr. Marta Moreno Vega, Founder of the Caribbean Cultural Center
 
Panelists:
Ms. Heather Hitchens, Executive Director of NYSCA
 
Arana J. Hankins, Assistant Secretary for Cultural & Economic Development Office of the NYS Governor David A. Paterson
 
Kathleen Hughes, NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs Assistant Commissioner
 
NYS Assemblyman Darryl C. Towns, 54th District, Chair, Black Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus
 
Laurie Cumbo, Founder of MoCADA

Organized by the Steering Committee of the Cultural Equity Group:
Amerinda Inc., American Indian Artists
Asian American Arts Centre
Association of Hispanic Arts
The Bronx Council on the Arts
Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute
Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College
The Children's Art Carnival
The Harlem Arts Alliance.
International Museum of African American Cinema
The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Center Memorial and Educational Center
Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA)
Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance
Nuyorican School Original Poetry Jazz Ensemble, Inc.
Please RSVP to [log in to unmask] or call 212.876.1242

Dear Artists, Cultural Activists and People concerned about the community:
 
We have certainly brought in 2008 with a burst of energy and excitement filled with opportunity and hope for the future! We applaud everyone for their dedication and hard work to preserve and landmark our institutions and culture, which will have an instrumental impact on the quality of life for our communities as well as for future generations.  In order to make an impact we must continue to educate ourselves about the funding process. 
 
We need your voice to be heard and we would appreciate your support in sending this email far and wide to your perspective communities in order to demonstrate to our legislators that our culture is important to the cultural landscape of New York City. Please do not continue to allow the challenges of our community to fall on the shoulders of a few because we need everyone in order to create an impact.
   
The Cultural Equity Group (CEG) cordially invites you to attend a very important Town Hall Meeting on Friday, May 9th, 6:00pm at Hunter College (68th & Lexington Avenue) 7th Fl., Hall 714, West Building, to discuss three very important issues that will impact our community: 
1. Sustaining our artists, arts organizations and cultural institutions of color during the current "recession" and new stricter budget reforms;
 
2. Defining a new per capita funding model based on the ethnic and racial demographics of New York City-a more realistic support process, which would impact communities that are underserved;
 
3. Exploring recommendations, strategies and policies for cultural equity.
Your participation is important! It will help define New York City's Cultural policy of the future. Sample copies of letters to be sent to your elected officials will be distributed at the meeting. There will also be a petition for you to sign.  
 
Please make every effort to attend. You can RSVP at [log in to unmask] or call 212.876.1242. Thanking you in advance for remaining unified in our commitment to Cultural Equity for our artists and the communities we serve.
 
Very truly yours,
 
Steering Committee
Cultural Equity Group

 

 

Sandra García Betancourt

Executive Director & CEO

 

Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA)

The Cornerstone Center

178 Bennett Avenue, 3rd Floor

New York, NY 10040

www.NoMAAnyc.org