Advocacy

US Mayors Adopt Arts Resolutions

Each year, the US Conference of Mayors adopts a series of policy resolutions proposed by individual mayors who chair committees that focus on specific issues such as the arts. Once adopted, these resolutions become policy priorities for members of the conference. This year, under the leadership of Mayor Manuel A. Diaz of Miami, the following arts resolutions were proposed and unanimously adopted: (1) a resolution honoring National Arts and Humanities Month, for which mayors are called on to build partnerships with local arts agencies; (2) a resolution endorsing the Americans for the Arts' "Art. Ask for More," an arts-education, public-service-announcement campaign to encourage mayors and local arts agencies to participate at the local level; and (3) a resolution reaffirming support for the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and calling upon Congress to increase funding for these cultural agencies.

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