This week our focus will be the budget proposal and specifically:
Defending the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Celebrating the Arts
Speakers scheduled or statements to be read from:
- Doug Warner, ORD2 Indivisible Steering Committee, Artistic Director, Next Stage Rep at the Craterian Theater
- Alice DiMicele, Professional Singer, Songwriter, ORD2 Indivisible Active Participant
- Oregon Shakespeare Theater
- Jefferson Public Radio
- The Ashland Independent Film Festival
We encourage you to bring a Work of Art on a 4 X 6 card to be delivered to Greg Walden. We also invite you to create art on your protest signs.
Following the speeches we will march to Greg Walden’s office to deliver our art cards and then march to Alba Park to conclude the rally.
In reference to the budget cut proposals, Robert Lynch, President and CEO of Americans for the Arts stated: “Our nation’s parents, teachers, community leaders, arts advocates, government officials, and even economists will not accept this proposal.”
The Directors Guild, Screen Actors Guild, and Writers Guilds of America issued a joint statement regarding the budget cut proposals: “Cutting federal support of these programs will not only hurt artists and those who benefit from their work, it will also send a damaging message to future generations about the power of art and its place in our culture.”
Additional information regarding the budget proposal’s impact on the NEA available at:
CNSNews.com
WashingtonPost.com
We must continue with our efforts to Resist the Trump Agenda!
We must continue telling Walden he is failing his constituents in Oregon District 2!
Please join us on Tuesday, March 21, 2017, noon to 1:30 p.m. Meet at the Old County Courthouse, 10 S Oakdale, Medford.
Those interested in carpooling from Ashland, please meet at the mailboxes by Shop n’ Cart, 2268 Ashland Street at 11:00 a.m.