Advocacy Day 2012
Join arts and culture advocates from all walks of life and every region of the state, for the CAC’s Advocacy Day in Salem on Tuesday, February 21, 2012.
The Cultural Advocacy Coalition will give you an insider’s look at the work of the 2012 Session and connect advocates with key legislators.
Don’t miss this chance to show your support for arts, culture and heritage—Join us!
RSVP:info@oregonculture.org by Thursday, February 16, 2012, to reserve your seat
Arts Forum:
If you live and vote in Portland you won’t want to miss the Arts Forum. This is your chance to hear directly from candidates for Mayor and City Council on Monday, March 2, 2012 at 7 pm at the Armory.
Advocacy
The CAC is a grassroots advocacy organization. We exist to advocate on behalf of all arts, culture, and heritage organizations, working to increase funding and policy on the state level. The most important piece in our work is your involvement. As an individual, organization, or business; we rely on your advocacy work to be successful.
Learn more by visiting the CAC’s Legislative Action Center.
What you can do
1) Sign up for capwiz, our email and advocacy system. Follow this link.
2) Read about the simple ways you can advocate as an individual, organization, or business.
3) Be informed. 2011 Legislative Session Report.
Some facts about the creative sector
- The creative industries are an estimated $30 billion export annually.
- Employment growth by arts-centric businesses since 2007 was 12%, more than four times the rise in the total number of U.S. employees.
- Wage and salary employment in the motion picture and video industries is projected to grow 11% by 2016.
- Oregon’s creative occupation employment has grown to over 61,000 jobs.
Sources: Oregon Arts Commission, Americans for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Entertainment Software Association
Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon / PO Box 9160 Portland, OR 97207