Petition for Lewis Segal

[contra-tiempo]

We apologize if anyone's already received this, but it's a very important petition to keep dance and choreography covered by the LA Times. Please sign the petition and forward this along!

BACKGROUND:
Lewis Segal, the one full-time staff member covering dance at the L.A. Times, was laid off March 4th and his position is being eliminated at the end of March. There is now no one on staff covering dance in Los Angeles at our major newspaper; and artists, agents, producers, and audiences have gathered with a way to show that our community cannot be ignored.

We believe that Los Angelenos need a commitment from news organizations such as the L.A. Times to support the amazing, fast growing art forms of choreography and dance as seen on the screens and stages of Los Angeles. At a time when dance has never been more popular, we ask you to sign this petition to support the reinstatement and growth of dance staff and coverage at the L.A. Times.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=E0W6R9XACQ7KdRDJO_2bjxFA_3d_3d

Please click and sign the petition linked above, it takes 2 minutes, then forward this email and link to anyone who is a business person, artist, organization leader, or lover of dance in Los Angeles. We are hoping to gather thousands of signatures, then place a full page ad in the L.A. Times in the next two weeks. Let's show the demand for dance coverage in the L.A. Media!!

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Ana Maria Alvarez
Artistic Director, contra-tiempo
(310) 980-5085
(310)397-6308
www.contra-tiempo.org

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Marina Magalhães, Administrative Assistant
contra...@gmail.com
www.contra-tiempo.org
(310) 397-6308 office

To contact Ana Maria Alvarez, Artistic Director, please e-mail anama...@gmail.com

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