ASC: Support Arts Funding - One Percent for the Arts

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Dear Artists, Creative Individuals and Arts Supporters: We ask that you sign a petition recommending that Congress appropriate 1% of the stimulus package plan to arts and culture. The arts, in all their forms, help stimulate business and add to the health and well-being of society. They are vitally important, especially during times like these; they help us to cope, remember our humanity and bring relief during times of stress. Please show you care and understand how important the arts are to our country and to the world in which we live. In the less than a month, Congress will pass a $600 billion+ stimulus package in order to stimulate the economy and help create jobs. We ask that the arts be included in this package. We call on Congress to recommend that the government spend 1% of the stimulus package on arts and culture ($6 billion if the final package totals $600 billion), building on the New Deal's Federal Art Project and the Federal Writers Project. Join artists and activists in calling on Congress to make the arts a priority. Please join. Sign the petition. Contact your Congressperson. Help us get the word out and forward this to a friend. SIGN THE PETITION