FW: Sign the FY27 Budget advocacy letter by 5PM

[Gregory Jenkins]

Hello Somerville Listserve folks.   For those of you who may NOT received Mass Creative’s emails, please note the advocacy letter deadline today, Friday, at 5 p.m.  

 

Read on, sign up.

 

Greg

 

Gregory Jenkins

Executive Director

Somerville Arts Council

617.625.6600 ext. 2985

Mayor Jake Wilson

 

 

 

From: MASSCreative Action Network <mc...@mass-creative.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2026 9:31 AM
To: Gregory Jenkins <gjen...@somervillema.gov>
Subject: Sign the FY27 Budget advocacy letter by 5PM tomorrow

 

Stand up for arts, culture, tourism, and public libraries in the FY27 Budget. Read for other ways to take action.

Friends,   We're accepting signatures for our FY27 House and Senate Budget advocacy letter for arts, culture, humanities, libraries and tourism until 5 PM tomorrow.   Last week, Gov. Healey filed her budget (H.2) and proposed $27.3 million for the Mass Cultural Council. We're urging the House and Senate to maintain this level of funding in their budget proposals and keep strong levels of funding for our other priority line items and policies.     By signing on to this letter, you'll also add your name to a thank you letter to the Healey-Driscoll Administration for their support for the creative sector in H.2, as well as take the pledge to support these priorities during Creative Sector Advocacy Week.   Read the letter to learn more:        TAKE THE FEDERAL IMPACT SURVEY   RESPONSES DUE BY FEB. 17TH AT 5 PM     We're partnering on a federal impact survey with Arts4NH, CT Arts Alliance, Cultural Alliance of Maine, New England Foundation for the Arts, and the Vermont Creative Network to hear directly from you about how lost federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), or Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has impacted your organization’s operations, budget, staffing, and programming.   If you lost federal funding between January 1st to December 31st, 2025, please complete our survey before Tuesday, February 17th at 5 PM.   If you DID NOT lose federal funding but your state funding or private philanthropy has been affected by these disruptions, please still complete the survey. The survey takes between 10 - 15 minutes to complete. All data will be aggregated and individual data will remain anonymous, unless you give us permission to attribute your story.     In partnership,   The MASSCreative Action Network     MASSCreative Action Network MASSCreative 15 Channel Center Street Boston, MA 02210 United States www.mcan-ma.org mc...@mass-creative.org   If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive emails from us, please unsubscribe.

 
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