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The Freelancer’s Guide to Getting Paid on Time
Freelancers Union
Covers strategies including creating a contract, practicing prompt invoicing, pressuring clients to pay, filing a complaint, and taking legal action to ensure payment.
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Disrupting Harm in Dance
Whistle While You Work
Disrupting Harm in Dance is a curriculum as much about reimagining the future as it is about the practices and tools that can be implemented immediately by anyone or any institution. This is an online self-directed course offering information and tools for dancers, performers, and adjacent professionals to work more safely together.
Published January 10, 2024Accessibility + Disability JusticeAdvocacyHealth & WellnessJustice Equity & InclusionRacial JusticeSexual + Gender-Based ViolenceToolkit/Guide -
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Making Participatory Budgeting Work: The Equity Imperative
Nonprofit Quarterly
In participatory budgeting, community members decide together how public funds are allocated and spent in their communities. This article talks through the processes, challenges, and opportunities of PB.
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Questions to Ask Before Joining a Board
BoardSource
Due diligence FAQs to consider before joining a nonprofit Board.
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‘Staying Nonpartisan Guidelines for 501c3 Voter Engagement Activities’ Webinar
Nonprofit VOTE
Joined by speaker David Levitt, Principal at Adler & Colvin, throughout this webinar we discussed what is considered to be nonpartisan, what activities are acceptable, and provided further IRS guidance on tax-exempt voter engagement.
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Learn About PACBI
Writers Against the War on Gaza
An educational resource and FAQs on the Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.
Published April 26, 2024AdvocacyArab + SWANAJustice Equity & InclusionLegalRacial JusticeWebsite -
dPlan|ArtsReady
dPlan|ArtsReady
dPlan|ArtsReady is an online emergency preparedness and response tool for arts and cultural organizations, regardless of size, scope, or discipline.
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Government & Arts Education Plenary Panel
NYC Arts in Education Roundtable
The Roundtable’s Face-to-Face 2022 plenary panel about the government and the arts sector featuring a discussion and Q&A with Alexander Santiago-Jirau and NYC Council Members Chi Ossé, Justin Brannan, Keith Powers, and Rita Joseph.
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Grant Writing and Nonprofit Funding 101
NYC Arts in Education Roundtable
In this video, Zena Hinds provides an overview of the grant writing cycle with a focus on prospecting and research and writing a strong narrative. Best practices and helpful tips were discussed, followed by a Q&A. Recorded Tuesday, January 17, 2023.
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Make the Right Moves: Legal Issues in Dance
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Hear from a panel of experts about how to understand your rights and obligations as a dancer or choreographer, and protect your creative work. Topics include understanding contracts, how (and why) to form a company, copyrighting your work, and issues for freelancers. We will also be addressing how the COVID crisis has affected the dance community. On-demand recording.
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Know Your Rights Guide: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Equal Rights Advocates
The purpose of this guide is to help you understand your rights and options if you have experienced sexual harassment or sexual assault at work.
Published September 1, 2023AdvocacyHuman ResourcesJustice Equity & InclusionLegalSexual + Gender-Based ViolenceToolkit/Guide -
NDEO’s Online Forums
National Dance Education Organization (NDEO)
NDEO’s Online Forums provide space to build community and promote networking of dance artists, educators and administrators working within similar interest areas in order to questions, seek advice, share knowledge, and network. There are a range of forums available for active discussions; some are visible for free to the public (no membership required) and others are visible only to current NDEO Members (paid membership required).
AdvocacyDance EducationFreelancingWebsite