DWR Resource Library

The DWR Resource Library is a comprehensive and searchable database of resources and tools for dance workers and entities covering a wide array of topics.

To navigate the library effectively, visit our How to Use page for guidance on maximizing your search. If you have additional resources you would like to recommend, please submit using the “Suggest a Resource” form.

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    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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    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.

    AccessibilityAdvocacyHealth & WellnessJustice Equity & InclusionToolkit/Guide
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    Covers strategies including creating a contract, practicing prompt invoicing, pressuring clients to pay, filing a complaint, and taking legal action to ensure payment.

    Business ManagementFinancial ManagementFreelancingLegalToolkit/Guide
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    Why the Arts Matter State Factsheets

    Americans for the Arts – Arts Action Fund

    Every year, the Arts Action Fund creates detailed data and narrative driven state factsheets that help tell the story of “Why the Arts Matter” in each state. These factsheets can be used as both an educational and advocacy tool, empowering arts advocates with a stronger case for the arts that they can bring to their political representatives at the state and local level.

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    Find a Health Center

    Health Resources & Services Administration

    This comprehensive database of federally-funded health centers, located in most cities and many rural areas, identifies nearby clinics and provides contact information, links when available, and directions. These centers provide care for everyone, including those with no health insurance. Patients pay what they can afford, based on income.

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    Writers Against the War on Gaza

    An educational resource and FAQs on the Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.

    AdvocacyJustice Equity & InclusionLegalWebsite
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    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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    Due diligence FAQs to consider before joining a nonprofit Board.

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    The Good Foot Podcast

    The Good Foot Podcast

    The Good Foot Podcast is an educational platform for individuals motivated by the artists who pave their path through the street dance community. It serves as a hub for honest conversation about the diverse perspectives on the origins, dissemination, current state, and future of the culture.

    AdvocacyDance EducationFinancial ManagementJustice Equity & InclusionPodcast
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    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.

    AdvocacyHuman ResourcesJustice Equity & InclusionLegalWebsite
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    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
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    Information for Workers on Paid Safe and Sick Leave

    NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection

    An overview of NYC’s Paid Safe and Sick Leave Law. It includes channels to file a complaint or ask a question.

    Human ResourcesLegalWebsite

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