The teams from Creatives Rebuild New York (CRNY) and Artists At Work (AAW) collaborated to explore for portable benefits and other worker protection solutions tailored to the unique needs of artists and creative workers. This Snapshot is meant to inspire state and local government, philanthropy, researchers, and policymakers to further investigate the possibility of portable benefits for artists.

IllumiNative was a Native woman-led racial and social justice organization dedicated to increasing the visibility of—and challenging the narrative about—Native peoples. NOTE: The organization sunset at the end of 2024, but the website remains with research, guides, podcasts, and other resources.

Master advanced advocacy skills for dance professionals in this comprehensive workshop from Dance/USA. Learn power mapping techniques, coalition building strategies, and how to navigate workplace dynamics while advocating for fair pay, safe rehearsal conditions, and anti-discrimination policies in dance spaces.

Learn essential government advocacy skills for dance professionals in this comprehensive webinar from Dance/USA. Discover how to effectively contact your government representatives, navigate the arts advocacy ecosystem, and make your voice heard on critical dance and arts policy issues.

This guide is a practical tool to help you rethink how the performing arts are positioned—not as charity, enrichment, or entertainment, but as civic infrastructure, economic engines, and strategic partners in public problem-solving. Whether you’re writing a grant, meeting with a policymaker, pitching a sponsor, or mobilizing your board, this matrix ensures your messages are current, catalytic, and compelling.

With current events impacting the arts field, this page serves as a dedicated hub where AAF compiles the latest updates.

These free resources are intended to support artists and administrators in your efforts to uplift and affirm the importance of archives in the quest for a more equitable dance field.

We have created a brochure aimed at informing persons, especially persons with mental disabilities, of their voting rights, protections, and options! Translated versions of the brochure are available in Chinese, Hindi, Ilocano, Korean, Marshallese, Tagalog, Tongan, and Vietnamese.

Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.

H.R. 40 could help make reparations for Black Americans a reality on a national scale — here’s what you need to know about the landmark bill and where it stands.

I have been in the reparations movement for nearly 50 years, and I’ve never been more optimistic about its chances for success.

Author Ta-Nehisi Coates told lawmakers at a House committee hearing that the debate over reparations is “a dilemma of inheritance.” Coates told lawmakers that many of the inequalities created by slavery persist today, including in the form of economic and health disparities.