Continue to conduct research and analysis to estimate the economic impacts of dance in New York City, including the valuation of dance as cultural production.

Engage in cross-sectoral advocacy at local, state, and federal levels for the acceptance and use of alternative business structures for dance (e,g., existing alternative legal business structures, tax law changes, the establishment of new legal structures and organizational frameworks, etc.).

Design and implement a broad communications campaign, including the development and dissemination of publicly available advocacy tools that effectively illustrate the role and value of dance in society and the benefits it provides to all.

Develop and advance explicit social and racial justice, disability justice, and immigrant rights agendas to inspire policy shifts within the dance industry, including policy, funding, and programs that increase racial justice in dance and culture to government, foundation, and nonprofit sectors.

Facilitate greater access to government legislation and policy processes for the dance sector in order for the sector to share lived experiences with policy makers and politicians, and to understand how government works.

Develop and distribute an advocacy toolkit that provides and contextualizes Dance Industry Census data for different stakeholders (e.g., legislators, dance workers, institutions, educational entities, etc.)

Encourage artistic leads, company leadership, venues, and presenters to provide safe and fair work environments for auditions, rehearsals, and performances without fear of discrimination, etc.

Organize and educate dance workers to turn out for local and state elections and vote in support of relevant issues concerning wages, benefits, nightlife, etc.

Continue collective advocacy to demand relief, re-employment, and redevelopment of the dance workforce and entities at this stage of the pandemic.

Advance immigrant-specific arts funding initiatives, both project funding initiatives and general support; for example, production support for dance addressing immigrant rights.

Advance disability-specific arts funding initiatives, both project funding initiatives and general support; allocate discrete funds for disabled artists’ access purposes; for instance, additional travel or personal care assistants.

Employ intersectional and racially explicit frameworks while ensuring that immigrant populations are present at every stage of developing, implementing, and evaluating funding initiatives impacting their work, including on funder boards and staff.