Utah Cultural Alliance Advocacy

Jayceen Craven Walker, Congressman Matheson, Virginia Gowski and Margaret Hunt during April 2008 Arts Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C.		Utah Cultural Alliance (UCA) Advocates for Culture Since 1993 The mission of the Utah Cultural Alliance is to serve and strengthen the cultural community through advocacy, member services and networking. 2008 Utah Senate Roster 2008 Utah House Roster 2006 Candidate Survey: Responses \| Summary \| Methodology Learning from our Candidate Survey (coming soon) CapWiz - E-Advocacy Center Utah Legislative Cultural Caucus Advocacy TOOLKIT Advocacy LINKS 2007 UCA Legislative Resource Guide Applying for UCA Endorsement

Utah Cultural Alliance (UCA) is a nonprofit nonpartisan statewide organization whose members include cultural organizations, supportive businesses, and individuals committed to cultural advocacy--artists, audiences, patrons, administrators and volunteers. UCA is managed by a volunteer board from across the state, and staffed by a part-time administrator. Advocacy Begins Now Start your advocacy efforts now! The campaign season is a great time to get acquainted with candidates and let them know who you are, why you care about museums, arts, history, cultural tourism, libraries, education & culture and what they do for your community. To start, that’s as specific as you need to be. This is a time when candidates are working to build relationships with constituents. This is also the best time to start building relationships with incumbents who are not up for re-election. State legislators and members of Congress are extremely busy during session. That is a difficult time to start to build a relationship, but if you’ve done your work at home, you can draw on your existing relationship to ask for support on specific issues.		Election Season Activities: As an organization: Attend any and all candidate forums, town meetings, etc. armed with questions relating to cultural issues. Work with other cultural advocates to organize a candidate forum. Co-sponsoring with the League of Women Voters is highly recommended. Invite candidates to speak at a meeting of cultural advocates, ensure you get out a crowd. Hold voter registrations at your events! As an individual: Get involved in candidates’ campaigns. Contribute financially to the candidates of your choice. Hold a fund-raiser for a culture-friendly candidate. Be sure to register and VOTE!!! UCA Values Foster a sense of community through cultural activities Encourage appreciation of the variety of human experience and expression Support respect for the individual in context of responsibility to the community Promote a dynamic cultural environment, which incorporates the richness of the past, the vitality of the present and the opportunity of the future Nurture collaboration between cultural organizations, government, and business Advance grassroots involvement of public policy UCA Goals Promote unity within the cultural community Expand public awareness and appreciation of culture Increase financial support from the public and private sectors Champion access to cultural activities for all Utahns Ensure public policy for culture is inclusive and creates a balance between preservation and creativity. Expand public awareness and appreciation of culture
Utah Cultural Alliance \| P.O. Box 521613 \| SLC, UT 84152-1613 \| Beth Branson Jones, Administrative Director \| 801 718-9020 \| staff@utahculturalalliance.org