► County-by-County List of Qualified 2016-2017 DCA Grant Applicants
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► 2016 Florida Legislative
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► County-by-County List of
2015-2016 DCA Grantees
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► County-by-county contact list of Florida Legislators (Excel file)
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► AFTA 2015 Creative Industries Reports for Florida Counties
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► Contact Information for (TED) Subcommittees 
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► Contact information on 2015 Florida Legislative Leadership
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► What you can and cannot do as an arts advocate (PowerPoint) and here.
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► Know who your senator and representative are in the Florida Legislature and Congress -- go here.
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Please become a FCA member today and support our statewide advocacy efforts to advance arts and culture.
Join the Arts Action Fund here for federal arts-issue updates and action alerts.
Please make a contribution to the Florida PAC for Arts & Culture here to make it possible for this PAC to make campaign contributions to Florida Legislative candidates. Also, please make a contribution to the Arts Action Fund PAC for congressional candidates.
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How do I connect to this call and know who is participating on it?
Call Date: Monday, November 23, 2015 Call Time: 9:58 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Call-In-Number: 712-775-7031 and then enter 441247#
PLEASE have your computer on and this agenda opened. We will refer to the links and documents below during the call. Thank you. Who is participating on this call and from which Florida counties? Go here to see who is on this call. Thank you for participating.
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Update on Advocacy Efforts to Secure Appropriations for 2016-2017 DCA Grants
Pictured above from left to right are Florida Cultural Alliance (FCA) lobbyist Frank Meiners, FCA Intern Devin Dominguez, Representative Keith Perry, FCA President Sherron Long, and Dr. Kathy Sanz, Executive Director of Florida Music Educators Association.
3.1. Face-to-face meetings in Tallahassee during November 2015. 3.2. Materials and information we shared and discussed at these meetings -- individual and customized packets were made for each member of the House and Senate TED Appropriations Subcommittee, key staff members, and Florida Legislative Leadership. Sample packets included the following that we discussed with them: 3.2.a. 2016 Florida Legislative Platform for Arts & Culture; 3.2.b. List of all the recommended 2016-2017 Division of Cultural Affairs (DCA) grants in the county/counties they represent -- too many to link here, but here is the list of all 532 recommended 2016-2017 DCA grants by counties and here is the table of contents for that county-by-county list; 3.2.c. Americans for the Arts 2015 Creative Industry Reports for Florida and the county/counties they represent; 3.2.d. The State of the Florida Traveler Special Edition 2015; 3.2.e. What they say -- quotes in support of arts from non-arts organizations/reports; 3.2.f. Cultural tourism impact piece; 3.2.g. Florida Department of State 2016-2017 Grant Book of Ranked Grants' Lists for Cultural Affairs, Libraries, Historical Resources; and 3.2.h. Cover used for our packets.
Special thanks to Broward County Cultural Affairs Division marketing and graphic design team for their help to elevate the look of our advocacy materials this year. Quick look below at what is recommended for 2016-2017 Florida Division of Cultural Affairs (DCA) grants in four grants-funding categories:
All 532 Qualified DCA 2016-2017 Grant Applicants Listed by the Counties they are Located in here.
 What did the state of Florida fund for arts and culture in 2015-2016 by counties? Go here.
Many thanks to Curtis Young and Patty Warren at the DCA for making the raw data available to FCA to create these 2016-2017 reports.
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Discuss 2016-2017 Statewide
Advocacy Strategies  4.1. FCA is following up with legislators and their staff with information that shows them who from their county or counties are impacted by these DCA grants.
 4.2. Review and discuss roles of Governor, legislators and appropriations' committees and subcommittees:
DOS 2016-2017 Budget Requests to House TED Appropriations Subcommittee
 4.2.b. Legislative Leadership in Senate and House -- access here.
4.2.c. TED (Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee Senate and House members listed by counties they represent -- access here. 
4.2.d. House and Senate Appropriations Committees 
4.2.e. Comprehensive House & Senate Legislative Directories:
After Thanksgiving Holidays:
You will receive after Thanksgiving suggested follow-up advocacy steps tailored for your county. Please pay attention to your emails from the Florida Cultural Alliance after Thanksgiving, and please follow through with the suggested action steps.
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Some Quick & Easy Action to Take Now
Easy steps you can do now before we get the final word from the Secretary of State's office that he has signed off on the four ranked 2016-2017 DCA grant recommendations' lists:
 1. Know who your Florida Representative and Senator are in the Florida Legislature. Learn about them and the committees they serve on. Go here.
 2. Make sure you have your Florida Representative's and Senator's and their key legislative staff members' contact information in your email and address books. 
3. Join their Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, newsletters/updates sign up, and other social media sites they might participate in.
 4. Check to see if you have either House or Senate members who represent your county in Legislative Leadership, House & Senate Appropriations, or House & Senate TED. Add to your email and address books.
 5. Pay attention to your emails from now throughout legislative session for future FCA Briefings and Alerts.
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Please mark your calendars. 
Please schedule now our December 2015 monthly advocacy and information-to-use conference call on your calendars:
All calls are on Mondays from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. EST.
December 14 -- details and updates in preparation for 2016 Florida Legislative Session -- January 12 through March 11; guest speaker/s TBD.
Other 2016 Dates Through March To
Include On Your Calendars:
January 12 thru March 11 -- 2016 Florida Legislative Session in Tallahassee
January 26 -- Arts & Culture Day in Tallahassee
February 1 & 2 -- Florida Division of Cultural Affairs/Citizens for Florida Arts' 2016 Convening Conference at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Ft. Lauderdale
March 7 & 8 -- National Arts Advocacy Days in Washington, D.C.
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Florida Cultural Alliance
Post Office Box 2131
West Palm Beach, Florida 333402-2131
561-848-6231
Contact: Sherron Long, president
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