Hello, list:

This came to me today. I thought it interesting enough to share.

Don

Subject: Secretary of the Arts

To be seen and heard, we must be at the table. Here's our chance.

Quincy Jones has started a petition to ask President-Elect Obama to
appoint
a Secretary of the Arts. While many other countries have had
Ministers of
Art or Culture for centuries, the United States has never created such a
position. We in the arts need this and the country needs the arts--
now more
than ever. Please take a moment to sign this important petition and then
pass it on to your friends and colleagues.

If you care - pass it on: (if you tell two friends...and they tell two
friends...and so on..and so on...) Only takes a moment, and if we in the
arts community don't do it, who are we waiting for?:

www.petitiononline.com/esnyc/petition.html



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