{"id":43,"date":"2011-12-04T15:04:39","date_gmt":"2011-12-04T23:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.culturalequitymatters.org\/?p=43"},"modified":"2011-12-05T08:09:43","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T16:09:43","slug":"mobilize-for-arts-commission-hearing-1252011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.culturalequitymatters.org\/?p=43","title":{"rendered":"MOBILIZE FOR ARTS COMMISSION HEARING 12\/5\/2011"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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MOBILIZE FOR ARTS COMMISSION HEARING<\/h2>\n
Monday DECEMBER 5, 3:00 PM<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
San Francisco City Hall; ROOM 416<\/div>\n
Agenda can be found: http:\/\/www.sfgov3.org\/index.aspx?page=3163<\/div>\n
Agenda Items to give public comment:<\/div>\n
4. Interim Director’s report
\n11. Public Employee Appointment\/Hiring: Director of Cultural Affairs of the San Francisco Arts Commission
\nClosed Session to Appoint a Director of Cultural Affairs<\/div>\n
PLEASE COME OUT AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE\u00a0CULTURAL EQUITY GRANTS PROGRAM AND REGISTER YOUR OPPOSITION TO EFFORTS TO DISCREDIT IT.<\/div>\n
The recent SF Controller’s Financial Management Report, the Interim Director\u2019s response and the negative article in the\u00a0San Francisco Chronicle<\/em>\u00a0have discredited the Cultural Equity Grants Program, its staff and ultimately the arts organizations and artists who work in the community.\u00a0 These actions have displayed a limited understanding of the idea of Cultural Equity as well a lack of awareness about how these grants have diversified and transformed San Francisco’s arts community over the past 20 years.<\/div>\n
The Commissioners could name the next Director of Cultural Affairs at the December 5 meeting.<\/div>\n
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Here’s what you can do:<\/div>\n
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  1. Come to the meeting: It’s important for the Commissioners to see the program’s constituency.<\/li>\n
  2. Before the Commission goes into Executive session to hire a Director, any member of the public can address the Commissioners for 3 minutes.<\/li>\n
  3. Testify<\/li>\n
  4. Send emails to the Mayor, The Arts Commissioners\u00a0and the Board of Supervisors by\u00a0clicking here<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Spread this email around<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
    During Public Testimony <\/strong><\/div>\n
    You MIGHT\u00a0talk about any of the following:<\/strong><\/div>\n