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Whereas Arts for Learning Miami provided more than 343 
programs reaching youth from infancy through high 
school graduation, in collaboration with 63 partnering in-
stitutions; 
Whereas Arts for Learning San Diego brings programs and 
services to schools and communities throughout San 
Diego County; 
Whereas Arts Partners, Wichita, Kansas, provided over 388 
programs to 17,977 local students; 
Whereas ArtsNow Learning in Atlanta, Georgia, partnered 
with 67 institutions throughout the Southeast United 
States involving over 39,188 students; 
Whereas Arts Ed Collaborative, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 
joined the Young Audiences Arts for Learning network in 
2020, reaching 63 schools with 343 programs last year; 
Whereas Center for Arts-Inspired Learning, in Cleveland, 
Ohio, provided nearly 5,662 programs for more than 
111,281 children; 
Whereas Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education worked 
with nearly 5,664 students in 46 Chicago Public Schools; 
Whereas Kansas City Young Audiences in Missouri, the larg-
est nonprofit arts education provider in the region, served 
over 57,563 students; 
Whereas Springboard to Learning, in St. Louis, Missouri, de-
livered 4,598 programs to students in 117 schools and 
community venues; 
Whereas Think 360 Arts for Learning, in Denver, Colorado, 
worked with more than 9,356 students across the State; 
Whereas Young Audiences Maryland partnered with nearly 
515 schools and community organizations in all 24 Mary-
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land school districts to provide over 781 programs for 
students from pre-K through grade 12; 
Whereas Young Audiences New Jersey and Eastern Pennsyl-
vania provided programming to students throughout the 
region in collaboration with 537 schools and partnering 
organizations; 
Whereas Young Audiences New York served communities and 
schools throughout New York City; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Abilene reached approximately 
12,968 students this year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Houston provided over 8,496 
programs to more than 199,161 students; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Louisiana served more than 
58,872 learners this year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Massachusetts served approxi-
mately 86,976 students in Massachusetts; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Northeast Texas brought qual-
ity arts-in-education experiences to nearly 63,561 learn-
ers in northeast Texas; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Northern California impacted 
over 45,256 students in the Bay Area this past year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Oregon and Southwest Wash-
ington partnered with 180 institutions to engage over 
209,720 program participants across the region; 
Whereas Arts For Learning Santa Cruz County, Arizona, 
provided arts-based learning programs to students 
throughout Santa Cruz County; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Southeast Texas partnered with 
schools throughout the region to deliver programming 
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that integrates arts into all traditional areas of academic 
study to students in pre-K through grade 12; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Virginia served nearly 86,000 
students across the State of Virginia last year; 
Whereas Young Audiences of Western New York partnered 
with schools and institutions to bring assembly, work-
shop, and long-term residency programs to the 9 counties 
of western New York State; and 
Whereas the weeks of March 28, 2021, through April 10, 
2021, would be appropriate weeks to designate as Na-
tional Young Audiences Arts for Learning Weeks: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of National Young 
Audiences Arts for Learning Weeks; 
(2) honors and recognizes the contributions 
which Young Audiences Arts for Learning programs 
have made in enriching the lives of students, teach-
ers, volunteers, families, and communities, and pays 
tribute to arts in education and its contribution to 
society; and 
(3) encourages the people of the United States 
to observe National Young Audiences Arts for 
Learning Weeks with appropriate ceremonies and 
activities that promote awareness of the role that 
arts in education plays in enriching the education of 
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young people and enriching United States society as 
a whole. 
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