Expressing support for the designation of February 28, 2024, as Community Arts Education Day.

Bill: 118-hres-1033
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2024-02-28
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Latest action: action_date: 2024-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-02-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <html><body><p>This resolution supports Community Arts Education Day and recognizes that day as more crucial than ever as a vehicle for activism, individual and collective self-expression, and healing.</p></body></html>

tv_txt: IV 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1033 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 28, 2024 Ms. Velázquez (for herself, Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Cleaver , Ms. Norton , and Ms. Schakowsky ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability RESOLUTION Expressing support for the designation of February 28, 2024, as Community Arts Education Day.

Whereas community arts education is a dynamic and inclusive approach to learning and engagement in the arts, fostering creativity, cultural expression, and social transformation within communities; Whereas community arts education encompasses a broad range of artistic disciplines and practices that empower individuals to develop their artistic skills, deepen their cultural understanding, and cultivate a sense of belonging and agency within themselves and their communities; Whereas community arts education is a participatory and transformative practice that engages individuals in the creation, exploration, and critical dialogue of the arts within a community context, and community arts education goes beyond individual skill-building or personal expression and it connects through a larger social context; Whereas community arts education leaders, which can include culture bearers, teaching artists, and administrators, play a vital role in providing essential arts instruction and learning to diverse communities, both within and outside of formal educational settings; Whereas community arts education is liberatory by uplifting our communities’ culture, heritage, and history in many forms such as dance, music, theatre, literary arts and other modes of self-expression; Whereas community arts education can build people’s imaginations, build critical learning and life skills, promote better health, and generate a sense of shared culture and community belonging; Whereas research has shown that community arts education positively impacts individuals of all ages and develops social emotional competencies like confidence in self-expression and ideas, social awareness, and self-regulating emotions; and Whereas students who actively participate in the arts tend to enroll in competitive colleges, as well as four-year colleges in general, at higher rates compared to students with lower engagement in the arts: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives supports Community Arts Education Day and recognizes Community Arts Education Day is more crucial than ever as a vehicle for activism, individual and collective self-expression, and healing.