May 2011 Meeting at the White House
Roadside's Artistic Director participated in two White House meetings to discuss arts and culture policy with the administration.
Movement Building
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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"Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits." (Article 27, Section 1, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, 1948)
About Voices From The Cultural Battlefront
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Voices from the Cultural Battlefront: Sustaining Cultural Equity is an ongoing twenty-two year international conversation about the role of art and culture in the struggle for human rights, including social justice, cultural equity, and a healthy natural environment. Hundreds of activists grounded in the cultural life of their local communities, who represent a variety of fields (including education, art, health, and youth services) and who are from all seven continents, have participated in these conversations. www.culturalbattlefront.net/Pages/Welcome.html
A Call to Action
Essay or Article
A Call to Action for Social Equity: Voices from the Cultural Battlefront's Los Angeles Forum
Artists Call for Cultural Policy
Essay or Article
By Arlene Goldbard, Dudley Cocke, and Dee Davis
By Arlene Goldbard, Dudley Cocke, and Dee Davis A petition addressed to all presidential campaigns, May 2004 We the undersigned artists and arts organization representatives come from all parts of the..
A Call for Cultural Development
Essay or Article
By Dudley Cocke and Ruby Lerner
1989: The more things change, the more they stay the same..
Enactments of Power: The Politics of Performance Space
Essay or Article
By Ngugi wa Thiong'o
"The struggle between the arts and the state can best be seen in performance in general and in the battle over performance space in particular." Ngugi wa Thiong'o
The Unreported Arts Recession of 1997
Essay or Article
By Dudley Cocke