Creative America http://www.creativeamerica.us The Creative America Project is an effort to encourage artists and creative
professionals to vote, to bend their imaginations to fashioning public policy
and to stand for public office to implement that policy.
The Free Expression Policy Project (FEPP) http://www.fepproject.org
The Free Expression Policy Project (FEPP), founded in 2000, provides research
and analysis on difficult censorship issues, and seeks free speech-friendly solutions
to the concerns that drive censorship campaigns. FEPP's primary areas of inquiry
are Restrictions on publicly funded expression; internet filters, rating systems,
and other measures that restrict access to information and ideas in the digital
age; threats to free expression and access to ideas that are caused by restrictive
copyright laws, governmental or corporate control of academic research, and mass
media consolidation; and initiatives and arguments for "shielding" adolescents
and children from controversial art, information, and ideas.
National Association of States Arts Agencies http://www.nasaa-arts.org
The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) is the membership organization
that unites, represents and serves the nation's state and jurisdictional arts
agencies. Each of the 56 states and jurisdictions has created an agency to support
excellence in and access to the arts.NASAA's mission is to advance and promote
a meaningful role for the arts in the lives of individuals, families and communities
throughout the United States.
We empower state arts agencies through strategic assistance that fosters leadership,
enhances planning and decision making, and increases resources.
Network for Good http://www.networkforgood.org
Network for Good is an e-philanthropy
site where individuals can donate, volunteer and get involved with the issues
they care about. The organization's goal is to connect people to charities via
the Internet.
In addition to connecting the public with opportunities to give, Network for
Good works to advance nonprofit adoption of the Internet as a tool for fundraising,
volunteer recruitment and community engagement. It represents a groundbreaking
partnership with leading technology and media companies and more than 20 nonprofit
foundations and associations who share the desire to foster the informed use
of the Internet for civic participation and philanthropy.
Starving Artists Law.com http://www.starvingartistslaw.com
StarvingArtistsLaw.com is a website for artists and writers looking for
self-help legal information. Topics covered on this site include
copyright law, trademark law, First Amendment issues, and other legal resources
for educators, musicians, writers, and nonprofit organizations.
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts http://www.starvingartistslaw.com/help/volunteer%20lawyers.htm
The original Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts program was founded in New York City
in 1969 to provide free legal assistance to artists and arts organizations who
otherwise could not afford it, to provide education about art-law related matters,
and to act as a legal voice for artists and the arts. Today there is a loose
network of "volunteer lawyers for the arts" programs throughout the
United States and several more worldwide. The web page linked above is a listing
of contact information for VLA programs nationwide.
