What Threats are There to Activist Artists and Cultural Organizers & What Can You Do About Them?

Today on our weather report, we're wading into stormy waters, namely threats to activist artists and arts organizations coming not from creeps and trolls on the Internet, but from our own government.

So this week we're focusing on what's happening to creative change agents out there and on what might be coming.

Yep, we're talking about funding being yanked, but also loyalty style clauses slipped into grants and organizations being told to sit down and shut up or else. Over the next 20 minutes or so, we'll take a quick walk through

• What's already taking place,
• What might be coming
• And what we can do about it.
• We'll also share how some organizations and programs are stepping up to defend the field.

Acknowledgements

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