With your host, Dr. Emily Williams Burch, serving as chair of the national American Choral Directors’ Association Standing Committee for Advocacy and Collaboration - we (the committee) want to use the podcast platform to illuminate resources and opportunities for listeners to advocate or even collaborate in new ways. If you look back through the episodes, A&C has been a big part of many of the conversations, but now we are making it official. To kick off the series officially, we talk to past committee chairs, Robyn Lana and Dr. Lynn Brinckmeyer as they share institutional history on where the committee came from, why it exists, and how members can find what they need to advocate and collaborate in their programs. Find more at www.acda.org/advocacyWatch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3UN7SpnYJyI **Show music originally written by Mr. Todd Monsell**Show photography provided by Dr. Dan Biggerstaff