This month we had the pleasure of interviewing Lauren Wagner, Executive Director of the Long Island Arts Alliance to talk about the organization and it's mission as an advocate for arts and culture as well as arts education on Long Island. This interview comes on the heels the newly released Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6), an economic and social impact study of the nation’s nonprofit arts and culture industry.

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This week features PEACE Project Curriculum Director, Dr. Laura Reeder. Join us as we discuss the genesis of the PEACE Project, and how we are striving to build a wide network of individuals who are empowered to use arts-based partnerships, instruction, and social justice practices to make visible the value of every person.

For the first official episode we will be chatting with three key members of the PEACE team: Project Director, Beth Giacummo, Education Specialist, Loretta Corbisiero-Drakos, and Assistant Project Director, Linda Beckerman. We will give some background on how EBOCES and the Patchogue Arts Council formed their partnership to bring PEACE to Suffolk County, NY.

This is an introduction to the PEACEcast, a podcast covering the incredible work of the Patchogue Arts Council's PEACE Project. For more information on the PEACE Project please click here.