2025 CREATIVE SECTOR ADVOCACY WEEK EVENTS SIGN UP

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Creative Sector Advocacy Week is a statewide, annual event in Massachusetts to celebrate the vibrancy and elevate the public profile of the creative sector. This year’s Advocacy Week is scheduled for April 28th to May 2nd, 2025. Advocacy Week consists of statewide, regional, and local activations to promote civic engagement within the sector, organize the creative community, and present the sector’s needs in one unified voice.

INCREASING PARTICIPATION

Advocacy for the creative community can’t be limited to one day or one location. This is why we are eager to support community-focused advocacy events hosted throughout the Commonwealth so that more folks can participate.

PARTNER WITH US

MASSCreative is working with regional and local creative community leaders to host Advocacy Week events across the state. We are eager to partner with individuals and organizations who will dream of and execute local events. Examples of events might include but are not limited to, legislative roundtables, live streams, community town halls, stitch and learns, phone banking or postcard writing, and performances. You know your community’s talents and resources best: we encourage you to be creative in thinking about how you want to convene your community for skills-building and action during Advocacy Week.

MASSCreative will support you by assisting with event promotion, such as featuring your event on our Creative Sector Advocacy Week page, social media platforms, and dedicated advocacy week emails.

Note: While Advocacy Week is a great time to focus our collective efforts, your event does not need to happen the week of April 28th! We encourage you to consider hosting an event in the weeks leading up to and after Advocacy Week.

If you plan to host a Creative Sector Advocacy Week event, please complete the form below so our team will have the information we need to help promote it by April 1st at 11:59 PM. You can download and preview the event form questions here.

Please note: if you cannot access the form below, we will accept event submissions via email in either Word or PDF format to info@mass-creative.org

If you have any questions, please contact info@mass-creative.org.

 
Resources
A Guide To Hearing And Giving Testimony

An important part of the governing process is public hearings. These occur on all levels of government (Federal, State, and Local). Understanding the hearing process and how you can participate will make you a more effective advocate for a more equitable and inclusive creative sector.

INSIDE THE STATE BUDGETING PROCESS

Maintaining and increasing public investment in the creative community requires constant and broad grassroots activism throughout the annual budget process.

NonProfit Organizations & Advocacy

There is a lot of misinformation on what a nonprofit can and cannot do when it comes to advocating for its interests and the needs of the communities they serve. Check out our Nonprofits and Advocacy Resource on how your organization effectively and confidently advocate for a more equitable and inclusive creative sector of all residents in the Commonwealth.

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6/12/20 - POLICY & ACTION UPDATE WEBINAR

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6/5/20 - policy & action update webinars

In this webinar, we had a community conversation about mapping our social change roles during times of crisis.

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