Music Advocacy Kit Available Free

Posted by Chad Criswell Feb 17, 2007

Music advocacy is a hot topic these days. Each year dozens of music education programs are eliminated in school districts across the United States and world wide. Often these program cuts are made with little consideration as to the long term consequences for overall learning and stability in the school's educational program. Without statistical evidence of the positive benefits of music, this trend is likely to continue. The NAMM, a national trade organization of music instrument and products vendors, has created a special SupportMusic Community Action Kit, available free to parents and community organizations.

This music advocacy kit consists of twenty four pages of information, along with a compact disc containing information and templates for creating documents to use in support of any argument for music education in the schools. Other documents on the CD include press releases, petitions, and handouts for use in community action campaigns.

This free kit is available both to member organizations of NAMM but also to individuals by contacting Mary Luehrsen, the public relations director for the NAMM. To request this kit contact her at info@namm.org.