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Since the early 1980s, Kaiser Permanente, a national nonprofit health care provider, has used its Educational Theatre Program (ETP) to model positive behaviors and healthy decision making to improve the health of the communities it serves across the country.
The use of theatre to inspire and educate children and adolescents to lead healthier lifestyles is so ingrained in Kaiser Permanente’s culture that all of its regions run their own ETP.
I’ve been an Americans for the Arts member now for well over a decade. I first experienced the organization as a means to get away from my city, travel to a new city, and meet others interested in the arts. Over the years it has become much more to me.
I can track most of the most important moments of my career in nonprofits arts with experiences with Americans for the Arts. Whether it's live in-person convenings, the exhaustive and accessible research, or their movement building policy work, I've benefited enormously from the resources made available to me as an Americans for the Arts member.
I discovered and joined Americans for the Arts as an undergraduate student interested in arts management. Americans for the Arts’ services, particularly for emerging arts leaders, have been invaluable in these early stages of my career.
I have long valued my membership with Americans for the Arts. A couple of years ago, Bob Lynch came to Alaska for the National Lieutenant Governor's Association meeting, and we at the Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA) hosted a variety of community meetings and receptions with him during his visit.
Landmarks is the public art program of the University of Texas at Austin. The program commissions and features artwork by contemporary artists from around the world on the university’s campus and is recognized for its community building through public art outreach.
