ADVOCATE TO PHILADELPHIA ELECTED OFFICIALS AND UARTS BOARD MEMBERS
FIGHT TO SAVE UARTS.
SPREAD THE WORD.
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please copy, paste, and send this message to any/all of the elected officials, on any/all platforms possible.
please feel free to add any additional messaging. advocate for yourself, and for your school.
hello {elected official title and name},
My name is {name here}, I am a {student/faculty/family/friend} of The University of the Arts expressing my deep concerns about the loss of our Philadelphia art school.
The decision to close the University of the Arts is a devastating blow to the thousands of students, faculty members, alumni and patrons of its artistic works.
If we do not do what is necessary to pause the closure and evaluate options to save it, it will result in irreversible damage to the Broad Street corridor and Center City and loss of a genuinely unique local, national and international treasure.
The decision was made abruptly and prematurely. There is still an opportunity to save this valuable and historic Philadelphia institution. Please help stop the closure until such time as our Philadelphia community can evaluate what is needed and come to the institution’s aid.
In less than 24 hours,1500 people and counting have signed a petition expressing their agreement that we must do everything in our power to ensure the future of UArts.
See petition here https://chng.it/VgVkSCLZpR
^^SEND TO THE FOLLOWING⬇️⬇️
⭐️PA Attorney General Michelle A. Henry⭐️
fill out a form⬇️
https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/contact/
call and read as a script⬇️
717-787-3391
⭐️Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker⭐️
text, call and read as a script, submit a form, instagram dm, facebook message, tweet⬇️
*scroll to find all contact info*
https://www.phila.gov/departments/mayor/
⭐️Governor Josh Shapiro⭐️
text, call and read as a script, submit a form, instagram dm, facebook message, tweet⬇️
*scroll to find all contact info*
https://www.pa.gov/form/governor/contact.html
Council Member Mark Squilla
call and read as script⬇️
(215) 686-3458 , (215) 686-3459
fill out form⬇️
https://phlcouncil.com/marksquilla/
Philadelphia DA’s Office
email⬇️
text or call and read as script *if calling, wait until the end and leave a voicemail message*⬇️
(215) 686-8000
Renee Garcia
City Solicitor
email⬇️
Representative Chris Rabb
email⬇️
The Chair of the Uarts Board of Trustees
Senator Nikil Saval
text, call and read as a script, submit a form⬇️
https://www.pasenatorsaval.com/contact/
DM @senatorsaval on instagram
Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative
email, text, call and read as a script⬇️
https://www.phila.gov/departments/office-of-arts-culture-and-the-creative-economy/
Representative Ben Waxman
text, call and read as a script, email via the form through the link⬇️
https://www.pahouse.com/Waxman/Contact
DM @repbwaxman on instagram
Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson
email⬇️
call and read as a script⬇️
(215) 686-3412, (215) 686-3413
Valerie V. Gay
executive director of
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CONTINUE DEMANDING AN APPEAL FROM PRESIDENT WALK
send this message to president Kerry Walk >>> president@uarts.edu
APPEAL NOW
The students of UArts are demanding an appeal of the middle states’ decision by THIS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5TH.
Please President Walk.
Appeal by Wednesday.
Save the walls that hold our precious community.
UArts holds the people, the space, the community that actively cultivate the love and learning that enable me to flourish as an artist.
We are begging.
APPEAL.
FIGHT.
Fight for the people whose sound foundation of future just crumbled beneath them.
Fight for the walls that bring us together,
give us the chance to be in the presence of each other,
so we can continue the precious growth we are not yet finished exploring together.
WE ARE NOT FINISHED.
APPEAL THE MIDDLE STATES’ DECISION.
GIVE UARTS A CHANCE TO REMAIN OPEN.
{your name, class of YYYY, school of study}