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Goals Include:

● Advocacy
       ○ for Hawaiʻi’s creative sector (arts, creativity, and humanities) including nonprofits and creative gig
               workers.
● Access & Education
       ○ Provide access to the arts, creativity, and humanities through education and participation which are
               human and civil rights protected by the 1st amendment.
       ○ Require arts certified educators to be employed full-time in all schools, pre-K though 12.
● Creative Spaces
       ○ Officially recognize creative artists as Second Responders who help put people’s lives back together in
               pandemics and emergencies. Artists are essential workers in our society and our economy, helping us
               recover, reflect, and rebuild.
       ○ Support the annual Arts@theCapitol events with a Creative Advocacy Day.
       ○ Support creative spaces through easing the use of state-owned or managed properties or permitting the
               transformation of spaces into public creative spaces that are accessible to all citizens of the state thus
               breaking down barriers between “mainstream” and “marginalized” groups.
       ○ Support the growth of community-based creative and cultural practices and knowledge.
       ○ Focus on programming and scheduling that coincides with respective creative, cultural/ethnic
               celebrations or commemorations in addition to mainstream national and state celebrations.
● State Policies
       ○ Coordinate the integration of creative practices and cultural traditions in state priorities, projects, and
               education goals.
       ○ Enact policies that specifically support and enable the creative economy to thrive.
       ○ Establish a registry at the Dept. of Labor recognizing eligible creative sector workers so that they can
               apply for unemployment assistance.
● Taxes
       ○ Protect the tax-exempt status of creative and culture non-profits.*
       ○ Support tax policies that increase charitable support for the creative sector.*
       ○ Repeal a cap on charitable donation deductions for state income tax.*