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ever Advocacy Summit on the morning of October 29 will bring together teams and individuals from around the state to meet and discuss strategies for proactive AND crisis advocacy for music class- rooms. Guests will include Vandercook conductor Charles Menghini and NAfME government-relations coordinator Nancy Townes from the national office. Look for information to follow!
Check out the ever-changing WAME web site for immediate ideas: http://wame.
wmea.com/
NAfME National Assembly
During the June National Assembly in Washington D.C. WMEA President Rich Tengowski and President-Elect Leyla Sanyer participated in many sessions on advocacy, policy development and sharing
Rich Tengowski and
Leyla Sanyer in front of the United States Capitol in
Washington, D.C.
of Wisconsin projects. On the last day they traveled to Capitol Hill to visit the offices of four Wisconsin lawmakers and speak with their assistants about music education and how it fits into the school day. It was interesting to note that every one of the four young assistants immediately bright-
ened up when asked about their own music education. They had all studied one or two instruments through high school and one had studied all the way through college. It was clear that the power of music study can be used to help leadership connect with our hopes for the future.
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