David Cartahena Lee
Director of Advocacy
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We want to build advocacy that reflects your real experiences as a dance educator in New York.
This survey helps us understand your priorities, challenges, and the support you need. Your voice will shape the work we do next.
Thank you for taking the time to fill out this survey, we truly appreciate your time.
We want to build advocacy that reflects your real experiences as a dance educator in New York.
This survey helps us understand your priorities, challenges, and the support you need. Your voice will shape the work we do next.
Thank you for taking the time to fill out this survey, we truly appreciate your time.
The New York State Dance Education Association (NYSDEA) Advocacy Committee is dedicated to advancing equitable, accessible, and sustainable dance education for all people, across all sectors, throughout New York State. In a time when the arts face increasing challenges, we stand as a unified voice for dance educators, students, and communities, ensuring that dance remains an essential part of education, culture, and civic life.
We advocate for policy change, funding initiatives, and legislative action that support dance in public schools, higher education, private studios, and community spaces. We are committed to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) in dance, working to eliminate systemic barriers and expand access for historically marginalized communities, including low-income, disabled, and BIPOC artists and educators.
Through outreach, resource-sharing, and direct action, we strengthen New York State’s dance education network, build meaningful partnerships, and empower educators and students to become advocates for themselves and their communities. We believe that dance is more than an art form—it is a catalyst for social change, a means of expression, and a pathway to empathy, discipline, and resilience.
At this pivotal moment in our nation’s sociopolitical landscape, our advocacy is more urgent than ever. We call on policymakers, educators, and community leaders to invest in dance education as a fundamental right, not a privilege, ensuring that every child, educator, and artist has access to the resources, opportunities, and spaces they need to thrive.
We advocate for policy change, funding initiatives, and legislative action that support dance in public schools, higher education, private studios, and community spaces. We are committed to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) in dance, working to eliminate systemic barriers and expand access for historically marginalized communities, including low-income, disabled, and BIPOC artists and educators.
Through outreach, resource-sharing, and direct action, we strengthen New York State’s dance education network, build meaningful partnerships, and empower educators and students to become advocates for themselves and their communities. We believe that dance is more than an art form—it is a catalyst for social change, a means of expression, and a pathway to empathy, discipline, and resilience.
At this pivotal moment in our nation’s sociopolitical landscape, our advocacy is more urgent than ever. We call on policymakers, educators, and community leaders to invest in dance education as a fundamental right, not a privilege, ensuring that every child, educator, and artist has access to the resources, opportunities, and spaces they need to thrive.
