Dance. Workforce. Resilience. Initiative
Friday, April 9, 2021
Arts and Cultural Workers for the New York Health Act
This event has already occurred. Enjoy event details below, and scroll to the bottom of the page for the post-event survey and session resources.
When: Friday, April 9, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Where: Online
Registration: This event has already occurred. Enjoy event details below, and scroll to the bottom of the page for the post-event survey and session resources.
Accessibility:
ASL interpretation provided by LC Interpreting Services.
Closed Captioning services provided by The Viscardi Center.
If you require additional reasonable accommodation, please contact Arivel Figueroa at least two weeks prior to the event via email at afigueroa@dance.nyc or call 212.966.4452 (voice only).
About: The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of the healthcare system and the lack of a safety net for most arts workers. The New York Health Act, this state’s version of Medicare for All driven by single-payer healthcare would measurably improve the lives of this group of workers more than nearly any other policy change. Many arts workers have gained a new interest in political organizing and activism and Dance Artists’ National Collective, in partnership with Dance/NYC, Abrons Arts Center, and League of Independent Theater is holding a town hall for arts and dance workers to learn more about the NYHA in conversation with supportive elected officials and health care activists in order to unite the field to take action in support of a fair and equitable health care system in New York state. If you are arts and cultural worker you can share your healthcare story here. Follow the campaign with the hashtag: #PassNYHealth.
Speakers will be announced on a rolling basis.
Confirmed Speakers - Click speaker names to access their bios:
Campbell Charshee, Campblicated, the Bionic Rhapsodist
Member of Music Workers Alliance (MWA)
Garnet Henderson, Choreographer, Journalist
Member Dance Artists National Collective (DANC)
Gustavo Rivera, New York State Senator, 33rd Senate District in the Bronx
J. Bouey, Dance Artist, Founder of The Dance Union
Jesse Jae Hoon, Playwright, Actor, and Organizer
Mario I. Espinoza, Social Worker
The Actor's Fund
Phara Souffrant Forrest, Assembly Member (Member of NYS Assembly)
Rebecca Margolick, Dancer, Choreographer
Member Dance Artists National Collective (DANC)
YuLing Koh Hsu, Co-Director, Campaign for New York Health
Please fill out our post-event survey.
You can continue to TAKE ACTION:
- To arts and cultural workers share your healthcare story at Healthcare Story Form. Para los trabajadores de arte y cultura, comparte tu historia de salud en el Formulario de historias de salud.
- Learn more: The Campaign for New York Health
- Contact your elected officials: Tell Our Elected Officials to Pass the New York Health Act!
- Use these toolkits and resources: Printable Organizing Resources Resources
- Volunteer for the Campaign for NY Health: https://www.nyhcampaign.org/volunteer
- Date for Campaign for NY Health Arts Workers Healthcare Storytelling workshop: April 21 from 6pm-7pm
Other RESOURCES shared during the event:
- WorkersArtsProject.org
- The Artist Health Insurance Resource Center at The Actors Fund
- The Dance Union
- Article: Living with Disease in the US is Hell
- Campblicated: The Bionic Rhapsodist
- AEA for Single Payer: aeaforsinglepayer.org
- NYC DSA Healthcare Working Group week of action to #PassNYHealth
- Dancers for the New York Health Act
- Senate Bill S5474 for the establishment of the New York Health plan
- Assembly Bill A6058 for the establishment of the New York Health plan
Dance/NYC convening is made possible, in part, by leadership support from the Howard Gilman Foundation and the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts.
Dance/NYC seeks partners and speakers with a variety of viewpoints for its events with the goal of generating discussion. The inclusion of any partner or speaker does not constitute an endorsement by Dance/NYC of that partner's or speaker's views.