HRES165119th Congress

Expressing support for the designation of February 28, 2025, as Community Arts Education Day.

Sponsored By: Representative Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]

Introduced

Summary

Community arts education would be observed on February 28, 2025 to highlight its role in building creativity, cultural expression, and community belonging. The resolution describes it as a dynamic, inclusive practice that links arts learning to social transformation. It says community arts education empowers people to develop artistic skills, deepen cultural understanding, and gain agency, and it highlights leaders such as culture bearers and teaching artists who provide instruction inside and outside formal schools. The text calls the practice liberatory, notes benefits for imagination, life skills, and health, and cites research showing gains in social-emotional competencies and higher four-year college enrollment among students active in the arts.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]

NY • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 2/25/2025

  • Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 6/30/2025

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