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  • September 2023
    • Sep 22, 2023 Announcing our 2024-2026 Strategic Plan! Sep 22, 2023
  • June 2023
    • Jun 27, 2023 Sunsetting Honor Native Land Jun 27, 2023
  • October 2022
    • Oct 3, 2022 Dispatches from Borikén and Providence: Shey Rivera Rios Oct 3, 2022
  • April 2022
    • Apr 22, 2022 The Art Worlds We Want: Solidarity Art Economies Apr 22, 2022
  • September 2021
    • Sep 22, 2021 Envisioning Black Liberation and Indigenous Sovereignty Sep 22, 2021
    • Sep 6, 2021 Press Release: U.S. Department of Arts and Culture launches “A People’s WPA” calling for a publicly funded artist works program Sep 6, 2021
  • July 2021
    • Jul 16, 2021 Unearthing Truths: Reckoning with Our Nation's Indigenous Boarding School History Jul 16, 2021
  • March 2021
    • Mar 30, 2021 Press Release: Announcing the 2021 Poetic Address to the Nation Mar 30, 2021
  • January 2021
    • Jan 26, 2021 On the Tragic Passing of Amelia Brown, USDAC Cabinet Member Jan 26, 2021
  • October 2020
    • Oct 9, 2020 A Truthful Indigenous Peoples’ Day Oct 9, 2020
  • September 2020
    • Sep 1, 2020 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: The People’s WPA! DEADLINE September 25 Sep 1, 2020
  • July 2020
    • Jul 23, 2020 Reflections from the #Defund Movement Jul 23, 2020
  • June 2020
    • Jun 19, 2020 Juneteenth: Resources for Imagination + Abolition Jun 19, 2020
    • Jun 1, 2020 Creative Responses to COVID-19: USDAC Listening Shareback Jun 1, 2020
  • March 2020
    • Mar 15, 2020 Community Care in the Time of Coronavirus Mar 15, 2020
  • September 2019
    • Sep 11, 2019 Building Strategy and Co-Creating Culture- Call #3 Summary Sep 11, 2019
  • August 2019
    • Aug 27, 2019 Science Facts, Science Fictions- Call #2 Summary Aug 27, 2019
    • Aug 13, 2019 Explaining Policy, Exploring Poetics - Call #1 Summary Aug 13, 2019
  • February 2019
    • Feb 21, 2019 Celebrate International Mother Language Day! Feb 21, 2019
  • November 2018
    • Nov 19, 2018 CULTURE/SHIFT 2018 Recap: Welcoming Each Other Home Nov 19, 2018
  • September 2018
    • Sep 25, 2018 PROTOTYPING CULTURAL DEMOCRACY SERIES Part 8: Art-Powered Places in Philadelphia, PA Sep 25, 2018
    • Sep 18, 2018 PROTOTYPING CULTURAL DEMOCRACY SERIES Part 7: Remember2019, Memory and Reflection on Mass Lynching in Phillips County, AR Sep 18, 2018
    • Sep 9, 2018 PROTOTYPING CULTURAL DEMOCRACY SERIES Part 6: Migrant Stories and Rights, Inside Out Sep 9, 2018
    • Sep 6, 2018 Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice with the EPA! Sep 6, 2018
    • Sep 4, 2018 PROTOTYPING CULTURAL DEMOCRACY SERIES Part 5: Belonging Bandwagon: A Performance Art-Driven Dialogue for Culture’s Sake Sep 4, 2018
  • August 2018
    • Aug 26, 2018 PROTOTYPING CULTURAL DEMOCRACY SERIES Part 4: STICK + MOVE: Commemorative Justice in Richmond, VA Aug 26, 2018
    • Aug 21, 2018 PROTOTYPING CULTURAL DEMOCRACY SERIES Part 3: BeCville: Arts-based Participatory Budgeting Aug 21, 2018
    • Aug 14, 2018 PROTOTYPING CULTURAL DEMOCRACY SERIES Part 2: conNECKted: Imaginings for Truth and Reconciliation Aug 14, 2018
    • Aug 14, 2018 PROTOTYPING CULTURAL DEMOCRACY SERIES Part 1: Prototyping Possibility, An Overview Aug 14, 2018
  • July 2018
    • Jul 26, 2018 USDAC Welcomes 10 New Outposts! Jul 26, 2018
    • Jul 3, 2018 Profiles in Artistic Response Part One: Michelle Angela Ortiz Jul 3, 2018
    • Jul 3, 2018 Statement Against June 2018 Border Policy and Muslim Ban Jul 3, 2018
  • May 2018
    • May 31, 2018 Art & Well-Being: Toward A Culture of Health Launches! May 31, 2018
    • May 11, 2018 Amp Up Your Local Organizing: USDAC Outpost FAQs May 11, 2018
  • April 2018
    • Apr 26, 2018 Honor Native Land: Are You Hesitating? Acknowledgment FAQs Apr 26, 2018
  • March 2018
    • Mar 7, 2018 What Does A #RevolutionOfValues Mean to YOU? Mar 7, 2018
  • February 2018
    • Feb 7, 2018 Hellos and Goodbyes at the OOI Feb 7, 2018
  • December 2017
    • Dec 21, 2017 #PSOTU18 Story Circle Training January 18 Dec 21, 2017
    • Dec 21, 2017 The Kudzu Project: Cultural Organizing Spreads! Dec 21, 2017
    • Dec 3, 2017 2018 People’s State of the Union: Prepare to Share Your Stories! Dec 3, 2017
  • November 2017
    • Nov 16, 2017 Citizen Artist Salon: Art Became the Oxygen Nov 16, 2017
    • Nov 13, 2017 #PSOTU18 Story Circle Training January 11 (SESSION FULL) Nov 13, 2017
    • Nov 13, 2017 #PSOTU18 Story Circle Training Dec 11 Nov 13, 2017
    • Nov 13, 2017 #PSOTU18 Story Circle Training November 29 Nov 13, 2017
  • October 2017
    • Oct 19, 2017 Honor Native Land: Steps Toward Truth and Justice Oct 19, 2017
  • September 2017
    • Sep 19, 2017 NEW VIDEO: Highlights from CULTURE/SHIFT 2016 Sep 19, 2017
  • August 2017
    • Aug 28, 2017 Katrina, Sandy, and Now Harvey: How Can Art Help? Aug 28, 2017
    • Aug 14, 2017 #ArtResponds: Use Your Gifts for Awareness and Action in Charlottesville and Beyond Aug 14, 2017
    • Aug 9, 2017 Art Became the Oxygen: Free Artistic Response Guide Available Now Aug 9, 2017
  • May 2017
    • May 17, 2017 Citizen Artist Salon: Policy on Belonging May 17, 2017
  • April 2017
    • Apr 7, 2017 Charlene Martinez: Curating Possibility and Cultural Organizing at Oregon State University Apr 7, 2017
  • March 2017
    • Mar 22, 2017 Citizen Artist Salon: #RevolutionOfValues Mar 22, 2017
    • Mar 20, 2017 2017 People’s State of the Union: “Stories Need to Be Told” Mar 20, 2017
    • Mar 16, 2017 #FollowTheMoney  #SaveTheNEA Mar 16, 2017
    • Mar 15, 2017 Building Democracy in "Trump Country" Mar 15, 2017
  • January 2017
    • Jan 22, 2017 The Space Between Imagining and Making Real Is Very Small Jan 22, 2017
    • Jan 20, 2017 Symbolic Gesture Comes Out of Retirement Jan 20, 2017
  • November 2016
    • Nov 25, 2016 CULTURE/SHIFT 2016: Recap Nov 25, 2016
    • Nov 20, 2016 Love and Power: Standing for Cultural Democracy Platform Launch Nov 20, 2016
    • Nov 18, 2016 #ShiftHappens: CULTURE/SHIFT 2016 opening remarks Nov 18, 2016
  • October 2016
    • Oct 26, 2016 #DareToDream: Our Friends in Scotland Dream Out Loud Oct 26, 2016
    • Oct 20, 2016 Meet the USDAC's first Regional Envoys! Oct 20, 2016
  • September 2016
    • Sep 29, 2016 Standing With Standing Rock: Testimonies from the USDAC Lawrence Field Office Sep 29, 2016
  • August 2016
    • Aug 22, 2016 Suburban Living and Civic Ritual: An Interview with Citizen Artist jesikah maria ross Aug 22, 2016
    • Aug 3, 2016 Shift Happens: Make The Future at CULTURE/SHIFT 2016 Aug 3, 2016
  • June 2016
    • Jun 27, 2016 Cultural Democracy Now: Urge Democrats to Invest in Artists & Community Cultural Development Jun 27, 2016
    • Jun 20, 2016 The Possibilities of Parks: Thoughts After a Creative Placemaking Colloquium Jun 20, 2016
    • Jun 13, 2016 Super PAC Prototype Projects Are Off and Running! Meet the Micro-grant Winners. Jun 13, 2016
    • Jun 7, 2016 Artists’ Jobs for the Public Good Jun 7, 2016
    • Jun 4, 2016 Many Thanks! Part Three of Heating Up: Artists Respond to Climate Change Jun 4, 2016
  • May 2016
    • May 31, 2016 Systematically Organic: An Interview with Sara Taliaferro—Part Two of Heating Up: Artists Respond to Climate Change May 31, 2016
    • May 24, 2016 Heating Up: Artists Respond to Climate Change A series of cultural and educational events in Lawrence, Kansas, Part One May 24, 2016
    • May 12, 2016 Compassionate Living Social Sculpture: Urban Alchemy at the Village of Arts and Humanities May 12, 2016
  • April 2016
    • Apr 21, 2016 USDAC Super PAC, HI-LI Projects, and Funding for Democracy in Action Apr 21, 2016
    • Apr 7, 2016 USA: MIA (Again) on Cultural Rights and Cultural Development Apr 7, 2016
  • March 2016
    • Mar 21, 2016 Human Rights and Property Rights: Placemaking and Placekeeping Mar 21, 2016
    • Mar 14, 2016 Called to Lawrence: A Great Film and Field Office Visit Mar 14, 2016
    • Mar 5, 2016 Our State of the Union is a Poem Mar 5, 2016
  • February 2016
    • Feb 22, 2016 The UN Visits Jackson, and A Cultural Agent Testifies Feb 22, 2016
    • Feb 16, 2016 Field Office Dispatch: New York and Philadelphia Feb 16, 2016
    • Feb 8, 2016 Love Letter to Philadelphia: Poet Laureate Yolanda Wisher and the Poetic Address to the Nation Feb 8, 2016
    • Feb 3, 2016 #PSOTU2016 in Ithaca: Reflections by Anne Rhodes Feb 3, 2016
  • January 2016
    • Jan 26, 2016 Tell Your Story Now! Jan 26, 2016
    • Jan 7, 2016 Welcoming The New Cultural Agents Jan 7, 2016
  • December 2015
    • Dec 28, 2015 Normalizing The Extraordinary in Medellín, Part Two Dec 28, 2015
    • Dec 22, 2015 Normalizing The Extraordinary in Medellín, Part One Dec 22, 2015
    • Dec 7, 2015 Become a Founding Co-Conspirator; Get Your Artistic License! Dec 7, 2015
    • Dec 2, 2015 There’s A Place for You in the People’s State of the Union Dec 2, 2015
  • November 2015
    • Nov 18, 2015 USDAC Statement on Syrian Refugee Crisis Nov 18, 2015
    • Nov 15, 2015 Meet the Minister of Hip Hop-Based Education and Sign Her Petition Nov 15, 2015
    • Nov 9, 2015 Are You Ready? Cultural Agents’ Learning Community Nov 9, 2015
    • Nov 2, 2015 Apply Now! Recruiting Cultural Agents Nov 2, 2015
  • October 2015
    • Oct 26, 2015 Emissary Spotlight: #DareToImagine in New York City Oct 26, 2015
    • Oct 19, 2015 Emissary Spotlight: Imagining Salt Lake City Oct 19, 2015
    • Oct 12, 2015 #DareToImagine — An Invitation, A Mandate, A Call To Action Oct 12, 2015
    • Oct 8, 2015 Emissary Spotlight: #DareToImagine Weapons of Mass Creation in New Mexico Oct 8, 2015
  • September 2015
    • Sep 29, 2015 "An Act of Collective Imagination" Is Published! Sep 29, 2015
    • Sep 22, 2015 USDAC STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF PRESERVING SACRED APACHE LANDS Sep 22, 2015
    • Sep 7, 2015 Emmissary Spotlight: Getting Ready to #DareToImagine in DC and Milwaukee Sep 7, 2015
  • August 2015
    • Aug 31, 2015 Dare to Live the Future Now: Be an Emissary Aug 31, 2015
    • Aug 24, 2015 Remembering Katrina: Interview with Kathy Randels Aug 24, 2015
    • Aug 17, 2015 Report from ROOTS Week: The Intersection of Arts and Social Justice Aug 17, 2015
    • Aug 10, 2015 "I've Been Thinking About How Urban Narratives Shape Sexual Health Programs, Education, And Access." Aug 10, 2015
    • Aug 3, 2015 Placekeeping: East 9th Street, Lawrence, Kansas Aug 3, 2015
  • July 2015
    • Jul 27, 2015 Holding Space for Self-Care: The Decatur Imagining Jul 27, 2015
    • Jul 20, 2015 On the Road with the USDAC Jul 20, 2015
    • Jul 13, 2015 What's Important to Us: The Baltimore Imagining Jul 13, 2015
    • Jul 10, 2015 Stockton Imagining: drawing together Jul 10, 2015
    • Jul 6, 2015 Where We Are and Where We Could Be: Chicago and St. Louis Imaginings Jul 6, 2015
  • June 2015
    • Jun 30, 2015 Five Ways to Celebrate Interdependence this July Jun 30, 2015
    • Jun 29, 2015 En Plein Air: The Harrisonburg, VA, Imagining Jun 29, 2015
    • Jun 19, 2015 Meditating on Gentrification: A Personal View of the NYC Imagining Jun 19, 2015
    • Jun 15, 2015 Imagining Philadelphia: An Interview with Cultural Agent Julia Katz Terry Jun 15, 2015
    • Jun 6, 2015 Dispatch from the Ministry of Endangered Languages: An Interview with Daniel Kaufman Jun 6, 2015
  • May 2015
    • May 31, 2015 Boston Imagining: Cultural Agent Chrislene DeJean and Sci-Fi Social Justice May 31, 2015
    • May 25, 2015 Imaginings Roll Out! May 25, 2015
    • May 18, 2015 Field Office Annals Part II: Engagement, Vision, and Play May 18, 2015
    • May 11, 2015 Field Office Annals, Part I: Filling A Need May 11, 2015
  • February 2015
    • Feb 17, 2015 USDAC STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF PRESERVING SACRED APACHE LANDS Feb 17, 2015
    • Feb 12, 2015 Local PSOTU Press, Nationwide Feb 12, 2015
    • Feb 10, 2015 A Story of My Heart Feb 10, 2015
  • January 2015
    • Jan 25, 2015 PSOTU Remarks by E. Ethelbert Miller, Minister of the Sacred Word Jan 25, 2015
    • Jan 23, 2015 People’s State of the Union Invites Cultural and Poetic Dialogue Jan 23, 2015
    • Jan 20, 2015 State of the Union—Fireside Chat Jan 20, 2015
    • Jan 19, 2015 PSOTU EVENTS IN 150 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY - Press Release Jan 19, 2015
  • November 2014
    • Nov 18, 2014 Inauguration Celebration Oration Nov 18, 2014
  • October 2014
    • Oct 31, 2014 Imagining America 2014 - Organizing. Culture. Change. Oct 31, 2014
    • Oct 30, 2014 All Hands On Deck: Report Back Oct 30, 2014
    • Oct 19, 2014 The People's Climate March Maker/Speaker Party, Lawrence, KS Oct 19, 2014
    • Oct 8, 2014 To the Border, with the Tucson Field Office Oct 8, 2014
  • September 2014
    • Sep 29, 2014 One Year Anniversary Remarks Sep 29, 2014
    • Sep 23, 2014 A Dispatch from the Climate March Sep 23, 2014
    • Sep 4, 2014 USDAC issues call: Creativity for Equity and Justice Sep 4, 2014
    • Sep 4, 2014 Imaginings draw 2,500+ Sep 4, 2014
  • July 2014
    • Jul 21, 2014 The Imaginings Wrap Up in Philadelphia and Washington D.C. Jul 21, 2014
    • Jul 15, 2014 The Imaginings Continue; Dispatches From the Field Jul 15, 2014
    • Jul 9, 2014 The Imaginings Begin; A Taste from NC Jul 9, 2014
  • June 2014
    • Jun 15, 2014 Protesters in Kansas Boycott Imagining Jun 15, 2014
  • May 2014
    • May 1, 2014 The USDAC Announces Founding Cultural Agents May 1, 2014
  • April 2014
    • Apr 26, 2014 Hundreds Visit the USDAC's Pop-Up Headquarters Apr 26, 2014
    • Apr 3, 2014 USDAC to Create Pop-Up Headquarters Apr 3, 2014
  • March 2014
    • Mar 3, 2014 U.S. Department of Arts and Culture Now Recruiting Founding Cultural Agents Mar 3, 2014
  • February 2014
    • Feb 25, 2014 USDAC Releases Welcome Video Feb 25, 2014
  • December 2013
    • Dec 18, 2013 Deputy Secretary Norman Beckett Addresses the Center for Ethnic, Racial, and Religious Understanding Dec 18, 2013
  • October 2013
    • Oct 22, 2013 The USDAC Thanks Glenn Beck for Inadvertent Support Oct 22, 2013
    • Oct 14, 2013 The USDAC Addresses Cultural Diplomats at the World Policy Institute Oct 14, 2013
    • Oct 6, 2013 The U.S. Department of Arts and Culture Launches Oct 6, 2013
    • Oct 3, 2013 Citizen Artist Enlistment Begins Oct 3, 2013
    • Oct 3, 2013 Despite the Federal Government SHUTDOWN, the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture remains on schedule to launch. Oct 3, 2013
  • September 2013
    • Sep 3, 2013 USDAC Press Conference Scheduled - Oct. 5th Sep 3, 2013

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