Ryan Hurley + Eric Mire "Save the Arts"

Celebrate Education Week by remembering the children who face a broken system with an urgency for change. The video above is a local representation of a national problem. Ryan Hurley is a spoken word poet and Eric Mire is a local musician. Their passion and artful illustration of the challenges of the Milwaukee public school system is refreshing when so many of us are doing so little. Let's act, okay?!

There are many things you can do to help. Here are a few for now. Post a comment if you have any thoughts/suggestions:

1. I saw the film Waiting for "Superman" last night at the Milwaukee Film Festival and I wanted to do something. If you pledge to see this film on the Website, you have the option to contribute monetarily--click on the link for details. Go see it!

2. DoSomething.org is a fine resource for change--volunteer in your community, post a project or start a club.

3. Americans for the Arts provides several advocacy tools and other opportunities to get involved in the promotion and support of arts education.

4. My mother watched this interview with Obama on the Today show...sounds interesting. Check out the video and then participate in the online discussion.