Advocacy
NYSSMA Government Relations & Advocacy Committees

Announcing the 50th Annual Joseph R. Sugar NYSSMA Day in Albany!
Gala 50th Anniversary Celebration – March 6, 2023
This year’s 50th Anniversary Day in Albany will take place on Monday, March 6, 2023. After two years of virtual events, we are excited to be going back to Albany in person for our legislative visits, meetings, and concerts. We ask you to put this date in your calendars today, arrange with your school administration to have a professional day, and make plans to join your fellow NYSSMA members in Albany to meet with our legislators and celebrate 50 years of NYSSMA in Albany.
The GRC has already started work on information letters, schedules, and ask information for March 6th. These will be ready on or about October 3rd. Watch this page for posts as information becomes available.
Joseph R Sugar Day Information
10 Tips for Legislative Visits
The following “Swiss Cheese’ letter formats are for you to send as a private citizen, not on behalf of NYSSMA
NYSSMA MUSIC EDUCATION ADVOCACY
Music Advocacy Links
- American Music Conference
- Americans for the Arts
- Presidents Committee On Arts and Humanities
- Arts Edge
- Support Music
- NAfME
- Music Friends
President Barack Obama Arts Video
Related Links
Related Documents
- How To Interview a School Board Official or Elected Officer (PDF – 76 kB)
- Conditions That Support Music Education: How Does Your School District Rate? (PDF – 84 kB)
- What To Do When Music Program Cuts Are Threatened (PDF – 84 kB)
- What Do You Need to Know to Advocate For Music Education? (PDF – 8 kB)
- How Does Music Education Impact Student Learning (PDF – 53 kB)
- Advocacy Tidbits for Music Educators (PDF – 131 kB)
- NYSSMA APPR Framed (PDF – 702 kB)
- 2012 NYSSMA Advocacy Handbook (PDF – 326 kB)
Related Documents
- SED Music Associate Swiss Cheese Letter (DOCX – 18 KB)
- SED Music Associate Swiss Cheese Letter (DOCX – 18 KB)
- S4525 – A1788 Swiss Cheese Instructions and Letter (DOCX – 19 KB)
- SED Music Associate Swiss Cheese Letter (DOCX – 18 KB)
- S4525 – A1788 Swiss Cheese Instructions and Letter (DOCX – 19 KB)
- Alan Orloff – Welcome Letter (DOCX – 40 KB)
- Alan Orloff Josehp R Sugar Day Information (DOCX – 41 KB)
- DIAInstructions (DOCX – 40 KB)
- 3 Letter-to-Governor-in-regard-to-Atheltics-and-12-Feet-for-Music (PDF – 150 KB)
- 2 Asks2021 (PDF – 5 MB)
- 1 VirtualSchedule2021 (DOCX – 16 KB)
- 2021 Day in Albany website update 2 (PDF – 73 KB)
- NYSSMA MIOSMPoster (PDF – 11 MB)
- NYSSMA MIOSMPoster (PDF – 11 MB)
- SenBill5770 (PDF – 2 MB)
- A9660 Arts and Music Education (PDF – 3 KB)
- Albany Packet (PDF – 5 MB)
- Alan’s Albany Tips 2020 (PDF – 5 MB)
- Alan’s Albany Tips 2020 (PDF – 5 MB)
- 10 Tips for Visits (PDF – 452 KB)
- NYSSMAWhoWeAre (PDF – 2 MB)
- Asks2020 (PDF – 3 MB)
- 2020 Schedule (PDF – 2 MB)
- 2019 Schedule page scan (PDF – 2 MB)
- AlbanyInformationPack (PDF – 16 MB)
- AlbanyPacket2018 (PDF – 16 MB)
- CntyPresInvt (PDF – 1 MB)
- MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH – 2018 schedule (DOCX – 75 KB)
- 2018DIASched (PDF – 2 MB)
- tier-finance-info (PDF – 2 MB)
- 2017-talking-points (PDF – 7 MB)
- nafmetierinfo (PDF – 2 MB)
- 2017mbrspkt200 (PDF – 4 MB)
- essafacts (PDF – 1 MB)
- 2017 Albany Invite draft (DOC – 28 KB)
- 2017DIAscheddrft (DOC – 21 KB)
- How To Interview a School Board Official or Elected Officer (PDF – 76 KB)
- Conditions That Support Music Education: How Does Your School District Rate? (PDF – 84 KB)
- What To Do When Music Program Cuts Are Threatened (PDF – 84 KB)
- What Do You Need to Know to Advocate For Music Education? (PDF – 8 KB)
- How Does Music Education Impact Student Learning (PDF – 53 KB)
- Advocacy Tidbits for Music Educators (PDF – 131 KB)
- NYSSMA APPR Framed (PDF – 702 KB)
- 2012 NYSSMA Advocacy Handbook (PDF – 326 KB)