On July 24th Gov. Healey signed H.4890, An Act relative to salary range transparency into law. At MASSCreative, we support and celebrate this significant legislative achievement as a crucial step towards fostering equity, diversity, and transparency in the arts and culture sector.

A recent piece of legislation provides nonprofit organizations more flexibility for governance and board activities.

In our first webinar of 2023, we introduced our new Director of Organizing and Director of External Relations, reviewed our legislative accomplishments from last session, and updated attendees on our policy priorities for 2023-2024 and FY24 budget advocacy.

In this webinar, we reviewed MASSCreative’s guide to the FY23 budget, the state Economic Development Bond Bill under consideration, and previewed the August 3rd Create the Vote forum.

In this webinar, we reviewed the House FY23 budget, the federal Advancing Equity Through the Arts & Humanities Act, Mayor Wu’s proposed FY23 budget for the City of Boston, and Create the Vote updates.

In this webinar, we reviewed the NEA and NEH budgets, FY22 earmarks to the MA creative sector, FY23 budget updates, and HIRENOW.

In this webinar, we reviewed the FY23 budget, $60M Mass Cultural Council Cultural Sector Recovery Grant program, and advocating for local ARPA appropriations.

In this webinar, we reviewed ARPA updates, Build Back Better, and MA reopening Phase 4 Step 1.

In this webinar, we reviewed FY21 budget updates and our advocacy accomplishments for the year.

In this webinar, we provided updates on the FY21 State Budget process as well as a quick recap on the 2020 General Election Results.

In this webinar, we reviewed the FY21 budget and emergency petition to extend the moratorium on evictions and foreclosures.

In this webinar, we reviewed the US House "Skinny" Stimulus, MA Dept of Public Health COVID-19 dashboard, and reopening guidance for theaters, concert halls and similar performance venues, libraries, museums, cultural and historical facilities.

In this webinar, we reviewed the Save Our Stages and RESTART bills, DESE reopening plans, and Create the Vote deadlines.

In this webinar, we reviewed the HEROES Act, HEALS Act, the state's extended legislative formal session, and the economic development bond bill conference committee.

In this webinar, we reviewed the fourth stimulus bill, RESTART Act, and Save Our Stages Act.

In this webinar, we reviewed Phase 3 reopening guidelines for theatre and outdoor venues.

In this webinar, we reviewed our 2020 Create the Vote goals, toolkit and ways to engage.

In this webinar, we took time to honor Juneteenth and Pride Month, and talked about the status of arts education funding and voting protections.

In this webinar, we discussed mapping our roles in a social change ecosystem, talked about proposed legislation to address COVID-19 voting options, the 2020 Census, and reviewed federal and state supports for the creative sector.

In this webinar, we had a community conversation about mapping our social change roles during times of crisis.