Before voting, please consider the impact Arts and Culture have on our community. According to the Massachusetts Cultural Council's website:
Annually, MA cultural non-profits provide 37,000 jobs, collect and pay $6.6 million in state sales taxes, and have a total economic impact of over $4.2 billion.
Nearly 95% of MA voters see the arts as a basic part of a child's education, as basic as English and Math.
Students highly engaged in the arts do better in school and are more involved in their communities.
Workers trained in the arts and culture drive MA's leading industries, including software development, telecommunications, and new media industries.
Among the most disadvantaged neighborhoods, those with high levels of cultural participation are more likely to have low rates of juvenile delinquency and truancy.
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