Free Arts is a Los Angeles nonprofit that is dedicated to bringing art to youth ages 5-18. The kids that participate in the program have experienced
abuse, poverty, neglect, and/or homelessness. You can help this organization in its mission to use art as a uniting force when you...

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-Discover the details of signing up to volunteer at

https://www.freearts.org/volunteer

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📸: McTavish Academy of Art

Source: Free Arts

DEFEND is a nonprofit working to eliminate risks for kids and vulnerable people online. The organization is calling all artists to take part in a monthly contest by submitting pieces to the DEFEND Art Gallery. The aim of the contest (ongoing until December) is to raise awareness for the nonprofit's mission and to help protect kids.

You can find out more about the contest when you...

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-Discover the details of entering the contest at

https://helpusdefend.com/?page_id=1700

Any type of art is acceptable. This includes music, photos, videos, sculptures, dance, etc.

*Note:  While we strive to provide zero-cost opportunities here on ThatHelps, on occasion one may have a nominal fee associated with it.  This particular event does have a registration fee.

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Source: Defend

Racism is still a very real issue. 65% of Americans believe expressing racist views has become more common in recent years. 45% believe that these views are even more accepted by the masses now than in previous years.

Last month, a bill was introduced to Congress that would create grant programs through the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). If passed, this funding would provide support to arts and humanities projects that work to end systemic racism in America through the arts and humanities.

You can fight for H.R. 7627 to be passed when you...

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-Contact your state's Legislators at these links

https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

AND

https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

You can contact lawmakers via email, and you can even use statistics from this post to help your message hit home.

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Source: United States Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, congress.gov, Pew Research Center