Signer 2570  Branford Marsalis commented:

“We are the only developed country without one.”

Kindly invite your GLOBAL CIRCLE of family, friends and acquaintances to join you and sign too

The petition page: http://www.petitiononline.com/esnyc/petition.html

Let’s all keep on working together until Branford’s statement becomes untrue.

And, let’s seriously consider what signer 26981.  Steve Seidel  [ Director of the Arts in Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education ] wrote:

“I’m with Quincy on this one. He’s right. It’s long overdue. We can’t shy away from the fact that the arts and culture are political and arenas around which Americans have very diverse ideas. We need to have those conversations, not run from them. Creating a Secretary of the Arts could be a major step forward in this regard.”