Connecting Collegiates as We Unite Through Music!

Tying in with the theme of this year’s Music In Our Schools Month® (United Through Music) the Collegiate Officers hosted their second chat on March 19, 2025 at 7 PM.

The chat was hosted by your State Collegiate Officers with special guests: Ms. Catherine Butler, NCMEA President; Ms. Lindsay Williams and Ms. Tonya Allison, Co-Chairs, NCMEA MIOSM; Mr. Nate McGaha, Executive Director, Arts North Carolina and Co-Chair of the Creative States Coalition; Mr. Jeremy Tucker, Advocacy Co-Chair, NCMEA; Director of Arts Education, Wake County Public Schools; Mr. James Daugherty, Advocacy Co-Chair, NCMEA; Past-President NCMEA and Southern Division NAfME; Ms. Jazzmone Sutton, Senior Manager for State Advocacy and Equity at the National Association for Music Education (NAfME); Past-President, NCMEA; and Dr. Susan Heiserman, Executive Director, NCMEA.

Recorded Virtual Chat: Focus on Advocacy: Connecting Collegiates As We Unite Through Music!

Links shared during the chat:

• MIOSM Telling Our Stories (submit throughout March)
• NAfME MIOSM Resources
• ARTS NC: Arts Day
• ARTS North Carolina slides
• NCMEA 2025 Legislative Agenda
• NAfME Collegiate Summit/Hill Day
• NAfME Advocacy Resource Center
• Survey to inform State Officers how they can support you!

This survey is remaining open so collegiates can share their needs at any time throughout the year.