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Our October update: #READYWHEN launch, shutdown resilience, and the 1% preparedness challenge

Majestic heads to Washington next week, continuing momentum from July’s NACo Annual Conference. While shutdown disruptions have made federal meetings dynamic, our commitment to leadership, coordination, and proactive planning remains strong.

If you’re in the DC Metropolitan area, we’d love to treat you to lunch or coffee to hear about your experiences, feedback and thoughts. Contact us to schedule a time October 6 & 8, with some limited availability on the 7th.

The research is clear: Every dollar invested in preparedness saves $13 in response and recovery costs. This is why we can’t be content to idle. Instead, we should deepen our commitment to the health of our organizations and our communities by devoting time, talent and treasure to prepare for disruptions and disasters.

That’s why Majestic challenges every arts organization, museum, and festival—no matter the size—to earmark at least 1% of their annual budget for preparedness. Imagine the impact: dedicated funds for readiness planning, staff training, and vital upgrades that move our sector from reactive to resilient. We think that upgrading policy (currently set to #SeatBeltOptional) and the right incentives from funders can inspire this elusive change. 

Earlier this year, the National Endowments for the Arts (NEA) began prioritizing projects that assist with disaster recovery to be considered for funding. Good folks will disagree about the way that funding moved through arts & cultural agencies (our count is $2 bIllion in public dollars). We are looking for places where those funds went to PLAN, PREPARE, or PREVENT the next disruption. Please let us know of case studies we might explore. All this should lead to a better plan for the future. It starts with some solutions hiding in plain sight. Read on to see what we think will help!

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