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.kt-blocks-accordion-header.kt-accordion-panel-active{border-top-color:#BE530B;border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:#BE530B;border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:#BE530B;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:#BE530B;border-left-style:solid;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-accordion alignnone\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-wrap kt-accordion-id56_476b85-83 kt-accordion-has-5-panes kt-active-pane-0 kt-accordion-block kt-pane-header-alignment-left kt-accodion-icon-style-basic kt-accodion-icon-side-right\" style=\"max-width:none\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-inner-wrap\" data-allow-multiple-open=\"false\" data-start-open=\"none\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-1 kt-pane56_2f3455-fb faqButton\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">Caucus Purpose Statement<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>\u201cThe purpose of the Joint Caucus on Arts and Arts Education will be to educate Members of the House and Senate on the economic, education, and civic impact of the arts industry in North Carolina. The Caucus will meet as called by the Chairs for the purpose of disseminating research and information and to help grow awareness of North Carolina as The Creative State.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-2 kt-pane56_efac42-70 faqButton\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">Caucus Leadership<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p><strong>NC House of Representatives<\/strong><br><br>Co-Chair: Rep. Becky Carney (D)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Becky.Carney@ncleg.gov\">Becky.Carney@ncleg.gov<\/a><br>Co-Chair: Rep. Kyle Hall (R)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Kyle.Hall@ncleg.gov\">Kyle.Hall@ncleg.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NC Senate<\/strong><br><br>Co-Chair: Sen. Vickie Sawyer (R)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Vickie.Sawyer@ncleg.gov\">Vickie.Sawyer@ncleg.gov<\/a><br>Co-Chair: Sen. Jay Chaudhuri (D)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Jay.Chaudhuri@ncleg.gov\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncleg.gov\/Members\/ContactMember\/S\/395\">Jay.Chaudhuri@ncleg.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-3 kt-pane56_d8fc55-f3 faqButton\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">House Membership<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>Co-Chair: Rep. Becky Carney (D)<br>Co-Chair: Rep. Kyle Hall (R)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Cynthia Ball (D)<br>Rep. Gloristine Brown (D)<br>Rep. Bryan Cohn (D)<br>Rep. Ted Davis, Jr. (R)<br>Rep. Aisha O. Dew (D)<br>Rep. Julia Greenfield (D)<br>Rep. Pricey Harrison (D)<br>Rep. Zack Hawkins (D)<br>Rep. Beth Helfrich (D)<br>Rep. Frances Jackson, PhD (D)<br>Rep. Carolyn G. Logan (D)<br>Rep. Jordan Lopez (D)<br>Rep. Erin Par\u00e9 (R)<br>Rep. Timothy Reeder, MD (R)<br>Rep. Mitchell S. Setzer (R)<br>Rep. Phil Shepard (R)<br>Rep. John A. Torbett (R)<br>Rep. Julie von Haefen (D)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-4 kt-pane56_b35591-cd faqButton\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">Senate Membership<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>Co-Chair: Sen. Vickie Sawyer (R)<br>Co-Chair: Sen. Jay Chaudhuri (D)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. W. Ted Alexander (R)<br>Senator Bob Brinson (R)<br>Sen. Jim Burgin (R)<br>Sen. Sophia Chitlik (D)<br>Sen. Kevin Corbin (R)<br>Sen. Amy S. Galey (R)<br>Sen. Ralph Hise (R)<br>Sen. Brent Jackson (R)<br>Sen. Steve Jarvis (R)<br>Sen. Michael V. Lee (R)<br>Sen. Paul A. Lowe, Jr. (D)<br>Sen. Julie Mayfield (D)<br>Sen. Graig Meyer (D)<br>Sen. Bill Rabon (R)<br>Sen. Kandie D. Smith (D)<br>Sen. Joyce Waddell (D)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-5 kt-pane56_83c6e0-b5 faqButton\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">Caucus Talking Points<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fully Bipartisan Caucus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Will convene once or twice annually<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Will educate NCGA Members about the impact of Arts and Arts Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Purpose is to inform &#8211; Not vote together<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Presentations about impact as well as Arts Experiences and Performances<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Members just need to contact a Chair to JOIN UP for the ARTS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"link-more-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artsnc.org\/amobile\/advocacy-toolkit\/caucus\/\" class=\"link-more\" aria-label=\"Continue reading Joint Caucus for the Arts\">Continue reading&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":54,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-56","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry","entry-type-page"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsnc.org\/amobile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsnc.org\/amobile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsnc.org\/amobile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsnc.org\/amobile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsnc.org\/amobile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/artsnc.org\/amobile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":512,"href":"https:\/\/artsnc.org\/amobile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions\/512"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsnc.org\/amobile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsnc.org\/amobile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}