Why Arts Education is Broken | Sacramento Pioneer in Gay & Lesbian Fiction | Preserving Mayan Languages

Summary: <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The way Sacramento pays for arts education is broken. Here’s what could help. Sacramento-based author and pioneer in gay and lesbian fiction. How to preserve Mayan languages and hieroglyphic script. </span></p> <p><strong>Arts education</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sacramento Education Reporter </span><a href="/about/bios/srishti-prabha/">Srishti Prabha</a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> shares </span><a href="/articles/2023/06/14/the-way-sacramento-pays-for-arts-education-is-broken-heres-what-could-help/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">their reporting</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on Proposition 28 which, passed in 2022, marked a historic investment for arts education in California public schools. That, along with an arts block grant, were to be the solution for three decades of funding strains in arts education. However, Srishti explains why Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget will decrease funding for the arts, as well as how the current limitations of arts education funding in K-12 schools prompt more challenges than solutions.</span></p> <hr> <p><strong>Sacramento-based LGBTQ pioneer in fiction</strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to the American Library Association– the largest and oldest library association in the world– in 2022 there were a record number of demands to censor library books and materials across the country. The vast majority involved topics about the LGBTQ+ community and people of color. In response, the Sacramento Public Library is hosting its latest in-depth speaker series </span><a href="https://www.saclibrary.org/EntersTheChat"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Enters the Chat”</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with Sacramento-based author </span><a href="https://www.annbannon.com/">Ann Bannon</a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a pioneer in gay and lesbian fiction, known for </span><a href="https://catalog.saclibrary.org/GroupedWork/f12aba2a-11f3-4a09-0d76-7fc8fbba45c7/Series"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Beebo Brinker Chronicles</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> which earned her the title "Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction." Bannon, as well as Sacramento Public Library Director and CEO </span><a href="https://www.saclibrary.org/About/News/2021/Peter-Coyl-Named-Library-Director-and-CEO">Peter Coyl</a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, join Insight ahead of Bannon’s speaker series on June 22 at 6 p.m. at the </span><a href="http://www.librarygalleria.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Library Galleria</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></strong></p> <hr> <p><strong>Preserving Mayan langugage</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Anthropologist and epigrapher </span><a href="https://michaelgrofe.academia.edu/">Dr. Michael J. Grofe</a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, President of Mayas for Ancient Mayan (MAM) and Chair of the Anthropology Department at Sacramento City College joins us to discuss the history of the indigenous Maya people and how he is working to support efforts around the world to preserve the learning, reading and writing of the Classic Maya hieroglyphic script. </span></p>