Last night's forum was terrific!

As I said to everyone, while we had a true celebrity in Tiffany Jackson to speak (and sing!) to us, every one of you was a star last night. I thank all of you for your participation and opinions. Thanks to New Haven Academy, Youth Rights Media, and LEAP in particular for their young people. Please feel free to post a comment here, email me or call me with your comments about what happened last night. I'll post proceedings once I've received some of your feedback... but in the meantime, let me say that I was very impressed by my table. It fascinated me to see how quickly the topic question was dismissed; that is, no one questioned the value of making art -- the money wasn't important. But what was important to you was that schools should offer more art, that it shouldn't just be an elective or a once-a-week offering. You also said that the community in general should offer more opportunities for people, especially youth, to participate in the arts. The Greater New Haven area, you all declared, was definitely a better place with art. Please tell me more.