Welcome to the NAfME Music Education Advocate Podcast! Join host Jazzmone Sutton, NAfME State Advocacy Engagement Manager, and other music education advocates to hear their stories and reflections on how to make advocacy actionable for the music education advocate. Listen to the most recent episode of the Music Education Advocate podcast below. Episodes will be released biweekly.
A Conversation with NAfME President Scott R. Sheehan
Join host Jazzmone Sutton, NAfME State Advocacy Engagement Manager, and NAfME President Scott R. Sheehan as they discuss how educators and advocates participate in the daily work of NAfME and music education. President Sheehan is the director of bands and music department chair at the Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.
“Music is for everybody and NAfME is for everybody. It is a space for all of use to come together.”—NAfME President Scott R. Sheehan
Join President Sheehan to celebrate the efforts of music educators and advocates on behalf of music education in honor of the Music In Our Schools Month® 38th anniversary. Register for the March 28 virtual celebration. Submit your MIOSM® story by March 24, and it could be featured nationally!

Episode Resources and Links
Advocate with your Congressional Members
Guarantee Access to Arts and Music Education (GAAME) Act
Share Your Voice in the “What Music Means to Me” Campaign
March 28th MIOSM Celebration Registration
Listen to more of the Music Education Advocate podcast below.
Meet the Host
Jazzmone Sutton is the State Advocacy Engagement Manager for the National Association for Music Education (NAfME.) Sutton joined the NAfME team in July 2021. Before joining NAfME as a staffer, Sutton was a passionate elementary music educator and advocate based in North Carolina