The Music Education Advocate Podcast

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!

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NAfME President Scott Sheehan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Episode Resources and Links

Advocate with your Congressional Members  

  MIOSM Resolution  

  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.  

Ep 4. It Takes A Community
Ep. 5- MIOSM is Music’s Time to Shine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ep 2. Building Relationships is Advocacy
Ep. 3- Bringing Change Through Policy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ep.1 – 2022 Federal Elections Update and Landscape
The Music Education Advocate Podcast Trailer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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