Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas campaign for arts funding
Ginnifer Goodwin and her Once Upon A Time co-star Josh Dallas jetted to Washington, D.C. on Thursday (26Apr12) to fight for arts funding.
Actor Omar Epps joined the couple as they visited Capitol Hill to urge lawmakers to increase spending for the arts in schools across the country.
Goodwin took to Twitter.com to share photos of her trip, while
encouraging fans to help keep educational arts programmes alive by
contacting their local representatives.
Her boyfriend Dallas also tweeted, "Day 1 on Capitol Hill... asking
for Congress and Senate to support arts spending... The Arts are a
KEY DRIVER of our economy. Not-for-profit arts generate more than
$166 billion in economic activity each year. That means 5.7 million
full-time jobs!"
Goodwin added, "In The Capitol... fighting for the arts. Staggering
stats forthcoming. Somehow both inspiring + disheartening... FYI
(for your information) kids excel in math (sic) & science, are
higher career earners, + are more active in society when there is
art."