#WeMakeEvents #RedAlertRESTART represent a North American call to action on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020 from 9pm-midnight. The goal is to raise awareness for a group gravely impacted by covid-19. The entire live events industry was the first to shutdown due to covid and will be the last to return. We are imploring the US Congress to pass the RESTART Act (S.3814), and offer economic relief to those shuttered since early March.
WeMakeEvents North America director Brad Nelms felt that it was necessary to send an urgent message.
“The entire live events industry is on the brink of collapse. Without financial relief, many businesses stand to permanently close, and families risk bankruptcy and homelessness,” Nelms said in a statement. “We want to take this opportunity to show the world the scale of what it takes to make live entertainment events happen and demonstrate how much this crisis has affected our community. This is a human issue, not a political issue, and it requires immediate action. While we realize there are a lot of issues going on right now, and other organizations will be staging events on other dates, we feel very strongly we must act now to save our industry.”
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