with:
Vickie Claiborne – Training Manager Americas at disguise and Regional Director for WeMakeEvents
Andrew Gumper – Owner and President AG Production Services and National Director for WeMakeEvents
On this episode, we discuss what we can do to show support and solidarity for our brothers and sisters out of work. Nationwide, we can light it up red on Sept. 1st from 9pm-midnight. We can take a photo and share it far and wide on social media with the hashtags #wemakeevents and #redalertrestart. We can send emails to our local representatives. We can reach out to our fellow artists, production professionals and friends and make sure that they are doing well.
Please visit: www.wemakeevents.org
and https://actionnetwork.org/letters/send-a-letter-to-congress-to-save-live-events-workers-and-the-industry
- Live events directly employ over 12 million people.
- Live events contribute over $1 trillion annually to the US economy.
- 95% of live events have been cancelled due to COVID-19.
- 96% of companies have cut staff and/or wages.
- 77% of people in the live events industry have lost 100% of their income, including 97% of 1099 workers.