09/02/2020
Tonight, Felix Lighting is working around the Greater Los Angeles area and San Francisco Bay Area to light up our landmarks and venues red to highlight the danger of collapse that the entire entertainment sector is in.
In March of this year, the live events industry was completely shut down in the fight against COVID-19. Since that time, thousands of events have been cancelled, and 77% of people in the industry have lost 100% of their income.
The 12 million people who work in the live events industry need support from Federal and State governments as soon as possible, or we risk doing permanent damage to an industry that has an economic impact of over $1 Trillion annually on the US Economy.
We must act now and urge our representatives to include policies that extend a lifeline to the live events industry and its workers, including:
* Extend the now-expired $600 weekly federal supplement to state unemployment benefits.
* Pass the RESTART Act and other direct economic support for organizations in the arts, entertainment, and media industries with appropriate workforce restoration requirements to get people back to work when it is safe to do so.
You can help by contacting our congressional bodies using the link below to let them know you support legislation that can throw a lifeline to Felix Lighting and other companies alike to keep the lights on until we can gather once again and kick off the roarin’ twenties we had on the calendar.
Touch this link to contact your senators and representatives!
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/send-a-letter-to-congress-to-save-live-events-workers-and-the-industry.