Illinois Events Coalition Updates
Hello friends and Happy Monday to you! We wanted to catch you up an on a few things!!
Campaign
The Illinois Events Coalition and the Live Events Coalition are supporting a new cool campaign to help raise awareness in hopes that the government will take notice and provide the support the events industry so desperately needs. The RESTART Act is a bill that is currently moving through congress, but has stalled. They are organizing a widespread PR event by lighting up as many buildings in RED as possible and posting pictures and videos to social media and news outlets in hopes that this will help push the bill through. They have also partnered with ExtendPUA.org and are requesting a continuation and expansion of the PUA, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, and FPUC, Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, which supplement earnings per week for those on unemployment and open up unemployment to 1099 workers. A similar event was held in the UK on Tuesday 8/11/2020 which was hugely successful and included 715 buildings/structures glowing in red. Below is a link to an aerial video showing downtown London that night as well as a really well done example:
Instagram Video
Facebook Video
We are asking all willing participants to light their building(s) exteriors in RED or rock the red outside your building on Tuesday September 1, 2020 from 9p-12a in your local time zone and to post pictures or video using the hashtags #WeMakeEvents, #RedAlertRESTART, and #ExtendPUA.
You can help in three ways:
1. If you have a commercial or residential building that can be lit in RED!
2. If you have equipment and or services that you’re willing to offer for those that need it to facilitate.
3. Spread the word by forwarding this to anyone that you know who can help.
#RedAlertRestart #WeMakeEvents #extendPUA
Letter to Elected Officials
The Live Events Coalition has shared and updated letter writing campaign to congress calling for action on negotiating and passing a relief bill. Please check that out here and participate by signing!
Guidelines
Here is a link to the guidelines for both Chicago and Illinois. It is important to please keep following these guidelines and keep events safe!!!!
Chicago hosted some very informative webinars and you can listen to the replays here about the guidelines which also had Q&A.
Survey
Thank you for taking the survey. It has been very helpful in speaking with officials to explain the devastating impact COVID-19 has a had on our industry. If you have not already taken it you can still take the survey here.
Thank you! Please reach out to us with any questions: info@ileventscoalition.com
Stay safe friends and take care,
Ali Phillips, Michelle Durpetti and Collin Pierson