Take Action to Support the Creative Community during COVID-19!
According to the Mass Cultural Council’s survey of artists and non-profits:
In just under a week, the Commonwealth’s nonprofit cultural organizations reported a loss of more than $55.7M in revenue. This is not a projection; this is actual lost income reported to date.
In that same week, individual artists and independent teaching artists-humanists-scientists reported a total of more than $2.89M in lost personal income, according to the real data of the survey.
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In light of that data, MassCreative created a set of COVID-19 State and Federal Policy Recommendations for the creative sector that included the following:
- Any economic recovery or stimulus bills must include recovery funds for arts, cultural and humanities organizations. Relief and economic recovery programs developed by the state should include artists, independent creative workers, and small businesses.
- Cost-sharing between the state and self-insured nonprofit employers where those employers are paying for individuals unemployed as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as recommended by the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network.
- Lobbying the federal government for a Major Disaster declaration in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in order to use the Stafford Act which allows for Disaster Unemployment Assistance for individuals who are contract workers and not eligible for unemployment insurance.
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Remember, also, to stay tuned to our COVID-19 Resource List for Creatives, which is regularly updated.
Take care and be well!
The MALC Steering Committee