Artists Lobby Biden, Congress For Support During COVID-19

2020 Billboard Music Awards
Associated Press
2020 Billboard Music Awards
Associated Press

Artists Lobby Biden, Congress For Support During COVID-19

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On Inauguration Day, working artists kicked off the Be An #ArtsHero campaign, a 100-day push for legislation that will help arts workers survive a pandemic that has brought their industries to a standstill.

Reset checks in with one of the campaign’s organizers and hears from a reporter covering how the pandemic has hit one prominent arts organization in Chicago.

GUESTS: Steve Strahler, reporter at Crain’s Chicago Business

Matthew-Lee Erlbach, Be An #ArtsHero campaign organizer