Beatport today announced that its 34-hour live stream “ReConnect,” held in partnership with Twitch, raised more than $180,000 for the WHO’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, and the Association for Electronic Music members’ COVID-19 Hardship Fund.
Set up specifically to administer donations from this event to help struggling AFEM member companies retain lower earning workers who would otherwise be let go, and to direct funds to individuals within the membership in most need of urgent financial help.
Donations are still being accepted here: https://tiltify.com/@beatport/reconnect The dance-music community has been hit exceptionally hard by the coronavirus pandemic, with nightclubs all across the country shuttered.
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