Good news for everyone looking for a positive way to “celebrate” the swearing in of Trump on January 20th. A Celebrity filled telethon is happening on Facebook Live to raise money for causes such as Civil Rights, Women’s Reproductive Health and Climate Change.
When the idea of a counter-Inaugural was first floated, my concern was how difficult it’d be to get a venue up and running on such short notice and how few media outlets would be willing/able to carry it. Facebook Live is the perfect opportunity for Americans to get together and share an event that fundraises for good causes. I know some people have an attitude about Facebook… but it’s a social media platform where it’s easy to share stuff and widely available.
I plan on tuning in and donating. Can’t wait to see who shows up as entertainment. Please consider checking out the programming and donating something. You can choose which of the three organizations to donate to: the ACLUD, Planned Parenthood or Earthjustice. It’d be a shame if this effort didn’t meet it’s fundraising goals of $500,000. In this day and age, being able to raise money is one way of getting your voice heard.
Some of the celebrities named so far are Jane Fonda, Jamie Lee Curtis, Judd Apatow, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Guest, Tim Robbins and singer Jeff Tweedy of Wilco.
A group of entrepreneurs have banded together to create Love-a-thon, a Jerry Lewis-style telethon for the digital age.
Love-a-thon will be a three-hour Facebook Live broadcast, beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET on inauguration day, January 20. The move is a part of an effort to raise money for three organizations -- the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Planned Parenthood and Earthjustice.
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The idea for a modern telethon came to 23-year-old Alex Godin after election day. "I woke up like a lot of Americans feeling pretty crappy on November 10," he told CNNMoney. "I looked for an opportunity to do something."
Godin, an entrepreneur who sold his company Dispatch to Meetup.com in 2013, assembled a crew to organize the event. The team included Sam Koppelman, a digital content strategist at Hillary for America; Dan Shipper, founder of Firefly which sold to Pegasystems; and Kara Silverman, a tech PR consultant.
The event will be hosted in New York City and feature entertainment ranging from comedic skits to musical acts from across the country. Celebrity emcees are expected, too.
"Lots of people use Facebook and Facebook Live to raise money, but [the concept of] taking a telethon and applying it to Facebook Live is new," said Silverman.
The Love-a-thon aims to raise a minimum of $500,000 and will use crowdfunding platform Crowdrise to gather donations. Donors can choose which of the three organization they'd like their money to go toward.
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