The Recording Academy has announced a summer 2020 call-to-action initiative to help provide pandemic and tax relief for music creators and music businesses, and to promote social change through legislation.

The seven-week effort will culminate with the academy's seventh annual District Advocate event on Aug. 12. Beginning Friday (June 26), all 21,098 active members of the Recording Academy may register to join the effort.

This includes 11,416 voting, 3,087 professional (formerly known as associate) and 6,595 student members (known in the academy as GRAMMYU).

General goals are fighting for fair protections for music creators, a safe return for music performances and an equitable recovery across all communities.

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