Since the Trump Administration's hostile takeover of the Kennedy Center in February 2025, dozens of Kennedy Center workers – highly skilled, professional arts administrators, programmers, marketers, fundraisers, and producers – have been terminated without cause. Anyone who refused to sign an NDA was denied severance pay.

In light of the latest firings (January - April 2026) and threatened 2-year closure of the Center, the Kennedy Center United Arts Workers has relaunched its public fundraising campaign to provide financial relief for terminated KCUAW members via direct aid grants.

Your donation will directly help terminated Kennedy Center workers to cover basic needs (food, rent, healthcare, transportation, etc.) and ease the financial burden many are facing as they transition to new opportunities. Thank you for your support.

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