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may begin to see things in a different light, which is the fi rst step toward the change we need. http://www.local695.com/html/ diversity.html Over one hundred sixty people registered to attend "Diversity in Local 695: A Conversation," which took place the morning of Saturday, August 1. Most were 695 members, but there were many from outside, thanks to our publicity effort. This topic is high on the agenda of many organizations in our entertainment industry and most everywhere; I'm proud that we are taking the lead. This groundbreaking event would not have been possible without the strong support of our Board of Directors, particularly President Mark Ulano and Business Agent Scott Bernard. Much gratitude to all who gave their time to do the work on ED&O for many weeks, to our guests who dropped in to share their experiences, their wisdom, and sometimes outrage. Laurence Abrams did a stellar job of making this a seamless Zoom experience; Vice President Jillian Arnold and Representative Heidi Nakamura expertly handled the Q&A. Much appreciation for our astute and talented moderator, Dr. Anna Everett, and especially to our panelists, consummate professionals all, who brought their wealth of experience to the proceedings. Thank you, Willie Burton, Susan Moore-Chong, Chauncy Godwin, Veronica Kahn, Anthony Ortiz, Doug Shamburger, and Yohannes Skoda for being such a stellar panel. I'm well into my fourth decade as a Production Sound Mixer, lucky enough to work on some great projects with amazing and talented and brilliant people all over the world. I've spent more than a few years serving on the Board of Directors of this Local. This part of the journey has been perhaps the most exhilarating and rewarding ever. Like on a good show, there is the joy of working with a great team, new people, learning new ideas and techniques, meeting challenges, and that diffi cult-to-describe, very rare sensation of working on something much bigger and more important than oneself; feeling that it might make a difference. Open, supporting, dedicated, courteous, and respectful, together we created a safe space where we could go places I'd never been, where mistakes could be made without fear, and where progress was achieved. Where a more-than-middle-aged well-intentioned white man could blunder his way into becoming an ally and with some gentle but fi rm guidance, stay on the right path. We are living through a time like no other. Existential crises beset us from every direction. Predating all, sadly, is the matter of race in America. For four hundred years, race has always been the defi ning issue. From the days of colonialism to a bloody Civil War and through decades of Civil Rights Movements which have led to this very day, we have never achieved the American promise of equality for all. In spite of this, I am proud that, however belatedly, Local 695 is taking steps to address the systemic racism that has characterized our industry for more than a century. The JB-1 features a display and menu system, which allows for ease of use and display of timecode and settings. It reads, generates and jam syncs to all standard frame rates including 23.976 for High Definition shoots. The JB-1 features an automatic jam sync capability, which senses the incoming timecode rate. Cross jamming of different rates can be accomplished as well. Zoom Town Hall: Lifting Up Your Sisters & Brothers in Local 695