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SAGAFTRA.org | Summer 2015 | SAG-AFTRA 35 LOCAL SPRING MEMBERSHIP MEETING T he SAG-AFTRA New York Local Seniors Committee hosted a Turn Your Career Possibilities Into Work and Success panel at the SAG-AFTRA New York office on May 15. More than 100 SAG-AFTRA members learned how to find career success firsthand from entertainment industry professionals who work alongside senior performers every day. Industry panelists included casting director Gabrielle Berberich, SAG-AFTRA member and writer Jill Dalton, casting director Kim Moarefi, along with agents Cicero Oca, Ann Wright and Susan Wright. The session was moderated by Becky Curran, coordinator, SAG-AFTRA EEO & Diversity Department. Save the Date! Join the SAG-AFTRA New York Local at the Annual New York City Central Labor Council 2015 Labor Day Parade Saturday, Sept. 12 (the weekend after Labor Day). Assemble between 9-9:30 a.m. on East 44th Street between Madison and 5th Avenues (look for the SAG-AFTRA banner). Free SAG-AFTRA T-shirts will be available first-come, first-served while supplies last. Members must sign in at the meeting location to receive a T-shirt. Please bring your SAG-AFTRA ID card (paid through Oct. 31, 2015). N ational Director/Senior Counsel, Professional Representatives Zino Macaluso represented SAG-AFTRA at The New York City Bar Center for Continuing Legal Education Programs' Attorneys, Agents and Managers in the Entertainment Industry: Roles and Relationships, held at the City Bar Association's office on West 44th Street in Manhattan. Macaluso spoke on two panels during the program aimed at attorneys: The Role of the Unions and Guilds: Franchised Agents and Talent Agency Licensing and Litigation: New York and California. Pelosi Wolf Effron & Spates LLP partner Jaime Wolf, left, and SAG-AFTRA National Director/Senior Counsel, Professional Representatives Zino Macaluso SENIORS COMMITTEE HOSTS CAREER PANEL Agents, casting directors and staff served on the seniors panel. PROFESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES SPEAK AT BAR CENTER New York S AG-AFTRA members gathered at the DGA Theater on May 12 for the 2015 New York Local Spring Membership Meeting. The meeting provided members with updates on a number of new and ongoing initiatives at SAG-AFTRA. Reports were given on the union's outreach and engagement efforts; the Commercials Organizing & Recapture Initiative (above); and the Fair Play Fair Pay Act. Save the date for the 2015 Fall Membership Meeting: Oct. 26 at the DGA Theater. #sagaftramember #WeAreNYC #LDP2015