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94 SAG-AFTRA | Fall 2015 | SAGAFTRA.org On Location BREAKFAST IN BETHESDA B roadcast member representatives from around the Washington-Mid Atlantic Local met on March 28 and Sept. 19 for breakfast in Bethesda, Maryland, launching the newly formed WMA Local Broadcast Steering Committee. It was an invaluable opportunity for all classifications of broadcast members from various stations across the local to have an open discussion about common issues. The committee is focused on the President's Task Force theme of "Education, Outreach and Engagement" and is working on several related projects for rollout in 2016. In light of recent events, the committee has set forth an initiative to facilitate dialogue, awareness and training on safety issues that affect the local's broadcast community. In the coming months, the committee will also explore the issues of workload and the effects of technological changes on the job, as well as emphasizing broadcast leadership training and new member education and outreach. Members and staff at the BSC meeting in Bethesda, Maryland. PTEOE COMES TO ARIZONA T he President's Task Force on Education, Outreach and Engagement was created to energize and mobilize the union's membership, and PTEOE Task Force member Dan Navarro did not disappoint. On April 25 in the new studio of the Legends Events Center, members gathered to hear panelists from the Arizona Film and Media Coalition. Following that was an upbeat and frank discussion led by Navarro, who also serves as SAG-AFTRA's vice president, recording artists/singers. With the assistance of Arizona- Utah Local President Joe Corcoran and National Board member Margie Ghigo, members felt enthusiastic about moving forward with new workshops, social gatherings and new efforts to stimulate work in the market. From left, Arizona-Utah Local President Joe Corcoran, National Board member Margie Ghigo and National Vice President, Recording Artists/Singers Dan Navarro. Arizona-Utah Washington- Mid Atlantic RIK DESKIN LOCAL HOSTS VOICEOVER WORKSHOP On Sept. 17, the SAG-AFTRA Seattle Local hosted a workshop, How to Work from Your Home Voiceover Studio. Taught by Local Board member John Patrick Lowrie, students learned the correct audition protocol for submissions as well as some of the physics that take place when you record your voice. MEMBERS PERFORM AT LABORFEST T he San Francisco-Northern California Local presented a staged reading of To the Bone, a play about Latina immigrant poultry workers, written by SAG-AFTRA member Lisa Ramirez for LaborFest 2015. LaborFest, an annual event since 1994, was founded on the legacy of the 1934 San Francisco General Strike and its leader, Harry Bridges. To the Bone was directed by the nationally renowned Lisa Peterson and performed by Ramirez, alongside SAG-AFTRA actors Carl Lumbly, Wilma Bonet, Dena Martinez, Cristina Frias, Sofia Ahmad, Aaron Wilton, Louis Parnell and E. Ambriz DeColosio. A memorial birthday tribute to Bridges followed the reading, hosted by the local and the Bridges family. San Francisco- NorCal Seattle