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26 SAG-AFTRA | Summer 2019 | sagaftra.org Scene Around PEOPLE EN ESPAÑOL'S LATIN WAVE A quip from actor and SAG-AFTRA member Roselyn Sánchez, center, brings her fellow panel members to laughs. On May 23, SAG-AFTRA sponsored a panel as part of People En Español's Los 50 Más Bellos Celebration. The theme of the panel, "La Ola Latina," or "the Latin Wave," was a nod to the Latin community's growing influence in American entertainment. It featured several prominent Latina industry women in film and television, including SAG-AFTRA members. Panelists discussed visibility, diversity and the need for inclusion both on and off-screen. NATIVE AMERICANS GET DOWN TO BUSINESS The SAG-AFTRA National Native Americans Committee, in partnership with the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, presented an interactive panel discussion and workshop on the acting industry on March 18 in New York. Titled The Business of Acting: The Inside Scoop on Casting, the panel, which focused on issues important to Native American actors, included, from left, CSA casting director Rene Haynes, members Tanis Parenteau and Wes Studi, casting associate Kathryn Zamora-Benson and SAG-AFTRA National Native American Committee Chair DeLanna Studi. WAI NG INCLUSION, AWARENESS, VISIBILITY Member Sundra Jean Williams shows her union colors at New York City's 5th Annual Disability Pride Parade on July 14. SAG-AFTRA members walked down Broadway, from Madison Square to Union Square, alongside members of Actors' Equity Association. New Yorkers cheered on, as members walked in support of the parade's values: inclusion, awareness and visibility. CRAZY RICH ASIANS TAKE THE STAGE SAG-AFTRA's National Asian Pacific American Media Committee presented a panel discussion at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival on May 5 with the director and cast members of Crazy Rich Asians, the first studio-made feature film with a mostly Asian and Asian American cast. The panel included, from left, co-moderator Phil Yu, writer Adele Lim, actor Nico Santos, actor Chris Pang, director Jon M. Chu and co-moderator Jeff Yang. Also at the festival, the committee co-sponsored a reunion screening and discussion for the 25th anniversary of All-American Girl. AMY SUSSMAN/GETTY IMAGES