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A U G U S T 2 0 2 2 I 1 7 DGA LGBTQ+ Committee Hosts DGA Pride! See more detailed descriptions, additional photos and video, where available, online at www.dga.org. DGA Events Roundup On June 13, the DGA PAC Leadership Council held a meeting with Senator Cory Booker at the Guild's offices in New York. The meeting was an opportunity for Directors and members of the directorial team to meet the Senator and discuss production, creative and economic rights, and the DGA pension and health care plans. The junior Senator from New Jersey, Booker has served in United States Senate since October 2013, when he won a special election to represent his home state. In 2014 and 2020, he was re-elected to full six-year terms. Booker currently serves on the powerful Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. Prior to being elected to the Senate, Booker served as the mayor of Newark, NJ from 2006 until 2013. This was Senator Booker's first meeting with the Guild and the 116th such meeting hosted by the DGA PAC. DGA PAC Leadership Council hosts Meeting with Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) photo by Marcie Revens Photos: 1. (L-R) 1AD Mark Hansson, Director Alan Poul, DGA President Lesli Linka Glatter, Directors John Krokidas, Kimberly Peirce, Todd Holland, Anne Renton and Rhys Ernst and DGA National Executive Director Russell Hollander. 2. President Glatter welcomes the attendees to DGA Pride! 3-4. Peirce and Krokidas speak about the work of the Committee and the films being screened that evening. 5-6. DGA members enjoy the LGBTQ+ Committee's inaugural Pride Month celebration. On June 10, the DGA LGBTQ+ Committee commemorated its first year of creating visibility, building community and empowering the voices of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer members of the Guild when it hosted DGA Pride! The inaugural LGBTQ+ Pride Month celebration featured a double- bill screening of Andrew Ahn's 2022 film, Fire Island and Kimberly Peirce's 1999 film, Boys Don't Cry. Following a pre-event reception in the Guild's Los Angeles headquarters atrium, the attendees gathered in the theater for a welcome from DGA President Lesli Linka Glatter. "Today we celebrate Pride Month and we acknowledge the courage, perseverance and accomplishments of our many LGBTQ+ DGA members who continue to bring forth thoughtful, empathetic, important, distinct and visionary voices from the Director's chair as well as on the Directors team," said Glatter. "I know this is just the beginning and there is still so much to do, but I guarantee you that your Guild is an ally. We broke ground last year through the formation of this important committee and I look forward to setting up those meetings so we may march together in our collective goal toward more equitable, inclusive hiring practices for years to come." Glatter then turned the podium over to LGBTQ+ Committee interim Co-Chairs John Krokidas and Kimberly Peirce — who alongside interim Co-Chair Jeremy Podeswa and others — have been instrumental in moving the Committee forward. "The LGBTQ+ Committee is devoted to strengthening the position of our community within the Guild, to developing the skills of its members, and to forging partnerships between the community and the entertainment industry, with a focus on supporting diversity and inclusion and fostering opportunities for those who are underrepresented," said Pierce. "It also aims to ensure that workplaces are safe from discrimination, harassment and abuse." After Krokidas gave a brief description of the films that were being screened that evening and the work of their Directors, Peirce reminded the audience that DGA members can now self-identify as LGBTQ+, Transgender or Non-Binary via the DGA website and that the Committee will be announcing leadership elections later this year. 2 1 3 4 6 photos by Elisa Haber Photo: DGA Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Joyce Thomas, Director Alan Taylor, DGA Board Member Kathleen McGill, DGA Board Alternates Laura Belsey and Matthew Penn, Stage Manager Terry Benson, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), Director Don Roy King, DGA Eastern Executive Director Neil Dudich and DGA Board Second Alternate Thomas J. Whelan. As a Federal Political Action Committee, the DGA PAC is funded solely by the voluntary contributions from DGA members and DGA staff. Each DGA member who contributes to the DGA PAC or the PAC Leadership Council is critical to furthering our legislative efforts. For more information, log on as a member and visit www.dga.org/Initiatives/PAC.aspx 5