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For Members The Summer of Labor and Hip-Hop S ince announcing their partnership in February 2022, SAG-AFTRA and the Hip-Hop Alliance made two special public appearances during the summer. The Alliance's mission is to promote and secure the strongest protections for its members and to extend union resources to all creators in hip-hop and R&B. SAG-AFTRA Vice President, Recording Artists/Singers and HHA Board of Trustees member Janice Pendarvis, alongside HHA founders Kurtis Blow, Chuck D and Doctor Bob Lee, and several other HHA members, attended the 113th NAACP National Convention on July 20. The union sponsored the convention's 53rd annual labor luncheon, Two Movements: One Goal, where Pendarvis gave opening remarks and both parties formally signed a memorandum of understanding. Chuck D was also a guest speaker at the labor workshop, This Is Power: Workers Organizing for Solidarity and a Voice in the Workplace, where he discussed HHA's ongoing organizing work in the hip-hop community. The two organizations were also present at the 2022 New York Labor Day Parade & March on Sept. 10. The marchers, made up of SAG-AFTRA GOING BIG ON A SMALL BUDGET: SAG-AFTRA has contracts for productions at every budget level. This 20-minute program covers everything you need to know for micro-budget and short projects. Hip-Hop Alliance co-founder and rap legend Chuck D performs at the NAACP's 113th national convention on July 20 with Melle Mel, left. member leaders, New York Local members and HHA members, were greeted by state and government officials (see page 94).