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21 S U M M E R Q 2 I S S U E A R O U N D T H E G U I L D Cathy Repola. Repola spoke briefly about what the Guild looked like 30 years ago when she was first hired, and shared how grateful she is to see the next generation coming together through the Young Workers Group to continue to build momentum. "I hope that you will find today's event very useful, fun, and informative," Repola said. "You're all the future of this union … and the future is, I think, really bright for us." More than 20 volunteers came out to help plan and support the event, and more than 50 members were in attendance, which was important because many of them had joined the union during the pandemic. "Beforehand, they only knew the union as just a website, but now they got to see the building and the faces behind the name," said Young Workers co-chair Shiran Caro- lyn Amir, ACE. D u r i n g I s a b e l Ya n e s ' " K n o w Yo u r Rights" presentation, she used whiteboards to ask the audience questions and engaged them in a "Jeopardy!"- style lightning ro u n d to s e e w h a t t h e y re m e m b e re d . After warming up the group with fun ice- breakers to start the day (and end it), field representative Alenis Leon was close by SEE PAGE 56 MPEG Ignite: "An interactive crash course on how our union operates."