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Spring 2024 – LOCAL695.COM 9 This year's prolonged work stoppages have been devastating to the entertainment community across the nation. In Hollywood, our community has been supported by the profound efforts of the Motion Picture Television Fund (MPTF) and the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund). Both of these charities have long histories of offering safety-net services and aid for entertainment workers and their families. Both of these organizations aided the entertainment unions, including FINANCIAL RELIEF FOR ENTERTAINMENT WORKERS Local 695, in administering their relief funds throughout the 2023 WGA & SAG-AFTRA strikes against the AMPTP. Though the strikes have ended, the financial impact will continue to be felt for some time and both MPTF and the Entertainment Community Fund still have resources available to help. If you work in entertainment and you or your family are in need, please visit their websites online at www .mptf.com and www.entertainmentcommunity.org (L-R) Local 695 Asst. Bus. Agent Joe Aredas, member Veronica Kahn, trainee graduate Leslie Metts, trainee Naola Grieves, Business Rep Scott Bernard, and Asst. Bus. Agent Heidi Nakamura Lean In & Lean On Holiday Toy Drive After a difficult year, many families within our union community were struggling. That is why the IATSE, Teamsters, Basic Crafts, and IBEW 40 joined forces to host the Lean In & Lean On Solidarity Holiday events in order to provide for our own who were in need. The overwhelming generosity from our 695 family went a long way as we filled two full donation boxes with gift items for children and received a 4'5" stuffed giraffe (pictured left with our 4'10" Director of Educations & Training Casey Weiss and 1'3" Head of Security Chewie). The Local thanks all of its members for their kind and generous donations during the holiday season. JOHN COFFEY Y-7A November 17, 1953 – October 15, 2023 RICHARD GEERTS Y-8 October 16, 1963 – January 20, 2023 IN MEMORIAM LOCAL 695 WELCOMES ITS NEW MEMBERS NEW MEMBERS Stephen "Stepho" Evans Y-7 Adam Sanchez Y-1 Evan Millard Y-8 Richard Carlos Y-1 Aaron Walk 700 TRANSFER IN FROM LOCAL IATSE EDUCATION LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) is an excellent source of online training tutorials covering topics such as Avid Pro Tools, Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator, Rhino, Vectorworks, Final Cut Pro, Filemaker, AutoCad, Cubase, Logic Pro, Shot Put Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Vegas Pro, as well as Project Management, Software Development, Network Administration, Finance and Accounting, Marketing and much more. All IATSE members are eligible to sign up for a free LinkedIn Learning Account by visiting https:// www.iatsetrainingtrust.org/lil. You can also view a multitude of free educational webinars sponsored by the IA Training Trust Fund online at www.gotostage.com/channel/iaeducationforall. These webinars cover a range of topics from labor and voting rights; the basics of equity, diversity, and inclusion; mental health subjects such as depression, substance abuse; physical safety and well-being at work; and so much more. MLK BREAKFAST Local 695 would like to thank the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor for hosting this year's MLK Day Breakfast at the Los Angeles Convention Center. This was a monumental undertaking in honor of one of our country's greatest Civil Rights leaders and a testament to the important work his movement continues to do to this day.