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54 SAG-AFTRA | Summer 2024 | SAGAFTRA.org Special Convention Shapes the Future and Honors the Best and Brightest t is always said that SAG-AFTRA's biennial national conventions are … well, unconventional. But the sixth convention, themed "Future Forward — Union Power," proved itself to be unlike conventions of the past. Although the dates were decided well in advance, the 2023 Convention weekend commenced during the SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical/Streaming strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, a time made more tense following the AMPTP's withdrawal from contract negotiations a few weeks prior. It was not lost on the union's leadership and delegation that the convention's Oct. 21 start date had coincided with the 100th day of the strike. At right, SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher, Executive Vice President Linda Powell and Secretary-Treasurer Joely Fisher at the virtual 2024 Special Convention.