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S E P T E M B E R 2 0 2 6 I 1 5 The DGA Eastern AD/SM/PA Council presents: Navigating the DGA A Member Orientation for ADs, SMs & PAs Please join us for this opportunity to learn more about your Guild, its governance, contracts and benefits. Key Council and Committee members along with DGA staff will guide you through the privileges and responsibilities of membership, collective bargaining agreements and issues affecting your categories. While this orientation will focus on providing this valuable information for new Associate Directors, Stage Managers and Production Associates, veteran members are welcome and encouraged to attend. Please RSVP online or to ADSMPAEast@dga.org by Monday, September 7. Participants are also encouraged to attend the Eastern AD/SM/PA Council meeting that will follow this event at 7:00 p.m. The Eastern AD/SM/PA Council is the elected body that represents the Guild members who reside in the Eastern region and work in television as Associate Directors, Stage Managers or Production Associates. Monday, September 14 7:00 p.m. Registration: 5:30 p.m. Orientation: 5:45 p.m. DGA NY 7th Floor Boardroom See RSVP info below left • SEPTEMBER UPCOMING EVENTS • DGA Disability Committee presents: A Preview Screening of Being Heumann The DGA Disability Committee invites you to an exclusive advance screening of Academy Award-winning Director Siân Heder's highly anticipated new film, Being Heumann, in partnership with Apple Original Films. They wouldn't take Judy Heumann's phone calls, so she took their building. In 1977, a young disabled woman (Ruth Madeley) and a scrappy coalition of outsiders decide they've had enough. What begins as one impulsive act becomes the longest occupation of a federal building in American history, as hundreds spontaneously seize government offices and refuse to leave until the bureaucrat in their way (Mark Ruffalo) takes action. Bringing rebellion in all its forms to the hallowed halls, a movement's accidental leaders struggle to find their path forward where none has ever been paved for them. Directed by Academy Award winner Siân Heder ("CODA") and based on true events, "Being Heumann" is the revolutionary, irreverent and deeply human story of the least likely people trying to pull off the impossible and change the lives of millions. Saturday, September 19 5:00 p.m. DGA Los Angeles Theater 1 To RSVP, please log-in as a member at www.dga.org/Events and click on Upcoming Events. Following the screening, Director Siân Heder (CODA) will join DGA Disability Committee Co-Chair Ashley Eakin for a conversation about bringing Judy's extraordinary story to the screen. For any questions or accessibility-related accommodations, please contact Disability@DGA.org. The mission of the Disability Committee is to examine a broad range of issues DGA members with disabilities face on sets, with the goal of developing recommendations to address these matters.