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EDWARDS THE FOCUS OF DPE EVENT AFTRA National Board member Bob Edwards was the guest of honor at an event in Washington, D.C. hosted by the Department for Professional Employees (DPE) on Feb. 28. Edwards, the host of The Bob F SAGINDIE GOES BOWLING AT TRIBECA S 22 at Bowlmor Lanes in New York. The event invited filmmakers, cast and crew from the line-up of films showing at Tribeca to come and bowl. SAG-AFTRA elected and staff, including, in the back row, Governance Executive Director Michelle Bennett, National Director of New Media Mark Friedlander, New York Local Co-1st Vice President Rebecca Damon, Executive Vice President Ned Vaughn, New York Local Co-President Mike Hodge and New York Local Board member John Rothman. In front, from leſt, are Adam Moore, Interim National Director of Affirmative Action/ Diversity, and Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel Duncan Crabtree-Ireland. from leſt, National Board member Abby Dylan, AGIndie and SAG-AFTRA joined forces with the Tribeca Film Festival to throw the 4th Annual Cast Bowling Party on April ormer AFTRA National First Vice President and current SAG- Director for the Washington-Baltimore Local Ken Greene told the story of Edwards' unionism while at NPR and how he faced charges of insubordination over having to introduce contract employees for National Public Radio as regular employees. As a result, 22 employees moved to full-time employee status with improved pay and benefits. DPE President Paul Almeida also introduced Edwards, and read from his new memoir, A Voice in the Box: My Life in Radio, and signed copies for those attending. In introducing Edwards, SAG-AFTRA Assistant Executive Edwards Show and Bob Edwards Weekend on Sirius XM, was lauded for his decades of union activism, praising the broadcaster for making his interviewing and writing look easy, and for his artistry. Also attending the event was AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler. Wall Street Associates is proud to support the AFTRA Foundation …Finding the celebrated companies of tomorrow www.wsalj.com SAGAFTRA.org | Summer 2012 | SAG-AFTRA 21