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Spring 2017

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SAG-AFTRA at Sundance PICTURES, POWER, PROGRESS SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director David White, right, addresses the audience at the 13th Annual NAACP Hollywood Bureau Symposium Feb. 9 at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. White served on a panel titled Pictures, Power, Progress, Pathways to Inclusion along with NAACP President Cornell William Brooks. The panel was moderated by TV host Shaun Robinson. LATINOS ON THE MOVE From left, producer Gabriela Gonzalez, MACRO executive Aaliyah Williams and director Marvin Lemus share a laugh during a panel discussion titled Latino Horizons: Sustaining Your Career After the Festivals. The Jan. 23 panel was sponsored by Hispanicize and SAG-AFTRA; Center photo, from left, Gonzalez, SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris, member Elvis Nolasco, Hispanicize executive Calixto Chinchilla and member Yareli Arizmendi at the Sundance Latino Horizons event. Carteris gave the opening keynote address at the panel. GOING MAINSTREAM Above, National Executive Director David White speaks to producer Stephanie Allain during a Sundance panel titled Creating Content: From the Margins to the Mainstream. The panel, which was sponsored by SAG-AFTRA and the Blackhouse Foundation, took place on Jan. 23. Top, from left, panelists included producer Kimberly Steward, actor-director Justin Chon, LOGO executive Tajamika Paxton, Netflix executive Funa Makuda and Allain, and White, who moderated. FILM FEST GOES NATIVE From left, moderator Brian Wescott, CSA members Russell Boast and Rene Haynes, and member Sheri Foster participate in The Inside Scoop of Casting panel discussion in the Frank Maxwell room at SAG-AFTRA Plaza in Los Angeles on Nov. 17. The presentation, which was part of the L.A. Skins Fest film festival, focused on Native American actors and was followed by mock auditions with CSA members. EARL GIBSON III MAT HAYWARD/GETTY IMAGES X4

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