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16 SAG-AFTRA | Summer/Fall 2017 | SAGAFTRA.org Scene Around Pride Nationwide PUTTING THE 'ABILITY' IN DISABILITY Members and sta gather at the SAG-AFTRA oce in New York on April 4 for the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge NYC meetup. Participants prepared for the 2017 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge with Founder Nic Novicki and directors, actors, writers, crew members and more from the New York disability and lm communities. The event was organized by the SAG-AFTRA EEO & Diversity department and the New York Local Performers with Disabilities Committee. S AG-AFTRA members turned out to show their support for the LGBT community at numerous events across the country. Bottom left, in Seattle, SAG-AFTRA members and their families took part in the 43rd Annual Seattle Pride Parade on June 25. Above left, on June 25, SAG-AFTRA New York Local members and sta walked in the NYC LGBT Pride March. Above, in Hollywood, members and sta kicked o Pride Month by showing their support for equality and human rights on June 11. The union's National LGBT Committee, co-chaired by Jason Stuart and Traci Godfrey, organized a team of more than 40 members who walked in solidarity for peace and civil rights for all. Above right, from left, Pride at Work Executive Director Jerame Davis, SAG-AFTRA Seattle Local Executive Director and Pride at Work President Shellea Allen, and SAG-AFTRA Washington-Mid Atlantic Local member Joe Conway join over 175 union members at the AFL-CIO to celebrate Pride At Work's annual awards banquet. Pride at Work is an AFL-CIO-aliated organization that organizes mutual support between the organized labor movement and the LGBT community to further social and economic justice. THE NEXT FRONTIER Panelists share a laugh at a June 8 discussion of Native American lmmaking at the Crowne Plaza in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Titled The Next Frontier: Growth in Native American Filmmaking and Casting, the panel included Wes Studi, Angelique Midthunder, Chris Eyre and Sydney Freeland, and was moderated by member Catherine Pilas. They discussed the diculty of telling indigenous stories, the portrayals of Native Americans in entertainment, colorblind casting and more. The event was organized by the SAG-AFTRA Native Americans Committee. PAUL MCLURE LIBBY GATLIN

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