A group of all-star entertainment industry union leaders will discuss their diversity, equity and inclusion policy agenda next week at a press conference hosted by the Professional Employees Department of the AFL-CIO.
The policy agenda focuses on legislative action that promotes the work that unions and guilds are already doing to improve diversity, expand career opportunities for underrepresented people and encourage employers to pursue recruiting practices, d more diversified hiring and promotion.
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Those scheduled to participate in the February 11 event include:
• David White, National Executive Director of SAG-AFTRA
• Russell Hollander, National Executive Director of the DGA
• Matthew Loeb, International President of IATSE
• Kate Shindle, présidente d’Actors ‘Equity
• Lowell Peterson, Executive Director of WGA East
• Raymond Menard, président de l’American Guild of Musical Artists
• Laura Penn, Executive Director of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC)
• Alfonso Pollard, legislative and policy director and director of diversity for the American Federation of Musicians
• Carson Grant, vice-president of the Guild of Italian-American Actors
• Lisa Blake, Vice-President of Diversity at the Bureau and International Union of Professional Employees.
DPE President Jennifer Dorning will moderate and Lisa Portes, SDC Board Member, will provide an overview of the political agenda. The DPE is a coalition of 24 unions representing more than 4 million union members in more than 300 professions.
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