Press Releases
Tri-Union I AM PWD Campaign Goes Global
LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK (July 20, 2010)— Actors’ Equity Association, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and Screen Actors Guild today announced that the International Federation of Actors, also known as FIA (Fédération Internationale des Acteurs), has endorsed the unions’ global I AM PWD campaign.
I AM PWD Presents "Breaking Down Barriers" Provocative, High-Powered Panel at Theatre Communications Group (TCG) National Conference in Chicago
On Thursday, June 17, 2010, the I AM PWD Campaign will present a provocative, high-powered panel at the national TCG Conference, where more than 500 non-profit theatrical producers, presenters and funding organizations will gather for their annual theatre conference. "Breaking Down Barriers" ties in with the overall conference theme of "Ideas Into Action" and will include the following panelists who are active in the I AMP WD Campaign:
Hollywood Disabilities Forum Draws a Who’s Who Crowd of Hollywood’s Best Creative Talent
Los Angeles - The Hollywood Disabilities Forum, held on October 24 at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, served as a high-visibility reminder that people with disabilities are a significant part of our society – as much as 20 percent of the U.S. population by some estimates – yet people with disabilities remain “virtually invisible” in media portrayals on screen and stage.
I AM PWD CAMPAIGN ENDORSED BY AFL-CIO CONVENTION
AFL-CIO Convention Delegates Pass Resolution 18 Endorsing the
I AM PWD Campaign of AEA, AFTRA and SAG
Pittsburgh (September 16, 2009) – I AM PWD — the Inclusion in the Arts and Media for People with Disabilities campaign of Actors’ Equity Association, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and Screen Actors Guild — was today endorsed by the 2009 AFL-CIO Convention delegates through Convention Resolution 18, entitled “Unions Should Give People with Disabilities a Voice and a Face.”
I AM PWD Presents Keynote Address at NEA’s National Summit on Careers in the Arts for People with Disabilities
Los Angeles, CA (July 23, 2009)---The I AM PWD (Inclusion in the Arts & Media of People with Disabilities) national disability rights campaign – a civil rights initiative jointly created by members of Actors Equity Association, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and Screen Actors Guild – announced today that it was honored to present the keynote address at the National Summit on Careers in the Arts for People with Disabilities hosted by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on July 22-
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