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With dual strikes currently underway, it’s an uncertain time for actors – and this is a profession that is used to uncertainty. Many aren’t just wondering about when their next job will be, but how they can afford rent, utilities and health care. One place that can help is theand its Emergency Financial Assistance and Disaster Relief Fund. The Foundation’s programs and assistance are available to any SAG-AFTRA member currently paid up on dues who are able to prove financial crisis.
For those not familiar with the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, it is a non-profit organization associated with the union but not part of it. It offers several educational programs and valuable resources to its more than 48,000 participants all over the country. SAG-AFTRA artists should visit the website and set up a free account to be notified of upcoming screenings, programs and opportunities to utilize various resources, such as its state-of-the-art voiceover labs.
The Foundation was created in 1985, and its current president is Emmy-winning actor Courtney B. Vance. Its executive director is Cyd Wilson, who came to job in 2014 after working as the director of development at the Pediatric AIDS Foundation and then spending nearly 20 years as the director of creative development at Time Inc. During her time with People magazine, she worked closely with the Foundation and JoBeth Williams, then the president of the SAG Awards committee.
Wilson was present from the start of the COVID pandemic, and the Foundation and its Actors Council members immediately stepped up to raise funds for actors. Through January 2023, the Foundation raised more than $7 million, which was distributed to more than 7,500 SAG-AFTRA members in need. The is still helping those impacted by COVID but is also being utilized to help artists impacted by the current strike.
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