Pay Equity Summit

Women In Media encourages gender balance in film and entertainment industries by providing networking, professional development, and advocacy for above and below the line women and all genders who love making movies with them.We are an intersectional group of women and woman identifying crew members in the film, television, and new media industries.

Women In Media Inc.

Due to popular demand, we are moving from the Animation Guild to the larger capacity Local 80 Union Hall.
Above and below the line women, supporters of any gender, union and non union workers are encouraged to come to this very important summit!
Please join Women In Media, Local 871 (Script Supervisors, Coordinators, Accountants and Allied Production Specialists), Local 839 (The Animation Guild), and Local 892 (The Costume Designer's Guild) for a panel, town hall, and mixer where we discuss and shape solutions for glaring pay equity gaps in the entertainment business.
Light breakfast, lunch, and mixer included.  Women In Media VIP's should log in to the website to reveal their discount code. Members of Locals 871, 44, 839 and 892 can use their promotional codes as provided by their unions. 
Speakers and Panelists: 
A special message of support from Lilly Ledbetter will be read by DGA member, Rachel Feldman
Tema L. Staig - Executive Director Women In Media
Leslie Simon - Business Representative Local 871 
Melissa Goodman - Director of Advocacy ACLU
Kathy Connell, Executive Producer, SAG Awards & National Programming at SAG-AFTRA
Nithya Raman – Time’s Up Entertainment Executive Director
Alison Emilio - Director of Reframe
Marisa Shipley - Reel Equity Chair, Art Department Coord, Local 871
Lalida Sujjavasin - Production Coordinator, Local 871
Elisa Phillips - Color Stylist Committee, Local 839
Betty Madden - Costume Designer, Local 892
Kelly Berry- Set Decorator Local 44
Yolanda Cochran - PGA, National Board of Directors, Production Executive at Disney ABC Television Group
More guests TBD
Schedule of Events
9:30 AM Registration
10:00 AM Breakfast
10:30 AM - 10:40 Intro and welcome
10:40 AM 1PM Panels and Q and A
1:00PM - 1:45 PM Lunch
1:45 PM - 2:30 Town Hall
2:30 - 3:30pm Cocktail Mixer
Read the Pay Equity Study <A HREF="https://www.ialocal871.org/Reel-Equity" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here.</A>  Follow the hashtag #ReelEquity
<A HREF="https://deadline.com/2018/08/hollywood-gender-pay-equity-petition-female-dominated-craft-industry-1202452058/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Read The Deadline Hollywood Article</A>
Sign the petition
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