SAG-AFTRA Chicago Local

Our Chicago Pride Photo Op is just around the corner! 🌈📸

📅 Sunday, June 28 | 10 AM CT
📍 3290 N. Broadway Chicago, IL

If you love Pride and want to represent SAG-AFTRA but would rather WATCH the parade than be IN the parade, this event is for you! Join us for a group photo!

This year's parade theme, "Free to be Proud," honors the legacy of those who paved the way while affirming our ongoing commitment to ensuring every person can live openly, authentically, and with dignity. Come out to celebrate, come out to stand strong, come out to show support! 💪🏳️‍🌈

Get all the details and RSVP: https://www.sagaftra.org/chicago-pride-photo-op-2026

🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 The guest panel at the 2026 Annual Membership Meeting will feature: Sean Lewis, moderator, former WGN anchor and current Public Information Officer for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois; Meha Ahmad, WBEZ Senior Producer; J. Horace Black, Voice Artist/Actor; Araceli Gómez-Aldana, WBEZ Anchor and AI expert; NK Gutiérrez, Actor/Filmmaker/Humanitarian; Brian Peters, Stunt Performer and Stunt Pre-Visualization Creator!

Don’t miss this packed line-up! Register now: https://www.sagaftra.org/chicago-annual-membership-meeting-0

Join the Local for our upcoming workshop, Everything you wanted to know about SAG-AFTRA Low Budget Agreements, but were afraid to ask! Learn how to negotiate for yourself, what questions to ask and how to go about signing a SAG-AFTRA contract if you are making your own film. 🎥🎬

Looking forward to being a part of your next adventure! ✨ RSVP at the link below! 👇

https://www.sagaftra.org/everything-you-wanted-know-about-sag-aftra-low-budget-agreements-were-afraid-ask

ONE WEEK until the Local Annual Membership Meeting! ✨

📅 Monday, June 22 | 5:30-9 PM CT
📍 Instituto Cervantes of Chicago – 31 W Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60654

Come enjoy a social hour with light hors d'oeuvres, grab some SWAG, and get local and national updates from your Board President and Executive Director. The program will feature performances from our own Chicago Local members and conclude with a guest panel.

Don’t wait! ⏳ Register today! https://www.sagaftra.org/chicago-annual-membership-meeting-0

to the 2025 Annual Membership Meeting! 🥳

Our 2026 Annual Membership meeting is right around the corner on June 22! In addition to the usual catered hors d'oeuvres and socializing hour, this year there will be a raffle for a swag bundle! ✨ Don’t miss out – register to attend today! https://www.sagaftra.org/chicago-annual-membership-meeting-0

The — crucial legislation that will establish federal, individual intellectual property rights — is heading to the Senate Judiciary Committee for a vote this month and we need YOU to use your voice. Sign the letter and let Congress know you support the NO FAKES Act: https://ow.ly/2yQA50Z94iX

If you work on low budget shorts or features, want to work on low budget shorts or features, or want to make low budget shorts or features… this is the seminar for you! 🫵🎬 Join us on July 13 to earn how to negotiate for yourself, what questions to ask and how to go about signing a SAG-AFTRA contract if you are making your own film.

Looking forward to being a part of your next adventure! ✨🎥 Learn more and register: https://www.sagaftra.org/everything-you-wanted-know-about-sag-aftra-low-budget-agreements-were-afraid-ask

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ONE WEEK until our PRIDE Kindness Rocks event! 🪨💛

📅 Monday, June 15 | 4:30 PM CT
📍 The Kaufherr Resource Center – 1 E. Erie St., Suite 660 Chicago, IL

No art skills necessary! We will provide the rocks, the paints, the tunes, the small bites and the community! You may take your rock(s) with you to "hide" yourself, otherwise they will be sent to Gay for Good to be distributed across AIDS memorial gardens.

This event is "open house" style – feel free to drop in or stay for a while! ✨ Get the details and RSVP: https://www.sagaftra.org/pride-kindness-rocks

See you TONIGHT at 6 PM for the Commercial Casting Low Down with AJ Links, CSA! 👋 Get the details: https://www.sagaftra.org/commercial-casting-low-down-aj-links-csa

Don’t forget! 🚨 Join us THIS MONDAY, 6/8, for our next conservatory workshop, "The Commercial Casting Low Down" with AJ Links, CSA!

Unpack what a commercial breakdown is really asking for, discuss how to approach self-tapes with the same passion and craft as other artistic ventures, and explore ways to have more fun with the process. The session will cover general trends in commercial casting, self-tape best practices, and commercial acting techniques.

RSVP: https://www.sagaftra.org/commercial-casting-low-down-aj-links-csa