May is Mental Health Awareness Month: Resources
Dear MPI participant, Life can be very stressful, especially working in the entertainment industry. If we don’t cope with stress in healthy ways, that stress can invite unhealthy coping mechanisms into our lives, multiplying the damage that life stressors already...
705 Launches Mentorship Program
At an online Town Hall on May 2, 2024, Local 705 announced the launch of the Motion Picture Costumers Mentorship Program. The program will be spearheaded by Landi Maduro, CEO of Bluechild Entertainment and founder and president of Women of Color Filmmakers, a 501c3...
Navigate Difficult Conversations
Check out Navigate Difficult Conversations, an action module from tEQuitable that provides tips on how to communicate effectively with your colleagues. Motion Picture Costumers IATSE Local 705 offers tEQuitable, an independent and confidential sounding board when you...
IATSE commends introduction of Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act by Rep. Schiff
Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduced the Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act, a bill to establish transparency with respect to copyrighted works used in building generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems, Tuesday. The International Alliance of...