![SAG-AFTRA Senior Business Representative Benjamin Shallop discusses local commercials and the creative economy on July 24 in Salem to an audience of local business owners and union members. From left, seated, New England Local member Karen Scalia, Black Cat Curiosity Shoppe Owner Dan Fury, and New England Local member Maria Wilkins answered audience questions along with Shallop. A man with a beard and a ponytail stands at a podium with a yellow SAG-AFTRA banner on the front of the podium. A projection screen hangs behind the podium showing a presentation. The slide on the screen asks “What do Creative Workers Need to Thrive?” Next to the podium, three panelists sit in chairs. One panelist is a woman with brown hair who wears a long white shawl. The man in the middle is wearing a black T-shirt and black pants. The third woman wears jeans and a black SAG-AFTRA Pride shirt.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/hero_image/ne-july24-2024-commercials_w.jpg?itok=4027zyTA)
On July 24, SAG-AFTRA New England Local members and North Shore business leaders gathered at Cinema Salem in Salem, Massachusetts, for a presentation followed by a panel discussion on how local businesses can use professional union talent for their commercials, corporate-educational, and other audiovisual needs. This included how to support the local creative economy and how to grow brands by working with union talent. The panel included SAG-AFTRA New England Local members Maria Wilkins and Karen Scalia, SAG-AFTRA Senior Business Representative Benjamin Shallop, and local business owner Dan Fury of the Black Cat Curiosity Shoppe in Salem. Wilkins and Scalia detailed their experiences as actors working in local commercials. Fury discussed his positive experience working with the New England Local office and local union members under the New England Corporate/Educational Code.
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