DEADLINE: SAG-AFTRA will launch a week-long virtual event aimed at addressing and combating discrimination and intolerance in the entertainment and media industries. The series of presentations, which will begin on Tuesday and run through Friday, will assemble a number of key figures including Olivia Munn, Richard Lui and Brian Tee.

“Stop the Hate Week” will include panels, conversations and key notes led by SAG-AFTRA members, broadcasters, academics, labor leaders and professionals to discuss how to advance equality on screen, in production, recording studios and news rooms. Nightline anchor Juju Chang and KGO-TV San Francisco anchor and reporter Dion Lim will join Munn, Lui and Tee to discuss how entertainment and media can help combat anti-Asian hate.

The buck stops with each of us. Through our highly visible work, people who work in entertainment and the media, our members, have an opportunity to change hearts and minds and build a more equitable and fair society,” SAG-AFTRA President, Gabrielle Carteris said. “It will take a commitment from all of us, from the top down and bottom up, to create a more equitable world for everyone. ‘Stop the Hate Week’ will allow each of us a glimpse into someone’s experiences with the hope that we’ll be able to understand the challenges they face in an effort to determine how to take actionable steps towards change. It is time that the entertainment industry learns from one another, and uses our influential voices to steward an environment of inclusion, fairness and accountability.”

The weeklong event comes weeks after SAG-AFTRA leaders called on their members to help lead the fight against Asian American discrimination and hate. Upon urging members to take a stand against Anti-Asian hate, SAG AFTRA laid out a number of actions and efforts to combat discrimination, including sponsoring and attending Asian American events and festivals, supporting legislation that encourages diversity and more.

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The full schedule can be found here,  with Chelsea's own Kevin Wilson, Jr. hosting a discussion Friday:

FRIDAY, APRIL 16

Discussion: Widen the Screen (9:15 a.m.) – Oscar-nominated director Kevin Wilson Jr. used a fresh lens to explore the full richness of the Black experience in a breath-taking Procter & Gamble-sponsored short film project, “Widen the Screen” – a platform that reclaims the beauty of Black life in film. Wilson shares with us how he directed the series, and insight on his experience working with a predominantly Black cast and crew. Wilson will be joined by Al-Teron Williams, one of the featured actors, for this discussion.