On this episode of The Yay, Norman Gee and I welcome Valerie Weak, actress and creator of the Counting Actors Project. Norman and I talk about the failed Zero Tolerance policy of the Trump Administration and the potential violation of the Flores Settlement. Valerie talks about her upbringing, her experience as an actress in the Bay Area since the 90's, and the Counting Actors Project - keeping Bay Area theater companies accountable for diversity and pay equality for women.
For more information on Valerie, you can visit her website here: www.valerieweak.com.
For more information on the Counting Actors Project, use this link:
www.worksbywomensf.wordpress.com
SHOUTOUTS:
Universal Robots (Quantum Dragon) June 29-July 14 (https://www.quantumdragon.org/universal-robots/)
Michaela Greeley (Episode 39) is in the show, as well as Louel Senores (we talked about him with Crystal Brown on Episode 62
Two Mile Hollow (Ferocious Lotus) June 23 – July 15 (https://www.ferociouslotus.org/current-show)
Give to RAICES (Refugee and Immigration Center for Education and Legal Services) – pays lawyers for immigrant families; pays bond to get families out of jail and to reunite families www.raicestexas.org
