Community Letter of Support

Dear Academy leadership,

As members of the community, we stand with the workers who are organizing the Academy Foundation Workers Union.

We strongly believe in workers' legal right to freely organize a union, without fear of retaliation or interference from management. A respectful, equitable, and transparent environment where employees may speak openly and be heard is imperative for all to thrive in the workplace.

Each day, the employees of the Academy Foundation work to maintain and increase access to information, resources, and opportunities pertaining to motion pictures. We recognize the value their labor adds to our community.

We call on Academy leadership to maintain neutrality as the workers organize their union and to recognize the union and their demonstration of majority support.

Sign the Letter

Mariah A. Sander, Community Member

Jessalyn Aaland, Organizing Power

Jeremy Abbott, Community Member

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Rachel Abrahams, Community Member

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Sarah Ainsworth, Hoover Library and Archives

Dahlia Alé-Ferlito, Union Member

Trevor Alixopulos, Community Member

TJ Allers, Community Member

Mitch Anderson, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

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Antoniofdk Antoniofdk, Service

Jennifer Arcand, Community Member

Rosa Arenas, Union Member

Patricia Arquette, Artist

Patricia Aufderheide, School of Communication, American University

Criss Austin, Community Member

David Baar, Somatic Coach

Aza Babayan,

Damon Baird, Community Member

Bo Baker, UTC Library

Dirk Bannink, Researcher/activist

Rachael Barbash, Artist

Miranda Barnewall, Former Film Archivist

Erin Barsan, Community Member

Sarah Barsness, Community Member

Sean Batton, Community Member

Michele Beacham, Archivist

Snowden Becker, Consulting archivist; Medex Forensics

Brian Belak, Community Member

Kevin Beltz, Artist

Becca Bender, Community Member

Christine Berg, Community Member

Tre Berney, Community Member

Rachel Bernstein, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Timothy Biley, Community Member

Joanna Black, Sierra Employee Alliance (UAW Local 2103)

Hayley Blackstone, Community Member

Jennifer Blaylock, Film & Media Scholar

Kara Bledsoe, Artist

Elaine Boby, Artist

Antonella Bonfanti, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

BREANNA BORGESON, Family friends

Julie Botnick, Community Member

Amber Bowen, Storm King Art Center

Fernando Bribiesca, AFSCME

Ashley Brim, Artist

Alex Broadwell, CalArts, Hammer Museum

Kathrine Browne, Community Member

ERin Buerk,

Hansen Bursic, Artist

Anthony Butler, Student

Natalie Cadranel, OpenArchive

David Cappoli, UCLA

Diana Cardenas, UCLA

Alana Castanon, Beverly Hills Education Association

Christopher Castro, Community Member

Michelle Caswell, UCLA

Russell Cavallaro, Community Member

Alex Cave, Community Member

Daniel Chaffey, Cultural Programmer

Kevin Chaffey, Artist

Nancy Chao, AFSCME local 3311

Michele Chase, Community Member

Tuni Chatterji, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Justine Chen, Academy Museum and ADG Local 800

Sharon Cheslow, Community Member

Kelly Chisholm, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Lawrence Chit, Artist

Debbie Cho, Community Member

Bianca Cifuentes, Community Member

Brendan Coates, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Liz Coffey, Community Member

Nick Colin, Community Member

Peter Collopy, Community Member

Eddy Colloton, Community Member

Kevin Conroy, Community Member

Lohanne Cook, Museum Staff

Courtney Costello, IATSE

Lauren Crow, MOCA

Morgan Cuppet, Union Member

Katie Cycan, Community Member

Stephen Danley, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Amy Darsa, Artist

Jeremy Davies, Municipal Employees Association

Valeria Davila, Audiovisual archivist

Peter Davis, Motion Picture Academy Documentary Branch

Vanessa Davis, Artist

Brian Davis, Oregon State University

Alanna De Carlo, SAG-AFTRA

Cathy de la Cruz, Artist

Courtney Dean, Union Member

Tacita Dean, Artist

Andrea Decker, Information Professional

Kayla Delacerda, Artist

Lu Denegre, Penn Museum Workers United

Angel Diaz, UCSB Library

C Diaz, ENTRE Film Center & Regional Archive

Denisse Diaz, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Narin Dickerson, Community Member

Laura Dintzis, Community Member

Christina DiPasquale, Media Burn Independent Video Archive

Melissa Dollman, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Teresa Donovan,

Dennis Doros, Milestone Film & Video

Lubisa Dotzler, Artist

Marianne Drummond, Community Member

Kit Duckworth, The Criterion Collection

Geoffrey Duncanson, Artist

Fletcher Durant, Community Member

KATE EKMAN, Community Member

Claire Emerson, Academy Museum Workers United

Cornelia Emerson, Community Member

Harrison Engle, Director/Producer, member DGA, IDA

Dan Erdman, Media Burn Archive

Harry Eskin, Museum Member

Susan Etheridge, Museum Member

Jessika Evans, Artist

Samantha Everett, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Kelsey Faamausili, Academy Museum Workers United

Susannah Faber, Community Member

Jamie Feiler, Museum Member

Laura Felix, Community Member

Jason Fennell, Homeless Cop

Erika Feresten, Screen Actors Guild

Allyson Nadia Field, University of Chicago

Jade Finlinson, Community Member

Kate Fitzpatrick, Community Member

Margot Fitzsimmons, Artist

Brenda Flora, Amistad Research Center

Ida Fogle, AFSCME Local 3311, DBRLWU

Caren Foster, Community Member

David Foster, Community Member

Lucie Fourmont, Blackhawk Films

Claire Fox, Evergreen Audiovisual

Rebecca Fraimow, Community Member

Erik Fredlov, Community Member

Sonya Fredlov, Community Member

Jennie Freeburg, Community Member

Rose Friedland, Community Member

Marissa Friedman, Community Member

Carri Frola, Community Member

Brian Frye, University of Kentucky College of Law

Cary Fukui, City

Ashley Gable, WGA

Adriana Galdos, Community Member

Y Gallo, Community Member

Joseph Gallucci, Community Member

Elizabeth Gartner, Community Member

Ethan Gates, Yale University Library

Audrey Georg, Community Member

Samantha Glasser, Community Member

Peter Goldberg, Community Member

Jordan Goldman, IATSE 700

David Gomez, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Kimberly Gorman, Archives

Micah Gottlieb, Mezzanine

Alisha Graefe, Community Member

Erin Graff Zivin, Community Member

Megan Graham, Community Member

Brian Graney, Union Member

Sara Greenfield, Film Archive Intern

Zena Grey, MPEG, SAG-Aftra, Equity

April Griess, Archivist

sara Guci, Artist

Jere Guldin, Museum Member

Sam Gurry, CFA

Marco Polo Gutierrez, Community Member

J. Raúl Guzmán, Academy Museum Workers United

Manny Guzman, SMART UTU

Mary Lou Guzman, Not specified

Mary Haberle, Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts

ariel hahn, CFA

Steven Haines, Community Member

Melissa Haley, Archivist

Andrew Hall, United Federation of Teachers

Rebecca Hall, Community Member

Allison Hall, Community Member

Tenille Hands, Film archivist

Jaclyn Harooni, Artist

Sarah Hartzell, Community Member

Liz Havstad, Hip Hop Caucus

Charissa Hearon, Artist

Jaime Henderson, Archivist, Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley

Lindsay Herz, Community Member

Dave Hess, Community Member

Lena Hicks, Pasadena City College

Jeff High, Community Member

Justin Hite, Community Member

Ashley Hoffman, Community Member

isabella Hoffmann, Artist

Mike Hogan, Artist

Jessica Holada, Librarian, Archivist, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Alexandra Holtzer, Community Member

Dakota Hommes, DBRL Workers United

Hillary Howell, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Mary Huelsbeck, Community Member

Joshua Hughey, Community Member

Erin Hurley, UC Berkeley

Hyesung ii, Academy Museum

Kyle Imdieke, Minnesota Historical Society Workers Union, AFSCME Local 3173

end incarceration, Museum Member

Gwendolyn Infusino, Artist

Gregory Irwin, Community Member

Sonja Isaacson, MNHS employee - member of AFSCME

Annie Jaffe, Community Member

Cameron Jappe, Industry Art Works

Greg Javer, Artist

Jackie Jay, Farallon Archival Consulting LLC

Krystell Jimenez, Archivist

Alana Johnson, Los Angeles Public Library

Cheryl Jones, Academy Museum Workers United

james jones, former union member of local 174 IATSE

Corina Jones, iA Financial Group

Chriss Jones, Daniel Boone Regional Library Workers United, AFSCME 3311

Edgar Jorge Baralt, Artist

Emily Jorgenson, Community Member

Jami Jurich, Community Member

Lisa Kahn, Community Member

Brett Kashmere, Canyon Cinema Foundation

Alex Kauffman, AFSCME DC47

Connor Keep,

Tara Kelley, Rutgers University Libraries

Hannah Kemp-Severence, N/A

Kimberly Kennedy, Librarian

Thomas & Elizabeth Kilcoyne, Community Member

Sharon Kim, Museum Member

Christene Kings, Artist

Nadejda Klein, Museum Member

Jessica Klier, Community Member

Stefan Kloo, Community Member

Dawna Knapp, Sierra Club

Louis Knecht, University Archivist, Dominican University of California

Lydia Koerner, Community Member

Adam Kopald, IATSE 700

John Kostka, Sony

Lorraine Krampe, Community Member

Sophie Kriegel, Community Member

Ken Kristensen, Museum Member

Reto Kromer, AV Preservation by reto.ch

Reto Kromer, Community Member

Bridget Kurano, Community Member

Trevin L, Union Member

Jed Lackritz, IATSE 700

Samantha Ladwig, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Joanne Lammers, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Lee Landey, Artist

Edward Landler, Filmmaker/Film Historian

Ruth Lane, Community Member

Jennifer Langston, Elected Official

Maia LeClair, Minnesota Historical Society Union

Andrew Lee, Museum Member

Christy LeMaster, SNF Parkway

Trisha Lendo, Paramount

Eric Leonardson, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Lindy Leong, Community Member

Ruth Lewis, Artist

Heather Linville, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Kristin Lipska,

Lynne Littman, Artist

Alyssa Loera, J. Paul Getty Trust

Spencer Longo, Artist

Regina Longo, Media Archivist, Brown University

Josue Lopez, Academy Museum Workers United

Janet Lorenz, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Graciela Loza, Community Member

Brendan Lucas, Community Member

Minnie Lucas, Artist

Rebecca Lyon, Chicago Film Society

Jonathan Mackris, Community Member

Josh MacPhee, archivist/Interference Archive

Charles Macquarie, Archivist

Ronald Magliozzi, Curator

Lucas Maia, IWW

Bronwyn Maloney, Artist

Caitlin Manocchio, DreamWorks

Robin Margolis, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Marinanrz Marinanrz, Service

Carly Marino, Cal Poly Humboldt Library

Franny Marion, Community Member

Liana Marks, Community Member

David Marriott, Arbelos Films

David Marsh, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Elizabeth Marshall, Community Member

April Martens-Rodriguez, AFSCME Local 3173

Katelyn Martens-Rodriguez, AFSCME council 5

THOMAS J MARTIN, Thomas J. Martin

Ernesto Martinez, Community Member

Dana Matunas, Columbus Education Association

Monroe Maxwell, Community Member

Blair McClendon, Artist

Lauren McDaniel, Archivist

Parker McDaniels, Community Member

Devin McGeehan Muchmore, Grad Archives Intern, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Tiana McKenna, Community Member

Christine McKenzie, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Nicole McKeon,

Betsy McLane,

Casey McNamara, Community Member

Jessica McNeil-Estes, Community Member

Cassie McQuater, Artist

Megan McShea, Archivist

Karen McSween, College of Marin

Brian Meacham, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Myron MEISEL, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle

Alberto Melchor, Community Member

Sadie Menchen, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Julio Menjivar, IBEW

Kit Messick, Archivist

Julia Mettenleiter, Swedish Film Institute

Michailajx Michailajx,

Michailrbe Michailrbe,

Bianca Mijares, Community Member

Myles Mikulic, Historian

Kathy Miles, Artist

Lindsay Miller, Vinegar Syndrome

Pauline Miller, CWA Local 1036

Ellen Mitchell, Community Member

Sharon Mizota, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Dan Molloy, Walt Disney Imagineering

Carter Moon, Artist

Chelsea Moore, IATSE LOCAL USA 829

Alison Moore, Consulting Archivist, San Francisco Bay Area

Jennifer Moorman, Fordham University

Teresa Mora, UCSC Library

Morgan Morel, BAVC Media

Kara Morgan, Community Member

Jean Moylan, Community Member

Grace Muñoz, Community Member

Juliette Muracchioli, Public Official

Jenn Murphy, Community Member

Kevin Murphy, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Kate Murray, Library of Congress

Meghan Muser,

Natashavxk Natashavxk, Mebel

Sari Navarro, Academy Museum

Shannon Neale, Film Viewer

Megan Needels, San Francisco Cinematheque

Robin Nelson, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Joshua Ng, Community Member

Hayley Nielsen, Community Member

Zoë Nissen, USC Digital Library

Jensen Novak, Union Member

Marianne O'Brien, LAUSD

Lauren O'Connor, Writers Guild Foundation Library

Meg Ocampo, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Elizabeth Ochoa,

Ryan Oleary, Community Member

Erika Opalski, Freelance costume design

Kevin Ott, WGA Foundation (former staff)

John O’Neill, Community Member

lydia pappas, Community Member

Sabira Parajuli, Academy Museum

Elizabeth Parker, Cornell University, Technical Services Archivist

melinda parker, STRIPPER STRIKE NOHO / ACTORS EQUITY

ELIZABETH Parks Kibbey, Long Beach Unified School District

Andy Paroff, Unemployment Law Project

Inez Parra, Community Member

Tori Patrick, Daniel Boone Regional Library + AFSCME Local 3311

Jason Patrone, Union Member

Josiah Patrow, IATSE Local 695

Anne Paxton, Unemployment Law Project

Jon Peltz, Community Member

Shira Peltzman, UCLA Library

Yesenia Perez, UCLA MLIS Student

Greg Pierce, Director of Film and Video, The Andy Warhol Museum

Alyssa Piperis, Community Member

Keith Pluymers, Community Member

Eric Pomert, Eric Pomert Film Editor

Kikia Poosti, Community Member

Inney Prakash, Maysles Documentary Center

Rick Prelinger, Prelinger Archives

Jonah Primiano, Artist

Charlotte Procter, LUX

Carolina Quezada Meneses, Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts

Thomas Quinn, Union Member

Lorena Ramirez-Lopez, Audiovisual Preservationist/Conservator

Emily Rauber Rodriguez, Academy Museum Workers United

Alan Raymond, Academy member Documentary branch

Alexis Recto, Community Member

Meredith Reese, Los Angeles Philharmonic Association

K.J. Relth-Miller, Academy Museum

Vanessa Renwick, Oregon Department of Kick Ass

Julia Rich, Community Member

Chris Riddle, DGA

Rebecca Rieckmann, Community Member

Allison Riley, Affordable housing developer

Megan Riley, Community Member

Molly Robins, Academy Museum

Howard A. Rodman, Figaro-Pravda

Dave Rodriguez, United Faculty of Florida

Simeon Rogers, Firefighters local 2

Adam Rose, Community Member

Ivan Rothberg, American Cinematheque

Teresa Roxburgh, Community Member

Zachary Rutland, Archivist

Diana Rwlth, Artist

Allison Ryan, Community Member

Jean Sack, Community Member

Deborah Sadler, I was an archivist, am now a visual artist

Catherine Safley,

Reilly SaintAmand, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Quinn Salazar, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Terry Sanders, President, American Film Foundation, Academy Member, Producer, Director, Writer, 2 Time Oscar Winner

Amanda Sandoval, Community Member

Kelsey Sandoval, TravisMathew

Jesse Sanes, Champion Graphics

jennifer Saparzadeh, Artist

Mark Sarcone, APWU

Ryan Savoy, Community Member

David Scheerer, Orpheus Pictures Entertainment

Kathryn Schoerner,

Sandra Schulberg, IndieCollect

Annie Schweikert, Community Member

Kim Secoquian, Community Member

David Seitz, Community Member

Sara Seltzer, Community Member

Zach Sherwin, Community Member

Yuri Shimoda, Community Member

Leah Shirley, Artist

Emily Siegenthaler, Community Member

Kristen Siemientkowski, Community Member

Sigridur Regina Sigurthorsdottir, Community Member

Diane Silva, Community Member

Alina Sinetos, Former Academy Foundation Employee

David Slack, WGA

Adam Smith, Artist

Jennifer Smith, Supporter

Amanda Smith,

Jennifer Snyder, Archivist

Henrik Soederstroem, Artist

Liz Sommer, Community Member

Lauren Sorensen, Community Member

Penelope Spheeris, Director/Academy/DGA/WGA

Patricia Springer, Artist

Sarah Stearn, AMWU

Stacy Stearns, Self

Kate Steffens, California Faculty Association/SJSU

Shaula Stephenson, Archivist

Elijah Stevens, Artist

Ammie Stobaugh, Union Member

Kendra Stoll, Caltrans

Jessica Storm, Paramount Pictures

Megan Straczewski, Former arts employee

David Strunk, United Talent Agency

Emily Sulzer, Community Member

Ryan Swen, Film Critic

Amber Sykes, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Nessa Tabrizy, COIandCO

Jessica Tai, Archivist

Eira Tansey, Community Member

Chris Taylor, Librarians’ Guild

Morgan Taylor, Data Librarian Disney Streaming Services

M Tedesco, Artist

Blake Thompson, Columbus Museum of Art Workers United

John Tirpak, Unemployment Law Project

Teresa Tjepkes, AFSCME Local 3173 (Minnesota Historical Society)

Leah Torbati, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Candace Toth, Community Member

Jennifer Tsai, Community Member

Benjamin Tucker, American Cinematheque

Vera Tykulsker, UCLA

Andy Uhrich, Community Member

carrie ungerman, Community Member

Cheli V, LA Tenants Union, SEIU

Justin Vaccaro, Film and Media Scholar

Pamela Vadakan, California Revealed

Courtney Valentine, Community Member

Gus Van Sant, Sawtooth Film Co

Kyle Vannoy,

Ana Vargas, Community Member

Robert Vaszari, Community Member

Luz Vazquez, Community Member

Lornett Vestal, Progressive Workers Union

Victormdh Victormdh,

Victorvfz Victorvfz,

Angie Villafañe, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Anders Villalta, Community Member

Patricia Ledesma Villon, Canyon Cinema Foundation

Gina Viola, Former LA Mayoral Candidate

Caitlin Votek, Community Member

Jamie Wagner, Moving Image Archivist, University of Colorado Boulder

Rebecca Waldorf, Community Member

Gregory Walsh, Former Academy Foundation Employee

Denis Warburton, Art & Technic

Karyn Warren-Gregory, Community Member

Andrew Weaver, Community Member

Samantha Weinert, Community Member

Harrison Weinfeld, Union Member

Dianne Weinthal, Artist

Elissa Weinzimmer, Artist

Zelda Wengrod, Community Member

Shawne West, Community Member

Abbey White, Travismathew

Eric White, Artist

Samantha Whitty, Community Member

Gwendolyn Wiegold, AFSCME - CWU

Wyatt Wilhelm, Student

Geoff Willard, Stanford University

Tessa Williams, Community Member

Shiloh Williams, Community Member

Gail Willumsen, Artist

Michael Wingate, Artist

Casey Winkleman, June L Mazer Lesbian Archives

AMANDA WOLFSON, AFSCME Local 3173

Pauline Wolstencroft, LACMA

David Wood, Recenter Body & Soul

Fronza Woods, Artist

Kyla Worrell, UCLA MLIS 2023

Jaclyn Wu, Academy Museum Workers United

Laura Wynne, Artist

Caroline Yee, Community Member

Jacob Zaborowski, Community Member

Emily Zheng, Community Member

Arius Ziaee, Artist

Renee Ziemann,

Russell Zych, Community Member

Academy Foundation Workers Union

Community Letter of Support

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