A Message from the AFM Local 47 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee:
The DEI Committee applauds the national effort to celebrate Pride Month and Juneteenth. Juneteenth affords us the opportunity commemorate the emancipation of enslaved black Americans. Pride Month is our chance to acknowledge our LGBTQ+ community.
Our support of these celebrations represent the kind of freedoms that must be a part of our workplace and private lives.
– The DEI Committee
Melissa Etheridge is one of rock music’s great female icons. An AFM Local 47 member since 1984, the iconic singer-songwriter will headline and close out the 2019 Pride Festival at Marston Point in Balboa Park, San Diego on Sunday, July 14, 2019. Continue reading
June is Pride Month, and our AFM Local 47 musical community is proud to encompass a richly diverse and talented group of LGBTQ+ members and allies.
Our #AFM47 Pride Playlist highlights a mix of prominent artists who belong to the LGBTQ+ community, along with those who are outspoken allies. These songs feature empowered lyrics and danceable rhythms that inspire pride and equality for all! And of course, all of these anthems were recorded union.