TTIE Leaders Explain the WGA Strike Stakes for Historically Excluded Writers

TTIE members at the picket on Friday, July 28. Photo credit: Marisa Roffman

On Friday, July 28, members of Think Tank for Inclusion & Equity—or TTIE—gathered to picket outside of Disney in Burbank.

“We’re a group of intersectional working—when we’re not striking—writers from all levels and all backgrounds working to increase inclusion, equity, and accessibility inside rooms, as well as champion authentic and responsible storytelling,” Maha Chehlaoui, who serves as TTIE’s program director, tells Give Me My Remote. “We started doing that first through our behind-the-scenes survey, which is the only survey and report of its kind, which takes into account the experiences of working writers inside rooms, in development, getting in, moving in, and moving up—or not—inside the industry. And from the data we gleaned, we created the rest of our programming,  including fact sheets that a lot of folks have run into in writers’ rooms, as well as community-building events, roundtables with different segments of the industry, and training programs.”

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