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The strike by actors and screenwriters in Hollywood demanding better pay or protections against artificial intelligence has prompted some celebrities and food banks to take action and join the cause.
Kristina Wong, an artist and comedian, has been both an advocate and a client of the World Harvest food bank. A relationship that began two years ago, when she set out to spend just $50 a month on food and began documenting the results on Instagram.
Wong, as a member of the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), realized that World Harvest could help Hollywood screenwriters and performers on strike during a period (and work stoppage) that may continue to extend over several months.
It’s a food relief action whereby the food bank is now offering large carts of food to all workers in the profession who have a SAG-AFTRA or Writers Guild of America (WGA) card. ‘All you have to do is come in, show me your SAG or WGA card, and that’s it. I’ll give you $300 to $400 worth of food,’ says founder Glen Curado.
Following in this wake, in May, when the WGA screenwriters’ strike began, host Drew Carey, posted on Twitter that he would keep his account open at both Bob’s Big Boy restaurant in Burbank and Swingers Diner in Los Angeles, and that he would buy free meals for union members for the duration of the strike. According to the New York Times,
