PSYCH Vet Kirsten Nelson on ‘Offering Joy’ As a SAG-AFTRA Strike Captain

Kirsten Nelson at the Disney lot. (Photo credit: Marisa Roffman/Give Me My Remote.)

For the past few months—since SAG-AFTRA went on strike—PSYCH vet Kirsten Nelson has spent her days in Burbank, volunteering as a strike captain at the Disney lot. 

“When we started getting an inkling that SAG was probably going to go on strike, as well, to join the writers, they put out a Google spreadsheet for interest,” Nelson recalls to Give Me My Remote. “Who is willing to take on this responsibility? And I know where my strengths lie—I am passionate about volunteering and volunteering with causes that I’m passionate about. Wanting to make sure that I made myself available was important to me, to go wherever they needed me. And once they got the eight lots in Los Angeles set up…I just joined them shortly thereafter.”

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