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As Participant Closes, 60 Stars and Directors Sign Open Letter for Hollywood to Keep ‘Harnessing the Power of Art to Change the World’
Top Hollywood creatives and activist groups have signed an open letter urging show business to continue the legacy of Participant.
The letter was coordinated by the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), which collaborated with Participant and director Cuarón on a visibility campaign for his 2018 Oscar winner “Roma.” “Participant’s model of filmmaking and partnerships showed us the power of storytelling to open our hearts and inspire action in times of change and uncertainty,” said NDWA president Ai-jen Poo. George ClooneyAva DuvernayRegina KingKerry WashingtonAlfonso CuarónMichael KeatonDiego LunaChiwetel EjiforJane FondaVera FarmigaMartin SheenSophia BushDaveed DiggsDestin Davis CrettonDavis GuggenheimDavid OyelowoGabriela CowperthwaiteAlan CummingYaltiza AparicioYvette Nicole BrownClark GreggAlyssa MilanoPiper PeraboRosanna ArquetteJune Diane RaphaelJuan DevisDeVon FranklinBaratunde ThurstonMark DuplassJustin BaldoniLaura PoitrasLouise HogarthMónica Ramírez (Justice for Migrant Women/The Latinx House)Fatima Goss Graves (National Women’s Law Center)Anthony Romero (ACLU)Rashad Robinson (Color of Change)Bryan Stevenson (Equal Justice Initiative)LaTosha Brown (Black Voters Matter)Tarana Burke (Me Too)Yalda T. Uhls (The Center for Scholars & Storytellers at UCLA)Muslim Public Affairs Council Hollywood BureauNew America Better Life Lab’s Entertainment InitiativePopShiftStoryline PartnersHuman Rights WatchCAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment)Pop Culture CollaborativeNRDCGLAAD
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