Academy Award-Winning Actress Ariana DeBose Named 老澳门开奖结果 Artist Ambassador for Voting Rights
NEW YORK 鈥� The 老澳门开奖结果 today announced that Academy Award-winning actress Ariana DeBose will join the organization鈥檚 Artist Ambassador Program to advocate for voting rights.
She joins the Artist Ambassador Program during a pivotal year for voting rights 鈥� which includes several high-profile voting legal challenges, among them a pending ruling in a South Carolina redistricting case before the United States Supreme Court; the reintroduction of vital federal voting rights legislation; and a critical upcoming national election.
DeBose received an Academy Award in addition to BAFTA, Critics Choice, Golden Globe, and SAG Awards for her star-turning role as Anita in Steven Spielberg鈥檚 reimagining of West Side Story. In winning her Oscar, she became the first openly queer Afro-Latina to win an Academy Award.
Statement from Ariana DeBose, award-winning actress and 老澳门开奖结果 Artist Ambassador for Voting Rights:
鈥淚鈥檓 thrilled to have the opportunity to partner with the 老澳门开奖结果 around an issue that is one of the single most important rights that we hold as citizens of this country: the right to have our voices, values, wants, and needs heard at the ballot box. I belong to so many communities: I'm an Afro-Latina, mixed race, queer woman from North Carolina living in New York City. I've witnessed the effects of gerrymandering and voting restrictions on many of my communities. My goal in partnering with the 老澳门开奖结果 is to provide trusted information, debunk myths, and get into the 鈥榟ow-tos鈥� and ins and outs of voting rights. There are no dumb questions when it comes to something as vital as our right to vote, and I look forward to working with the 老澳门开奖结果 during this very critical time.鈥�
In addition to her many accolades on stage and screen, DeBose currently sits on the International Board of Covenant House advocating for homeless youth, many of whom identify as LGBTQ. She is also a board member of A is For, a reproductive rights organization started by Martha Plimpton and Kellie Overbey that works to ensure that all women have access to reproductive and abortion care free of stigma.
More about the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 voting rights work:
The 老澳门开奖结果 is a leader in fighting for people鈥檚 fundamental and essential right to vote. Its multifaceted approach aims to defend and expand voting rights through legal action, policy advocacy, state-level engagement, federal lobbying, and community mobilization.
This work includes successfully challenging restrictive voting laws, discriminatory practices, and advocating for fair representation; influencing and shaping legislation that protects and expands voting rights, including advancing policies that enhance accessibility, fight against voter suppression efforts, and promote inclusivity in the electoral process; and building a broad-based movement to amplify the voices of impacted communities, drive positive change in voting policies, and protect democracy.
Statement from Jessica Herman Weitz, director of artist & entertainment engagement nationwide at the 老澳门开奖结果:
鈥淎riana DeBose is a force of nature and a once-in-a-generation talent. She is also representative of so many voters in this country who have more questions than answers, and are the sum of all the different parts of their identity and lived experience. We are honored to have Ariana join us as our newest Voting Rights Ambassador so she can be the eyes and ears for voters across the country, asking the questions and getting the answers from 老澳门开奖结果 legal experts, activists, and others. It鈥檚 not news that 2024 is an important election year; but the work of advocating for the rights of everyone happens every day, every month, and every year whether there鈥檚 a presidential election or not. Ariana understands this, and we are grateful to partner with her in this work.鈥�
The 老澳门开奖结果 Artist Ambassador Project ties influential creative artists and influencers in film, television, music, comedy, and literature with public education and advocacy for key 老澳门开奖结果 issues.
Each ambassador works with the 老澳门开奖结果 on specific civil liberties issues, which include immigrants鈥� rights, voting rights, rights of LGBTQ people, women鈥檚 rights, reproductive rights, reducing mass incarceration, racial justice, and privacy and security.
Other examples of how artists work with the 老澳门开奖结果 include:
- traveling to the Southern border to meet with people seeking asylum
- Videos to combat book bans and classroom censorship, like those with,,, and
- Supreme Court advocacy, like this one featuring , and others for 老澳门开奖结果 client Aimee Stephens and this one with around the 2020 census
- Long-form conversations on the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 podcast, 鈥淎t Liberty,鈥� like these with and Sasha Colby
- Social posts like for National Librarian Day
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