Americaโค Ferrera Urges Industry to Embrace โCourage andโฃ Advocacy,โข mirroring the โBravery of Storytelling
LOS ANGELES, CA โฃ – โคActress America Ferrera called on entertainmentโฃ industry professionals to leverage their platforms andโข artistry for social changeโฃ during an awards ceremony at the four Seasons hotelโฃ in Los Angeles, emphasizing the need for courage bothโ on andโข off screen. Ferrera’s remarks come amid โขheightened anxieties withinโ immigrant communities โin Los Angeles and โnationwide, fueled byโฃ increased Immigration and โขCustoms Enforcement (ICE) activity.
Ferrera,โค honored at โthe event, underscored a collective responsibility to not only oppose injustice but to actively build a more โฃequitable world. Her message resonated particularlyโฃ strongly given the context of recentโค ICE raids in โLos Angeles, which have instilled fear evenโ among those with legal status and โขhave led to the documented detention โขand arrest ofโค both โdocumented immigrantsโ and U.S. citizens. The urgency of her call to action reflectsโ a growing โฃdemand for the entertainment industryโ to move beyond depiction and โฃinto proactive advocacy.
Presented with herโ award by jamie Lee Curtis, Ferrera stated, “we have an obligation to point not only to what we are against, but to create and โto demonstrate the world that we โare for and the world that we want to live โin; โand to not depict one โคanother as charity cases, as peopleโฃ whoโค need us to have dignity. We are โคborn with our dignity, and no one will take that away from us.”
Ferrera concluded by challenging โattendees to embody the bravery of the โcharacters they create and โคportray.”It โis time for usโ to find our courage, find โour heroism, be as brave as the characters โฃwe write and as brave as the characters we play โand stand up and use our voices and use our art -โฃ make art that inspires and calls forthโค the world we want to live in,” she said.
Other figures recognized atโค the event included Andy Garcia, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Ramos, Camila Perez,โค Dolores Huerta, Frida Perez, Gabrielโค Luna,โ Kleber Mendonรงa Filho, Dolores Fonzi and Tonatiuh, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
