Occupation: Actress Birth: January 31, 1977
There are already a number of gatherings centered around women of color who are doing inspiring work..
When somebody shows up at your job and jeopardizes your job, yelling and screaming, that's financial abuse. It threatens your ability to take care of….
I just want [my daughter Isabelle] to know that she's heard. Really heard, because I feel like that is what we all really want. When I think about an….
There are so many untold stories when it comes to great women of color..
If I ever have a family one day, everything else will pale in importance to that..
You know what's funny is that I have this ongoing relationship with the city of Washington D.C. I went to George Washington University, and my nickna….
I've been doing this work [ambassador of VDay]for a long time, and there are so many ways that we have to work to eradicate domestic violence and vio….
The breakdown of the black community, in order to maintain slavery, began with the breakdown of the black family. Men and women were not legally allo….
Today there are people trying take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choo….
For me, self-love is like: Am I sleeping enough? Eating well? Not: Am I eating well to be able to fit into my skinny jeans? But: Am I eating well to ….
You see the transformation that the arts have on young people. It changes their lives for the better. That's where my engagement is..
I think all of us in our lives feel like we can't make a difference or we can't make a change or it's too late or we're too tired or we're too scared..
We need to be willing to be uncomfortable, to be flawed, to be imperfect, to own our voice, to step into our light, so that we can continue to inspir….
Voting for [Donald] Trump Is Voting Against Ourselves..
We can't say that we believe in each other's fundamental humanity, and then turn a blind eye to the reality of each other's existence, and the truth ….
Idea of holding each other’s hands at the Women’s March—it feels like we are being invited to do that every day. So many of us are feeling attacked, ….
Black community, I think as a whole America is dealing with the issue of homophobia. We got to be really honest about whether we believe in civil rig….
People don't think about the fact that when Barack Obama's parents had him it was illegal for them to be married in several states in this country. S….
I can be in a little bit of a state of overwhelm and panic if I don't start out being connected to grace and gratitude..
Art curates compassion. Art to me breaks down walls and allows us to step into somebody else's shoes..
Because having your story told as a woman, as a person of color, as a lesbian, as a trans person, or as any member of any disenfranchised community, ….