Rosario Dawson: Actress, Producer, Activist & Now Online Talkshow Host

We’ve seen Rosario Dawson play several powerful roles on screen, but the Latina actress has been taking on a larger role as activist. In the past she’s been very vocal about domestic violence and currently she’s been helping rock the vote, standing up for women’s rights, and getting the conversation started with the online talkshow, My Peoples.

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A couple of years ago Dawson teamed up with Purple Purse, the Allstate Foundation’s symbol for domestic violence. She grew up in Coney Island on the lower east side where she saw a lot of violence and at a young age her mother taught her that this shouldn’t be the norm. Her mother volunteered for Women’s Inc., an organization that helped women in abusive relationships. “Even though we ourselves had so little, I saw her reaching out to help others. I knew one day I’d do that too,” she explained to Parade.

Dawson suffered from depression, but she fought through it because people cared enough to help her. “There was a lot of depression in my family growing up, and that was a hurtle for me to overcome,” she explains. “I wasn’t born self-confident—I fought for it. So to anyone who feels at her worst right now, realize there’s a way out. I wasn’t at my best either. It took the right mentors and the natural growing pains of life to get where I am. Everyone can get there. You’ll get there. Believe it.”

Recently, Dawson has been seen campaigning with Bernie Sanders and she was even arrested last month in Washington, D.C. after taking part in a Democracy Spring protest. She was there protesting the role of big money in politics and restrictive voter identification laws. She’s taken her role of activist very seriously and any chance she gets to get the conversation started about issues that affect women, she lends her voice.

“You’ve probably heart of the oft-quoted statistic that women make 77 cents to the dollar compared to their male counterparts, but that’s just for non-Hispanic white women — when you break it down by race, African American women make 64 percent of what white men make in the same field, and Hispanic and Latina women make even less at 54% (Asian American women actually make 90% as much as white men do, but only 79% as much compared to Asian American men),” explains Dawson to MTV.

Dawson’s most recent project is an online talk show called My Peoples, which debuted just a couple of days ago, where she talked about the upcoming elections, race gender, and a lot more. The online talk show is broadcasted live every Sunday at 8 p.m. PST, so check it out!

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