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.
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.
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