Sigourney Weaver's Charity Work, Events and Causes

Charity biography

Weaver is the honorary chairperson of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International.

She outlined the widespread threat to ocean habitats posed by deep-sea trawling at the October 2006 United Nations General Assembly policy deliberation.

In April 2008, she hosted the annual gala of the Trickle Up Program, a non-profit organization focusing on those in extreme poverty, mainly women and the disabled, and in May 2008 she MC’d Audubon’s Women in Conservation annual luncheon.

Causes supported

Animals, Children, Conservation, Economic/Business Support, Education, Environment, Physical Challenges, Poverty, Water, Women

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Charities & foundations supported

Sigourney Weaver has supported the following charities:

Other supporters of the same charities & foundations

Ashlee Simpson Ashton Kutcher Bette Midler Christina Applegate Cynthia Nixon Felicity Huffman James Denton January Jones Jeremy Piven Jessica Simpson Maggie Gyllenhaal Penny Marshall Selena Gomez Sharon Lawrence Shirley MacLaine

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Actresses Honor Teachers, Past And Present

October 20, 2009

“The teacher that I miss and remember with such gratitude is Florence Hunt, who taught English. She encouraged me to write plays, she took me to plays, and when I got into drama school, I wrote her to tell her that her support really made such a huge difference. Teachers are the best.” So says actress Sigourney Weaver in response to the troubling trend of American teachers having to buy classroom supplies with their own money. »

Celebrity Women Honored At Humanitarian Awards

September 28, 2009

Some of the hottest female stars in show business, including Christina Applegate, Christina Aguilera, Maria Bello and Anne Hathaway, were honored for their charity work at Variety’s first annual Power Of Women Luncheon last week. »

Toronto Film Festival To Host Cinema Against AIDS

September 7, 2009

On September 15, 2009, amfAR – The American Foundation for AIDS Research – and Dignitas International will partner on the first-ever Cinema Against AIDS event during the Toronto International Film Festival. »