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Women Who Spark Law Reform Honored at Make Equality Reality Gala Nov 21, 2019

Equality Now, a leading international NGO dedicated to using the law to promote women’s equality, held its annual Make Equality Reality Gala last night at Capitale in New York City. More →

Equality Now To Host Annual Make Equality Reality Gala Oct 24, 2019

Equality Now, a leading international NGO dedicated to using the law to promote women’s equality, will hold its annual Make Equality Reality Gala in November. More →

Make Equality Reality Gala To Celebrate Equality Now's 25th Anniversary Oct 25, 2017

A plethora of stars will attend this year’s Equality Now New York Gala. More →

Gloria Steinem, Dorothy Pitman Hughes Release Iconic T-shirt For Equal Rights Amendment Aug 11, 2017

Feminist activists, journalists, and authors, Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes, announced the release of a limited-edition charity T-shirt, Gloria and Dorothy’s Equal Rights Now Tee, to raise funds to support the growing momentum behind passage of the long-sought-for Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). More →

Stars Attend 2017 MPTF Night Before Party Feb 28, 2017

A star-studded host committee, Academy Awards nominees and presenters, along with some of the most powerful industry influencers came together on February 25th, 2017 for the 15th annual ‘Night Before’ party to benefit MPTF. More →

Jane Fonda To Be Honored At Equality Now Gala Oct 21, 2016

Equality Now, the international human rights organization dedicated to women’s and girls’ rights, is pleased to announce that it will honor four powerhouses for change at the third “Make Equality Reality” fundraising gala: Jaha Dukureh (Equality Now partner, female genital mutilation (FGM) survivor activist, and TIME 100 honoree), Jane Fonda (two-time Academy Award winning actress, activist, and Equality Now Adolescent Girls’ Legal Defense Fund Advisory Board Member), and Laurie MacDonald & Walter Parkes (award winning film producers of “He Named Me Malala”). More →

Stars Attend Brady Bear Awards And Say No To Gun Violence Nov 25, 2015

Some of entertainment’s biggest names joined political leaders and activists at the Brady Bear Awards in New York City last Thursday, November 19, to say they’d had #ENOUGH of the destructive gun violence that takes 89 American lives each day. More →

Gloria Steinem And Salma Hayek Pinault To Be Honored By Equality Now Oct 3, 2014

Equality Now, the international human rights organization, is pleased to announce that it will honor renowned activist and writer Gloria Steinem, and award-winning actress Salma Hayek Pinault at its annual Make Equality Reality event this year. More →

Stars Flock To See Brad Pitt And George Clooney Tackle Equal Rights Mar 5, 2012

On Saturday night, the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and Broadway Impact presented the West Coast premiere reading of the play 8 before a sold-out crowd in Los Angeles and a worldwide audience watching on YouTube. More →

Brad Pitt Joins Cast For West Coast Performance Of 8 Mar 1, 2012

The American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and Broadway Impact are pleased to announce the addition of Golden Globe-winner and Academy and Emmy Award-nominee Brad Pitt to the cast of the West Coast premiere reading of the play 8. More →

Final Cast List For West Coast Premiere Of 8 Released Feb 16, 2012

The American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and Broadway Impact are proud to announce the full cast for the West Coast premiere of “8,” an unprecedented account of the Federal District Court trial in Perry v. Schwarzenegger (now Perry v. Brown), the case filed by AFER to overturn Proposition 8, which stripped gay and lesbian Californians of the fundamental freedom to marry. More →

Stars Take On 8 For Charity Jan 23, 2012

The American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and Broadway Impact are proud to announce an all-star cast for the West Coast premiere of “8,” a play chronicling the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8, written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter and AFER Founding Board Member Dustin Lance Black and directed by acclaimed actor and director and AFER Founding Board Member Rob Reiner. More →

Celebrity Cast For New Proposition 8 Play Sep 14, 2011

The American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER), in partnership with Broadway Impact, has announced additional casting and roles for the highly anticipated one-night only staged reading of “8,” a new play chronicling the historic trial in the federal legal challenge to California’s Proposition 8. More →

LTTS Exclusive: Calista Flockhart Joins The Stars For V-Day Apr 3, 2009

Look To The Stars’ Lead Host Michelle Vink attended the annual V-Day event – a global movement to stop violence against women and girls – in Santa Monica last week and filed this report. More →

Dick Van Dyke Steals The Show At Charity Gala Mar 13, 2009

The stars came out to play at the annual Geffen’s Stage For Any Age gala earlier this week. More →