Sharon Stone, Charlize Theron, Wilson Cruz and Thomas Sadoski are among the many stars who will focus on “The Way forward for Hollywood Philanthropy” at a particular summit on July 11.
Co-hosted by the nonprofit Social Affect Fund and The Hollywood Reporter, the 2024 inaugural Social Affect Summit will see a few of the leisure trade’s largest names — celebrities who’re dedicated to giving again — come collectively to speak concerning the position Hollywood can play in making a distinction on native, nationwide and world ranges.
Offered by biopharmaceutical firm Gilead, a pacesetter in growing antiviral drugs, the Social Affect Summit will embody a keynote speech by Stone, a longtime supporter and champion of amfAR.
To be held on the Administrators Guild of America, the occasion may also characteristic panel discussions highlighting the work of Theron, the founding father of the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Venture nonprofit, which helps younger folks in Africa; Cruz, who serves as board chair of GLSEN, which works with educators to create affirming environments for LGBTQ+ youth; and Sadoski, an envoy for Battle Youngster USA, dedicated to serving to kids and households in battle zones; and different trade leaders and expertise to be introduced.
The Social Affect Summit will additional honor hunger-fighting nonprofit Feeding America as The Hollywood Reporter’s Philanthropic Group of the 12 months, an award given to a bunch that innovatively works with the leisure trade to make an indelible influence.
Actor Julie Bowen, a longtime supporter of Feeding America, who serves on its Leisure Council, will current the respect to FA’s CEO Claire Babineaux-Frontenot. Feeding America was just lately named the biggest charity in america and works with a community of meals banks, state meals financial institution associations, meals pantries and meal applications to assist folks dealing with starvation within the U.S.
“The nonprofit world counts more and more on celebrities for assist in amplifying their mission and interesting folks to find out about and donate to pressing causes,” says Degen Pener, deputy editor of The Hollywood Reporter. “That’s why The Hollywood Reporter has partnered with the Social Affect Fund, a pacesetter in advising celebrities on giving again, to host its inaugural Social Affect Summit, artistic and new ways in which the leisure trade can accomplice with charitable organizations all in an effort to alter issues for the higher.”
The day earlier than the summit, The Hollywood Reporter will publish its annual Philanthropy Difficulty, which presents an of-the-moment take a look at the highest gamers who sit on the intersection of the leisure world and charitable influence and giving.
Final 12 months, the Social Affect Fund — which works with main Hollywood philanthropists similar to Kerry Washington, John Legend, Bradley Cooper, Ryan Reynolds, will.i.am, Hailey Bieber, Rosario Dawson, Shawn Mendes and Madonna — was named the 2023 Philanthropic Group of the 12 months in The Hollywood Reporter’s annual charity-themed subject.
“Our inaugural Social Affect Summit comes at a pivotal second in time,” says Craig Cichy, govt director of the Social Affect Fund. “Not solely are cultural and social points challenged, however elementary wants are being under-addressed or with opposed commentary. I’ve at all times mentioned ‘philanthropy at all times begins with one thing private,’ and I’ve by no means discovered that to not be true. Hollywood philanthropy isn’t any totally different. We’ll discover the way forward for philanthropy in Hollywood and past — what works nice, and the way we are able to do good, higher. This primary Summit solely scratches the floor in planning for the way forward for philanthropy in Hollywood, and we have now assembled a various group of thought leaders and skilled change makers to encourage new concepts and inventive options.”