Each year in addition to applauding competing and nominated
film and television categories,
WIN celebrates esteemed and deserving individuals who advance gender parity and connect community.
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​Previous Honorees: Lauren Bacall, Ann-Margret, Loretta Devine, Melissa Etheridge, Regina K. Scully, Mira Sorvino, Joan Rivers, Debbie Allen, Lily Tomlin, Elizabeth Taylor, Maria Cuomo Cole, Senator Barbara Boxer, Jane Campion, Cloris Leachman, Maria Bell, Cecilia DeMille Presley and Abigail Disney, among others.
LIVING LEGEND HONOREE ANN-MARGRET
PRESENTER
WALLIS ANNENBERG
Woman of the Year Honoree Gina Belafonte
Gina is an award-winning Producer, Director, Actress, Educator, Prison Abolitionist, and Freedom Activist. Co-founder of Sankofa.org, Gina has been using art as a tool for over 25 years to communicate messages of hope and civic engagement.
Since its creation in 2013, Sankofa.org has been on the front lines and at the intersection of art and activism, organizing thousands to stand up for justice. As one of the lead organizers, Gina helped create one of the largest Marches in US history, as a Women's March Los Angeles co-Chair, MC and producer.
One of Gina's favorite things is collaboration, and she has contributed to and partnered on many projects with artists such as Whoopi Goldberg, Alfre Woodard, Billy Porter, Laverne Cox, Jesse Williams, Douglas Miles, Shepard Farey, Ernesto Farrell, Hank Willis Thomas, GetLit and For Freedoms to name a few.
Gina’s leadership at Sankofa.org has led to some of the largest Voting campaigns in US history. Gina says: "Art has a unique way of opening hearts and minds. Giving audiences an opportunity to see themselves reflected in the art itself. Art not only shows the world as it is but as it could be."
The activist artists, Harry Belafonte and Julie Robinson brought the world Miss Gina.
