>>> WELCOME BACK TO A SNOWY
ROCKEFELLER PLAZA.
IN THE WAKE OF THE METOO MOVEMENT, PROMINENT WOMEN IN
HOLLYWOOD ARE JOINING FORCES TO
SAY TIMES UP.
>> THATS THE NAME OF A NEW
COALITION FORCED TO ADDRESS
SEXUAL HARASSMENT ISSUES IN THE
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AND
ACTUALLY WORKPLACES NATIONWIDE. ACTRESS AMERICA FERRERA WASIDE.
ACTRESS AMERICA FERRERA WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CREATION OF
THIS NEW CAMPAIGN.
AND MONICA RAMIREZ HAS BEEN
FIGHTING SEXUAL HARASSMENT AS
THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL FARM WORKERS WOMEN ALLIANCE.L
FARM WORKERS WOMEN ALLIANCE. GOOD MORNING TO BOTH OF YOU.
>> MORNING.
>> HI.
>> HERES AN OBVIOUS QUESTION, BUT TIMES UP FOR WHAT?ESTION,
BUT TIMES UP FOR WHAT? >> TIMES UP ON THE BEHAVIOR AND
THE CULTURE THAT MAKES WOMEN
LESS SAFE IN THE WORKPLACE.
AND NOT JUST WOMEN BUT PEOPLE OF
COLOR, LGBTQ COMMUNITY, DISABLED
PEOPLE AND ANYONE ELSE WHO IS MARGINALIZED.YONE ELSE WHO IS
MARGINALIZED.
TIMES UP ON THE ABUSE AND
EXPLOITATION AND DISCRIMINATION
THAT TOO MANY PEOPLE FACE IN THE
WORKPLACE.
NOT JUST IN OUR INDUSTRY, AS YOU
SAID, ACROSS ALL OF OUR
INDUSTRIES.
>> THATS WHATS INTERESTING.
MONICA, YOU ARE AN ORGANIZER WITH THE NATIONAL FARM WORKERS
ALLIANCE, AND YOU ACTUALLY
REACHED OUT AND WROTE THIS OPEN
LETTER TO THE HOLLYWOOD INDUSTRY IN THE WAKE OF THE WEINSTEINSTRY
IN THE WAKE OF THE WEINSTEIN SCANDAL AND THIS NEW AWAKENING.
YOU OFFERED YOUR SUPPORT.
WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN, TO HAVE
WOMEN FROM TOTALLY DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE GETTING TOGETHER?
>> I THINK, YOU KNOW, BY US
JOINING FORCES AND COMING
TOGETHER IN THE WAY THEY HAVE,
IT DEMONSTRATES HOW MUCH POWER
WE HAVE, BUT ALSO OUR COMMITMENT TO MAKING WORKPLACES BETTERTMENT
TO MAKING WORKPLACES BETTER ACROSS THE NATION AND REALLY OUR
WORLD BETTER.
WORLD BETTER.
WE MADE THE DECISION TO COME FORWARD AND TO SEND A LETTER OF
SUPPORT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO
ENSURE THAT WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD
AND OTHERS WHO WERE COMING
FORWARD DIDNT FEEL ALONE AND
THEY KNEW WE STOOD WITH THEM IN
POWER.
POWER.
>> AMERICA --
>> IM SORRY, I WANT TO SAY, TO
RECEIVE A LETTER ON BEHALF OF
700,000 WOMEN, WOMEN WHO PUT FOOD ON OUR SUPERMARKETS AND
TABLES, STANDING WITH US, IT WAS
A MOMENT OF A MODELING OF WHAT
WE NEED TO BE DOING IN OUR
LARGER SOCIETY.
LARGER SOCIETY. IT WAS SUCH A SIGNAL TO US THAT
WE COULDNT DO ANYTHING BUT
RESPOND.
RESPOND.
NOT JUST WITH WORDS BUT WITH REAL ACTION.H WORDS BUT WITH
REAL ACTION.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DECIDED TO
DO IN OUR RESPONSE WAS SEED AND
FUND A NEW LEGAL DEFENSE FUND,
THE TIMES UP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, THAT WILL HELP MEN AND WOMENUND,
THAT WILL HELP MEN AND WOMEN ACROSS ALL INDUSTRIES FIGHT
THEIR SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASES
WITH SUBSIDIZED LEGAL DEFENSE.
WEVE RAISED OVER $14 MILLION.
>> WOW.
>> WOW. >> IN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS, WE
HAVE RECEIVED OVER $1 MILLION IN
SMALL, $5 DONATIONS.
ITS INCREDIBLE TO SEE WHATS
HAPPENING JUST WITH A SIMPLE
MESSAGE THAT TIMES UP.
WEVE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
IT.
IT.
>> AMERICA, YOU HAD A CHOICE. YOU COULD HAVE DONE WHAT A LOT
OF PEOPLE ARE STILL DOING, STAND
ON THE SIDELINES AND SAY, GOOD
FOR THEM.
FOR THEM.
I HOPE THEY FIGHT ON. WHY DID YOU DECIDE IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO LEND YOUR NAME,
YOUR FACE, EVERYTHING TO THIS
KIND OF A CAUSE?
>> ITS NOT JUST ME, HODA.
TIMES UP IS A GROUP OF HUNDREDS
OF WOMEN.
OF WOMEN. >> SURE.
>> SURE. >> INSIDE THE ENTERTAINMENT
INDUSTRY, ACROSS EVERY
DISCIPLINE, COMING TOGETHER
BECAUSE ITS NO LONGER AN OPTION
TO DENY WHAT WE KNOW.
WE ARE NOT SAFE IN OUR
WORKPLACES.
WORKPLACES. ITS NOT JUST ABOUT SEX.
THIS IS ABOUT SOMETHING LARGER.
THIS IS ABOUT POWER DYNAMICS.
ITS ABOUT AN IMBALANCE OF POWER
THAT MAKES PEOPLE UNSAFE.
WE NEED TO START ADDRESSING IT
MUCH WIDER THAN ANY ONE
PERPETRATOR, ANY ONE PREDATOR.
ITS ABOUT PAY EQUITY.
ITS ABOUT BEING SAFE IN OUR
JOBS.
JOBS.
ITS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO ACCESS OPPORTUNITY TO RISE UP THECESS
OPPORTUNITY TO RISE UP THE RANKS, WHERE WERE REPRESENTED
IN LEADERSHIP.
IN LEADERSHIP. ITS ABOUT SO MUCH.
>> MONICA, TO YOUR POINT, IT IS
INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU REACHED
OUT TO THE HOLLYWOOD ACTRESSES,
IN THAT INDUSTRY, WHICH YOU
THINK OF AS A HIGH-PROFILE
INDUSTRY, AND WOMEN WHO HAVE A
LOT OF POWER.
YET, THE FOCUS HERE NOW THROUGH
THIS TIMES UP CAMPAIGN IS FOR
WOMEN WHO DONT HAVE THE POWER.
WOMEN JUST WORKING IN REGULAR
JOBS.
JOBS.
SHIFT WORKERS WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES.WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE
THE RESOURCES. >> I THINK THAT THE INTERESTING
THING ABOUT TIMES UP IS THAT,
YES, ITS TRUE THAT IT IS FOR
WOMEN WHO DONT HAVE RESOURCES,
BUT REALLY IT IS FOR ALL OF US.
THATS AN IMPORTANT POINT THAT
WE NEED TO KEEP REMINDING PEOPLE
ABOUT.
ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, WHILE PEOPLE THINK THAT FARM WORKER WOMEN ARE NOT
POWERFUL, THEYRE VERY POWERFUL
AND HAVE BEEN ORGANIZING FOR A
LONG TIME AROUND THIS ISSUE.
WE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE, NOT JUST
HAVING SUFFERED FROM THIS
PROBLEM, BUT WE HAVE YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE OF ORGANIZING THAT WE
WANTED TO BRING FORWARD TO
SUPPORT THE WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD
WHO WERE COMING FORWARD.
>> LADIES, THANK YOU.
>> BEFORE YOU GO, AMERICA, WE
HEARD YOUR HAPPY NEWS, YOU ARE
EXPECTING.
EXPECTING.
>> I AM.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL THE MORE REASON TO GET TO
WORK AND START FIXING THE THINGS
THAT NEED TO BE FIXED.
>> YOURE BEAMING.
>> KNOW IF IT IS A BOY OR GIRL?
>> I MIGHT BUT IM NOT TELLING.