Overview
- At a Los Angeles ceremony on Friday, Ferrera accepted the Trailblazer Award and called on artists to “find our courage” and use their work to build empathy and defend creative freedoms.
- She cited scholar Scot Nakagawa’s warning that the United States is barreling toward a crisis point, asserting that Hollywood constitutes a vital part of civil society.
- Coverage placed the event against a backdrop of ICE operations in the city that reporters say have heightened anxiety across immigrant communities over the past year.
- Activist Dolores Huerta received the Icon Award, emphasized that Latinos are not criminals, and led the room in the chant “sí se puede.”
- Other honorees included Andy Garcia, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Ramos, Camila Perez, Frida Perez, Gabriel Luna, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Dolores Fonzi, and Tonatiuh, who ended his remarks with a denunciation of ICE.