![]() What that says to me is that we have been cut off from the knowledge of our power. We are not utilizing the power that we have now in our community. “To me, there is a disconnect, when we don't vote. The ’Scandal’ actress further argued to convention members who had come from all over the country that exercising their right to vote is an act of self-love. But democracy is the power of the people,” she claimed. All these little tricks are to try to minimize our power. ![]() And we can no longer give pizza to the people in the voting line, or you have to show ID when you vote. If our votes didn't matter, they wouldn't care about voting rights, they wouldn't be out here telling us we can no longer hand out water bottles in the voting line. “We can sit back and say my vote doesn't matter. Washington further argued that politicians who seek to disenfranchise voters are afraid of the power of the people. It's about doing the work to show up to be the hero ourselves.” “Stop waiting for these heroes to come in and swoop in and save the day. “You are the solution,” she told the audience inside the packed Metropolitan East conference room at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel where the convention will continue until April 15. While she still has political candidates that she supports, Washington clarified, “Most of our focus now is supporting grassroots communities all over this country of people who are doing the work so that people know that they matter, that one candidate is not the solution. You come here every four years for so and so candidate.’ And I started to think, 'Oh, I have to be pouring my energy into communities rather than into candidates,'” she said. And I would be in communities, and you would get the sense that people would say like, 'Well, I don't know if you really care about us. “That's why I've been spending the last couple of years really trying not to be the Kerry Washington who drops in and says vote for this person because I did a lot of that in the beginning. Washington who will also be releasing her memoir this September titled, Thicker Than Water, explained that when she first started doing advocacy to encourage people to vote, she really wanted to do it right but had to learn through missteps along her journey. Because you can be the hero of the journey of your community you can be the change-maker in the world around you,” she said. But it's also why we have to remind people that they matter when it comes to voting. “To me, that's why we have to have movies that have black women as the lead and black men as the lead, and TV shows that bring humanity to formerly incarcerated folks. And that we are the hero of our own journey, that we each deserve to be at the center of the story of our lives.” Washington, who told Sharpton that she tries to choose roles that aren’t degrading to women or the black community, noted that “every one of us deserves to know how loved we are. That, to me, is so much of how I make the decisions about the activism that I do and the content that I make. And that sense of like, knowing that God loves me. ![]() “Because I know that God loves me to have put those people in my life. And I think, you know, when I look at my marriage, and I look at my kids, fundamentally, they are proof of God to me,” she continued. “Well, you've met my husband, my husband's amazing. ![]() She credited her husband and the love of God. Washington, who is married to fellow actor, producer and former football cornerback, Nnamdi Asomugha, made the comments during a conversation about voting rights with controversial MSNBC commentator and civil rights activist Al Sharpton at the National Action Network Convention on Wednesday.ĭuring the conversation, Sharpton, who founded NAN in 1991, asked Washington, who is well-known for playing the lead character Olivia Pope in the TV series “ Scandal,” how marriage and motherhood had changed her and how she was able to manage those roles while still maintaining a career. NEW YORK - Renowned actress, producer and activist, Kerry Washington, who stars in the Hulu series “Unprisoned,” says she sees “proof of God” in her marriage, husband and three children. By Leonardo Blair, Senior Features Reporter Wednesday, ApKerry Washington, renowned actor, producer and activist, speaks at the National Action Network Convention on April 12, 2023, in New York City. ![]()
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