From The Hollywood Reporter · Laurie Brookins · · 1m 20s
Colman Domingo: men should lock arms
At the Kering Foundation's Caring for Women Dinner, Colman Domingo said showing up beats writing a check.
In brief
At the Kering Foundation's Caring for Women Dinner, Colman Domingo said showing up beats writing a check. Money helps, but presence is the contribution men can make that nobody else can stand in for. Originally reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
A night for women
The Kering Foundation held its fifth annual Caring for Women Dinner at The Pool in New York City on Sept. 10, a benefit for groups serving women and children.
Beyond writing a check
Asked what an A-list star can give besides money, Colman Domingo pointed somewhere simpler: turn up, and keep turning up.
Presence is the point
Domingo said backing these organizations has always mattered to him, and that support means standing in the room, not just signing off on it.
“It's always been important to me to stand firm with these organizations, not only in support, but with my presence.”
Look at these leaders
He described scanning rooms like this one and seeing female leaders everywhere, then catching himself on the obvious follow-up question about the men.
“Anytime I've been in rooms like this, I've thought, 'Look at all these female leaders'”
Men should lock arms
His answer was a job for the men in the room: make sure women get access, information and support, and do it together.
“Men should be locking arms to make sure women have what they need in access and information and support.”
Raised one, dying one
Domingo closed with the line he lives by, framing feminism as something he inherited rather than adopted for the occasion.
“I was raised a feminist, and I'll die a feminist.”
What to remember
Money helps, but presence is the contribution men can make that nobody else can stand in for.
