# Colman Domingo: men should lock arms

> At the Kering Foundation's Caring for Women Dinner, Colman Domingo said showing up beats writing a check.
- Title: Colman Domingo: men should lock arms · The Hollywood Reporter
- Summary: 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…
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- Source: The Hollywood Reporter — https://hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/colman-domingo-supporting-women-kering-dinner-1236697722
- Author: Laurie Brookins
- Published: 2026-09-11T18:04:45+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: colman domingo, feminism, kering foundation, philanthropy, red carpet
## 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.
## Key takeaway

Money helps, but presence is the contribution men can make that nobody else can stand in for.