Meet the Activists Who Walked The Golden Globes Red Carpet

Meryl Streep walked the red carpet with Ai-Jen Poo, the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, which works for "the respect, recognition, and includion in labor protections for domestic workers."

On the red carpet, Streep said, "I think that people are aware, now, of a power imbalance. And it's something that leads to abuse. It's led to abuse in our own industry, and it's led to abuse across the domestic workers' field of work, it's in the military, it's in congress, it's everywhere. And we want to fix that and we feel sort of emboldened in this particular moment to stand together in a thick black line dividing then from now."

Poo said, "I hope people see the momentum and the energy and the fact that we're uniting across all industries, and all communities, standing together, saying, we all deserve workplaces where we are safe and our work is valued and we can live and work with dignity. That's the future. We have momentum, and we want to say to everyone that they should join us. This is a movement where there is space for everyone and there is a role for everyone."

Donate to the National Domestic Workers Alliance and find out more about it here.

Michelle Williams and Tarana Burke of the Me Too movementaccompanied each other on the carpet. Burke founded the movement to "help survivors of sexual violence, particularly young women of color from low wealth communities, find pathways to healing."

Williams said, "We are here because Tarana started a movement. She planted a seed years ago, and it has grown and caught fire."

"It's deeply humbling," said Burke. "This is something I started out of necessity, something my community needed it has grown over the years. Never could envision it growing like this. This moment is so powerful because we're seeing a ...collaboration between two worlds that people don't usually put together and most likely would have us pitted against each other. So it's really powerful to be on the red carpet tonight for people like Michele to be selfless enough to give up their time so we can talk about our causes."

Donate to the Me Too Movement and find more about it here.

Monica Ramirez, Board President of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, and Laura Dern walked the red carpet together.

Ramirez wrote an open letter that appeared in Time, "Farmworker women pick, pack and plant the food that we eat and have a long history of, combatting work place sexual violence. when we learned what was hatch penning in Hollywood, our members felt strongly that the wanted to send a message to women in this industry and all people experiencing sexual violence in the work place that they're not alone, that we stand with them, that we lend them our power and our strength as they move through this difficult time. And part of our work as an organization is to fight for gender equality along all lines. So we fight for equal pay, we fight against sexual harassment, we fight for equity. So every person's voice will be valued—everyone will have the opportunity to reach their full potential."

Donate to the Alianza Nacional de Campesinas and find out more about it here.

According to Emma Watson, she and Marai Larasi, director of Imkaan, have been collaborating over the past year—a partnership they took to the red carpet.

Imkaan is a "women's organisation dedicated to addressing violence against Black and 'Minority Ethnic' (BME) women and girls." And that's what Larasi focused on with her Globes moment: "There is something about women in Hollywood speaking out. You know, there is a wall of silence around violence against women and girls.... and every time somebody speaks out, it just creates a bit of a crack in that wall. We don't want hierarchy, saying women of Hollywood are more important than other women. But we're saying women in Hollywood have an opportunity to amplify the issues and shine a light on things—and actually, that's incredibly important. So it's a special moment in time. It's not the beginning of a struggle or the end of the struggle. But it is a critical moment. This is a fantastic platform, and we are trying to use it in the best way we can."

Donate to Imkaan and find out more about it here.

Saru Jayaraman, co-founder and co-director of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, joined Amy Poehler not only on the red carpet but also during Poehler's exchange with host Seth Meyers. ROC United's mission is "to improve wages and working conditions for the nation's restaurant workforce."

Donate to ROC United and find out more about it here.

Emma Stone played the tennis legend Billie Jean King in Battle of the Sexes, and they reunited on the Golden Globes red carpet. King's famous match with Bobby Riggs wasn't her only push for female tennis players to be taken seriously; she was also instrumental in achieving equal prize money for male and female players in the U.S. Open. King founded the Women's Sports Foundation, which "is dedicated to creating leaders by ensuring all girls access to sports."

Donate to the Women's Sports Foundation and find out more about it here.