An open letter to the voters of the United States:
We are a coalition of artists who, today, are joining millions of Americans in our commitment to defeat the presumptive Republican nominee for president, Donald Trump.
We believe it is our responsibility to use our platforms to bring attention to the dangers of a Trump presidency, and to the real and present threats of his candidacy.
Donald Trump wants to take our country back to a time when fear excused violence, when greed fueled discrimination, and when the state wrote prejudice against marginalized communities into law. His rhetoric and policy proposals exclude, degrade, and harm:
- Mexican and Latino people
- Black people
- Muslim people
- LGBTQ people
- Women and their health care providers
- Asian people
- Refugees
- People with disabilities
- Working class people
- American prisoners of war
- …and those of countless other marginalized communities.
When dangerous and divisive leaders have come to power in the past, it has been in part because those of goodwill failed to speak out for themselves or their fellow citizens. Some of us come from the groups Trump has attacked. Some of us don’t. But as history has shown, it’s often only a matter of time before the “other” becomes me.
That is why we need to unite before it is too late—for the sake of our fellow Americans and for the sake of our democracy—and why it is so critical for those of us with the privilege to speak out to do so loudly and forcefully, in our work, online, and in our communities, with all the resources we have at hand.
We call upon every American to join us–to stand together on the right side of history, to use the power of our voice and the power of our vote to defeat Donald Trump and the hateful ideology he represents.
- We are united against violence.
- We are united against sexism.
- We are united against racism.
- We are united against xenophobia.
- We are united against homophobia.
- We are united against fascism.
We are Artists
#UnitedAgainstHate.
Signed,
- Mark Ruffalo Actor/Director/Producer and Activist
- Shonda Rhimes Writer, Director, Producer
- Ryan Murphy Producer, Director
- Russell Simmons Entrepreneur, Activist
- Kerry Washington Actor & Activist
- Julianne Moore Actor, Activist
- Shepard Fairey Artist
- Adam McKay Writer, Director
- Lena Dunham Writer, Director
- Ilana Glazer Actor
- Abbi Jacobson Actor
- Moby Recording Artist, Author, Activist
- Michael Stipe Artist, Singer/Songwriter
- Third Eye Blind Musicians
- Kathleen Turner Actor, Activist
- Franchesca Ramsey Correspondent/Writer on “The Nightly Show”
- Olivia Wilde Actress, Producer, Director, Humanitarian
- Julia Stiles Actor, Director
- Patricia Arquette Actor, Activist
- Meg Ryan Actor, Producer, Director
- Michael Mann Director
- Michael Moore Director, writer
- Bryan Cranston Actor
- Paul Haggis Director, Writer
- Tony Schwartz ghostwriter of Trump’s book “The Art of the Deal”
- Neil Patrick Harris Actor
- Doug Liman Director
- Lizzy Caplan Actor
- Woody Harrelson Actor, Director
- Rain Phoenix Artist & Activist
- Jane Fonda Actor, Activist
- Tig Notaro Comedian, Writer
- Rashida Jones Actor, Activist
- Clea Duvall Actor
- Kathryn Hahn Actor
- Taylor Schilling Actor
- Maggie Gyllenhaal Actor & Activist
- Alyssa Milano Actress, Producer, Humanitarian and Entrepreneur
- Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Musicians
- Busy Phillips Actor & Mother
- Piper Perabo Actor
- Cynthia Nixon Actor
- Lea Delaria Actor
- Tamara Tunie Actor
- Chloe Grace Moretz Actor
- Dustin Lance Black Screenwriter
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson Actor
- Jill Soloway Director
- Mickey Sumner Actor
- Charles Ferguson Director, Writer
- Lesley Arfin Writer, “GIRLS”
- Jesse Peretz Director
- Christian Campbell Actor
- Neve Campbell Actor
- Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky author, musician
- Laura Dawn writer, director, producer, activist
- Benjamin O’Keefe actor, writer, activist
- Sarah Sophie Flicker producer, writer, activist
- Michael Skolnick Writer, Producer, Activist
- Mary Lambert Singer-songwriter
- Christian Siriano Fashion Designer, Reality Personality
- Vanessa Hope Director
- Jeffrey Marsh Vinestar, Author, LGBT Activist
- Diane English Writer, Producer
- Mara Wilson Writer
- JJ Feild Actor
- Kat Blaque Activist and Social Media Influencer
- Emma Myles Actor
- Emily Robinson Actor
- Nik Dodani Actor, Comedian
- Laci Green YouTuber, Writer
- Ilene Chaiken Producer
- Akilah Hughes YouTube
- Trae Crowder The Liberal Redneck
- Mara Hoffman Designer
- Rebecca Woolf Writer
- Mickalene Thomas Visual Artist, Curator, Filmmaker
- Tanya Selvaratnam Artist, Activist
- Oskar Eustis Artistic Director, The Public Theater
- DJ Rekha Producer
- Elizabeth Streb Director
- Lucy Walker Director
- Catherine Gund Filmmaker/Activist
- Xaviera Simmons Visual and Performing Artist
- Chitra Ganesh Visual Artist
- Laura Michalchyshyn Producer
- Hillary Jordan Author
- Lisa Kron Playwright/Actor
- Basil Twist Puppeteer/Director/Designer
- Dave Malloy Composer/Playwright
- James Tigger! Ferguson Performer, Activist
- Stephen Winter Filmmaker
- Carlen Altman Actor, Writer, Activist, Human
- Jena Friedman Comedian, Producer
- Zoe Lister-Jones Actor, Writer, Director
- Natalie Joos Writer, Photographer, Stylist
- Rachel Sklar Writer
- Jill Greenberg Artist
- Rob Green Producer
- Romy Soleimani Stylist
- Lori White Writer, Upworthy
- Luke Rathbone Musician
- Molly R Stern Makeup Artist, Designer, Mother
- Helen Stickler Filmmaker
- India Salvor Menuez Actor, Artist
- Lisa Salzer Jewelry Designer
- Sarah Lewittin (Ultragrrrl) DJ, Record Producer, Music Critic
- Hannah Rad DJ/VJ
- Marlon Taylor-Wiles Dancer/Choreographer
- Dita Von Teese Artist
- Daron Murphy Composer, Producer
- Alice Roth Producer, Writer
- Talib Kweli Musician
- Andrew Kornhaber Producer
- Eric Brown Producer
- Mikki Halpin Writer, Author, Activist
- David Ambrose DP, Producer
- Isolde Brielmaier Curator, Art Professor
- Jen Gatien Filmmaker, Activist
- Shruti Ganguly Filmmaker
- Lisa Cortes Producer, Activist
- Eisa Davis Writer, Performer
- Amanda Palmer Musician, Author
- Peter Nowalk Creator and Executive Producer of “How to Get Away with Murder”
- Allan Heinberg Showrunner and Executive Producer of “The Catch”
- T R Knight Actor
- Sydney Shackelford Trans actress and activist
- Ilene Chaiken Writer and Producer
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