A POWERHOUSE GENDER EQUITY SUMMIT

“When people hear my story, I hope people can also start believing in their own truth. When you raise your voice, someone is listening to you. And that’s a beautiful thing.” —Shiori Ito, Japanese Journalist and the face of Japan’s #metoo movement

From climate justice and human rights to our reproductive freedom and mental health, there’s a lot on the line. 

Taking a deep dive into the issues that touch all of our lives at this crucial time, The Meteor—in partnership with Gucci’s CHIME FOR CHANGE—gathered some of the greatest transformational activists and thinkers around the globe who are pushing for change for women, girls, and nonbinary people worldwide.

22 For ’22: Visions for a Feminist Future featured a broad range of visionaries and artists including Symone D. SandersDolores HuertaPaula Avila-GuillenPaola RamosJanicza BravoTarana BurkePaola MendozaBusy PhilippsAmandla StenbergChris Smalls, and more. See the full list below—and the full production credits here.

Watch the opening film

Actress and artist Amandla Stenberg and award-winning writer and activist Raquel Willis discuss the juxtaposition of the new conversations on gender equality against the current wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation.

Labor rights legend Dolores Huerta and Chris Smalls, new union organizer and president of the Amazon Labor Union, meet on stage to discuss the future of the workers’ movement, moderated by filmmaker, author, and organizer Paola Mendoza.

Summit host Symone D. Sanders, and host of MSNBC's "Symone", sat down with Ayisha Siddiqa, Human Rights and Environmental Justice Advocate and Co-founder of Polluters Out, to discuss global leaders’ effect on climate injustice and our part in climate change.

New York Times Best-Selling author, actor, and activist Busy Philipps and Paula Avila-Guillen, Colombian Human Rights Lawyer and Executive Director of Women’s Equality Center, discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s plan to overturn Roe v. Wade amid the wave of reproductive victories happening around the world.

SPEAKERS

Our host:

SYMONE D. SANDERS

Host of MSNBC's "Symone"

Amandla Stenberg

Actress and Artist

RAQUEL WILLIS

Award-winning Writer and Activist

DOLORES HUERTA

President and Founder, Dolores Huerta Foundation

CHRIS SMALLS

President of the Amazon Labor Union Based in Staten Island, NY 

JANICZA BRAVO

Award-winning Writer and Director

Tarana Burke

Author and Founder and Chief Vision Officer, 'me too.' Movement

BUSY PHILIPPS

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Actor, Activist

PAULA Avila-Guillen

Colombian Human Rights Lawyer and Executive Director, Women’s Equality Center

PAOLA RAMOS

Host, Vice News, Telemundo, MSNBC

Fatema Hosseini

Afghan Journalist and Master’s Student of Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland

LACHI

Award-Winning Recording Artist, Disability Advocate, President and Founder of RAMPD, GRAMMY Advocacy Co-Chair (NY)

VOICE OF BACEPROT

Indonesian All-Female Rock Trio

BRANDON KAZEN-MADDOX

ASL Artist, Choreographer and Co-Founder of UP UNTIL NOW Collective

Shiori Ito

Japanese Journalist

AYISHA SIDDIQA

Human Rights and Environmental Justice Advocate and Co-founder, Polluters Out

MITZI JONELLE TAN

CONVENER, YOUTH ADVOCATES FOR CLIMATE ACTION PHILIPPINES

Paola Mendoza

Filmmaker, Author and Organizer

Ariman Scriba

Mental Health Advocate

ANNA ALBOTH

POLISH JOURNALIST AND MEDIA OFFICER, MINORITY RIGHTS GROUP

Kyra Peralte

Creator and CEO, The Traveling Diary

LEENA ALAM

Actor and Activist, Afghanistan

Watch 22 For ’22

22 For ’22: Visions For a Feminist Future aired at a virtual gathering on May 9, 2022. Watch the full program here.

22 For ’22 is a project of The Meteor, and is presented by CHIME FOR CHANGE, Gucci’s global campaign for gender equality.