\t\t\t\t\tSepideh Moafi speaks onstage.<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMatei Horvath\/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tThe actress compared that to today, when the U.S. is \u201cgranting a record-low number of individuals in search of asylum. Refugees and immigrants are being demonized. Families are being torn apart. Innocent persons are being placed in detention centers as an alternative of being given the chance to heal from persecution and displacement, and to construct a brand new life,\u201d as she added, \u201cCompassion isn’t something we’d like to learn; it\u2019s something we’d like to recollect.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tKaramo Brown, NBA star Baron Davis, WalkGood LA founder Etienne Maurice and Dr. David Malebranche, executive director of Global HIV Medical Affairs at Gilead, then took part in a \u201cBlack Equity, Black Excellence: The Power of Purpose\u201d conversation that revolved across the mental, physical and financial health of Black men. <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tFrom left: Karamo Brown, Alphonso David, David Malebranche, Baron Davis and Etienne Maurice.<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJohn Sciulli\/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tQueer Eye<\/em> alum Brown emphasized the necessity to take ownership of 1\u2019s own mental health and noted, \u201cFor us to get the infrastructures to work we now have to alter ourselves, and I feel that\u2019s the largest thing for everybody to know.\u201d Maurice also spoke about among the challenges faced by Black-led organizations not \u201cgetting the support that we’d like,\u201d as he said 91 percent of unrestricted funds are directed at white organizations.<\/p>\n \n\tThe primary honor of the day went to Mayer, who received the Philanthropist of the 12 months award for the work done through his Heart and Armor Foundation, a nonprofit that funds research into post-traumatic stress disorder and other veterans health issues. He was presented the award by Chief Warrant Officer 4 Jared Loomis after which joined Heart and Armor executive director Gerard Chocroun on stage for a chat, moderated by news anchor Jamie Yuccas, about their 15 years of collaboration in support of military service members.<\/p>\n \n\tMayer recalled first meeting vets with PTSD and TBI (traumatic brain injury) and realizing that the general public depiction of PTSD was \u201ccartoonish, it\u2019s bonkers, and I used to be blown away by the subtlety of it. I could feel it. I could look into these veterans\u2019 eyes and there wasn\u2019t an oz of pity, but they\u2019re in there. It\u2019s not the preset to search for help; it’s the preset to be self-reliant, and it’s the preset to figure it out. But you may only figure it out with the tools you\u2019ve got, and that\u2019s when I noticed that there\u2019s got to be a approach to a minimum of leave these tools in front of them for them to find.\u201d <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tJohn Mayer<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMatei Horvath\/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\t\u201cI\u2019d never been deployed, I never shall be deployed, but I got it,\u201d the musician added. \u201cI get how any individual may very well be upset, or the smell of diesel fumes could bring something back. All of us have this sense recall we wish we didn\u2019t have.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe Currys, who appeared virtually after their flight was canceled as a consequence of the storms on the East Coast, were also recognized as Philanthropists of the 12 months for his or her Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation, which Stephen and Ayesha Curry have been running in Oakland since 2019. In that point, the nonprofit has invested greater than $100 million within the Oakland community, provided 35 million meals for youths and families experiencing food insecurity, committed $20 million for literacy programs and rebuilt 24 school playgrounds.<\/p>\n \n\tNonetheless, in chatting with moderator W. Kamau Bell, the NBA star admitted that hearing those numbers read back, \u201cIt\u2019s encouraging and barely depressing at the identical time, just knowing how much work must be done. We’d like to inform the story in regards to the work to be sure that the urgency of the necessity is expressed.\u201d <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tW. Kamau Bell with a virtual Ayesha and Stephen Curry. <\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMatei Horvath\/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tAyesha echoed that although they’re pleased with their foundation\u2019s work, \u201cTruthfully, most days I just feel offended. I feel offended as a mom. I feel offended as a lady on this community. I feel offended as a human being who was once a toddler, understanding that children could have such lack of, here in 2026. Oftentimes it\u2019s learning find out how to take care of the anger that comes with having to persuade people of why they need to take part and help,\u201d she said, emphasizing, \u201cIt\u2019s so interesting that you just form of need to rally people after we\u2019re talking about children.\u201d Bell, a Bay Area native himself, also couldn\u2019t resist asking Stephen to \u201cblink thrice if LeBron [James] is coming to the Warriors,\u201d while the athlete quickly put his hands over the camera.<\/p>\n \n\tNext up, Laverne Cox made an appearance to present Gilead Sciences Inc. with the Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy award, as she told the room, \u201cThey’ve supported critical domestic initiatives starting from comprehensive youth HIV education to specialized mental health and wellness support for girls living with HIV. Gilead understands what so many still fail to know: that ending an epidemic means treating the entire person. It means breaking down systemic socioeconomic barriers that fuel the HIV epidemic day by day.\u201d Keeley Cain Wettan, executive vp and general counsel at Gilead, accepted the consideration.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tLaverne Cox <\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJohn Sciulli\/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tMotion Picture & Television Fund CEO Bob Beitcher, Women in Film CEO Kirsten Schaffer, YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles president and CEO Victor Dominguez and Emmakate Young, managing director of brand name marketing and global sponsorships, Delta Air Lines, sat down for a second conversation, this one centered on \u201cThe L.A. Safety Net: Legacy Philanthropy & The Industry\u2019s Essential \n\tBeitcher noted how in the previous few years MPTF has given away roughly $20 million to staff in need but with Hollywood production having reduced significantly, \u201cwe\u2019re seeing members leaving the industry, they\u2019ve given up.\u201d He added, \u201cAll of us hope that the industry will come roaring back with tax incentives and all those things, and in some unspecified time in the future we\u2019re going to search out ourselves. Our big concern is [it will be] without enough trained, experienced people to do the work.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tFrom left: Alisann Blood, Emmakate Young, Bob Beitcher, Kirsten Schaffer and Victor Dominguez speak onstage throughout the \u201cThe L.A. Safety Net\u201d panel.<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMatei Horvath\/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tTo shut out the event, Harrison Ford stopped by to present the Michael J. Fox Foundation, and its founders Michael J. Fox and Deborah W. Brooks, with the Philanthropic Organization of the 12 months award. The muse has turn into one of the vital successful disease-focused nonprofits of the century, funding greater than $3 billion in research and shaping the present scientific landscape for Parkinson\u2019s.<\/p>\n \n\tAt the rostrum, Ford spoke of how \u201c35 years ago, Michael J. Fox got some very bad news. Most individuals handed something like that endure it; Michael went right to work. Playing Paul Rhoades on Shinking<\/em> gave me some understanding of what it means to live with Parkinson\u2019s\u201d \u2014 Ford\u2019s character is diagnosed within the Apple TV comedy \u2014 \u201cand it also gave me Michael, as an actor, as a friend and probably the most stubborn optimist I do know. Through him, I\u2019ve seen what his foundation does,\u201d including being on target to boost $700 million in research this yr alone.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tFrom left: Harrison Ford, Michael J. Fox and Bill Lawrence.<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJohn Sciulli\/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tFox and Brooks then joined Shrinking<\/em> creator Bill Lawrence for a chat, as the author explained that his father and grandfather were diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s and \u201cwhat I used to be struck by was the way it paralyzed my family after we heard that stuff, and the way quickly Mike made the transition from saying, \u2018I\u2019m retiring\u2019 to suddenly working harder than anybody I\u2019ve ever met in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tFox recalled how after going public along with his diagnosis, he would go in online chat rooms and see patients talking about how great his announcement was. \u201cI believed, \u2018Why would they be celebrating it?\u2019 And I believed because they\u2019ve just been voiceless for thus long. It was considered an old person\u2019s disease \u2014 put Grandma on the porch and just let her rock until she stops rocking. And the truth is, it didn\u2019t need to be that. A number of folks that are young, they’ve quite a bit to supply politically and economically, and as athletes and activists.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBrooks said those initial patients \u201chad this real sense of being seen \u2014 Michael was out in real life, shedding his vanity and just telling it prefer it is and living it prefer it is. And I feel like that combination also was super empowering. Fox can also be very hopeful in regards to the future, sure that \u201cwe will do it\u201d and \u201cwe will construct a drug that may save people\u2019s lives,\u201d and Lawrence said he\u2019s confident \u201cI\u2019m going to get to see the top of Parkinson\u2019s in my lifetime\u201d due to the Michael J. 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Infrastructure.\u201d Alisann Blood, co-head of world brand and music partnerships at UTA, moderated the panel, which largely focused on how L.A. can bounce back after blows from the pandemic, strikes, fires and entertainment industry struggles.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>