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| Lucy Liu receives her award. |
ACTRESS LUCY LIU, an ambassador for UNICEF, was recently honored at Harvard for her humanitarian work.
Liu was named 2016 artist of the year by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations. She received the award Feb. 20 in a presentation at the Cultural Rhythms Festival at Sanders Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
“Diversity is about unity,” Liu said. “Separation and segregation—that’s about fear and ignorance.”
Liu was named 2016 artist of the year by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations. She received the award Feb. 20 in a presentation at the Cultural Rhythms Festival at Sanders Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
“Diversity is about unity,” Liu said. “Separation and segregation—that’s about fear and ignorance.”
Liu has raised awareness of the plight of women and children in some of the world’s most impoverished countries and the international child trafficking industry. She has actively supported Women for Women, a nonprofit organization that has helped nearly 430,000 marginalized women in countries affected by war and conflict. And in 2012, she received the Champion of Peace Award for her “unyielding commitment to promote peace, justice, and human rights.”
After receiving the award she stayed to watch the Harvard Foundation’s 31st Cultural Rhythms show which was a multi-cultural presentation by Harvard students, who had an opportunity to be interviewed by Liu.
In her acceptance speech, Liu talked about the responsibility of minority groups to embrace and celebrate their cultural heritage.
“It’s our jobs to present who we are and what we believe in,” she said.
“It’s our jobs to present who we are and what we believe in,” she said.
Born to immigrant parents in Queens, New York, Liu has been a UNICEF Ambassador since 2014 and has been a spokeswoman for the Human Rights Campaign. Harvard says she's "worked tirelessly to raise awareness of the plight of women and children in some of the world's most impoverished countries."
The Kill Bill and Charlie's Angels star, one of the best known Asian/American actresses, is currently starring in the CBS series Elementary.
“Today, I think we have all seen onstage the bravery, the absolute joy, the pleasure of presenting who we are, and how we are, with no excuses,” Liu told the performers and audience.
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