Megan Thee Stallion, Brandee Evans, Yvette Nicole Brown, Yves Mathieu Eastand, and more have joined a council dedicated to highlighting and boosting portrayals of caregiving in film and television.
Partnering with Caring Across Generations, these stars and others like Bradley Cooper, Seth Rogen, and Richard Lui among others, each with a personal lived connection to caregiving, have joined together to form the Creative Care Council.
With the goal of changing how society views and values caregivers, the Council is focused on providing recommendations and feedback with hopes of amplifying the depiction of caregiving on screen.
“Caregiving has played a major role in my life,” Megan Thee Stallion said in a statement to Variety. “When I was growing up, I watched my grandmother care for my great-grandmother, and she did it with love, strength, and patience.”
“As a society, we have to support and celebrate our care workers more because caregiving is one of the most underappreciated jobs. My hope is that we can create better environments where people receiving care can feel safe and secure and at home while care workers feel supported and empowered. All families should have access to high-quality resources to provide care for those in need.”
Evans has long been open about her personal caregiving journey, serving as her mother’s…
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