SCRIPT I want to say that I value the press more than ever before as we try to navigate these complicated times, which brings me to this: what I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have. And I'm especially proud and inspired by all the women who have felt strong enough and empowered enough to speak up and share their personal stories. Each of us in this room are celebrated because of the stories that we tell, and this year we became the story. But it's not just a story affecting the entertainment industry. It's one that transcends any culture, geography, race, religion, politics, or workplace. So I want tonight to express gratitude to all the women who have endured years of abuse and assault because they, like my mother, had children to feed and bills to pay and dreams to pursue. They're the women whose names we'll never know. (…) And there's someone else, Recy Taylor, a name I know and I think you should know, too. In 1944, Recy Taylor was a young wife and a mother walking home from a church service she'd attended in Abbeville, Alabama, when she was abducted by six armed white men, raped, and left blindfolded by the side of the road coming home from church. They threatened to kill her if she ever told anyone, but her story was reported to the NAACP where a young worker by the name of Rosa Parks became the lead investigator on her case and together they sought justice. But justice wasn't an option in the era of Jim Crow. The men who tried to destroy her were never persecuted. Recy Taylor died ten days ago, just shy of her 98th birthday. She lived as we all have lived, too many years in a culture broken by brutally powerful men. For too long, women have not been heard or believed if they dared to speak the truth to the power of those men. But their time is up. Their time is up. Vocabulary: To value: chérir la valeur Tool: outil To speak up: dire haut et fort The entertainment industry : l’industrie du divertissement Abuse : abus Assault : agression Bills : factures To attend : assister à Abducted: enlevée Raped: violée Blindfolded: les yeux bandés To threaten : menacer The NAACP: the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Martin Luther King) The lead investigator: à la tête de l’enquête Sought : preterit de seek : rechercher Era : ère, époque Jim Crow laws : lois racistes et discriminatoires envers les noirs américains avant les années 50 aux Etats-Unis To dare to : oser Their time is up: leur heure est finie.