
Storytellers - Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett Receives The Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award
Tribeca Talks
| 60 MINUTESThe award will be presented to Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D-TX). In addition to receiving the award, Congresswoman Crockett will engage in a conversation about her passionate advocacy and dedication to progressive causes with Whoopi Goldberg, who is globally known for her humanitarian work. Congresswoman Crockett has served as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 30th Congressional District since January 2023. She currently holds the roles of Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight. The Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award was established in 2021 by the late Paula Weinstein, Tribeca’s former Chief Content Officer and lifelong activist, to honor her friend, the legendary Harry Belafonte, and to celebrate those who use storytelling and the arts to drive positive change.
Panelists

Jasmine Crockett
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett has served as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 30th Congressional District since January 2023. Currently, she is Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett has purposefully made every decision with one goal in mind: protecting the civil liberties of those in underrepresented communities. As a public defender, civil rights attorney, State Representative, and United States Congresswoman, Jasmine Crockett dedicates her life to public service, with the goal of serving justice and ensuring equality for all.

Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg is one of an elite group of artists who have won the Grammy, the Academy Award, the Golden Globe, the Emmy and a Tony. She is also a prolific producer, bestselling author and entrepreneur and she is well-known around the world for her many humanitarian endeavors. Born and raised in New York City, she performed in San Diego and the Bay Area with the Blake Street Hawkeyes theatre troupe. It was there that she created the characters which became “The Spook Show” and evolved into her hit Broadway show, Grammy Award-winning album and the HBO special that helped launch her career.
Whoopi made her motion picture debut in Steven Spielberg’s film version of Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple,” for which she earned an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award. Her performance in “Ghost” earned her the Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and she has starred in such films as “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” “Clara’s Heart,” “The Long Walk Home,” “Soapdish,” “Sister Act,” “Made in America,” “Boys on the Side,” “Ghosts of Mississippi,” “How Stella Got Her Groove Back,” “Girl, Interrupted,” and such animated classics as “The Lion King” and “Toy Story 3.”
Whoopi has recurring roles on Amazon’s “Harlem” and the EPIX series, “Godfather of Harlem.” She reprised her iconic role of Guinan in season two of the Paramount+ series, “Star Trek: Picard” and lent her voice to the recent animated features “Luck” (Apple TV+) and “My Father’s Dragon” (Netflix). She starred in the 2020 adaptation of Stephen King’s best-selling novel “The Stand,” and she appeared in and produced the critically-acclaimed feature film, “Till,” which has amassed countless awards and honors since its release in late 2022. She will appear in the highly-anticipated Amazon Prime Video series based on Neil Gaiman’s “Anansi Boys.”
Her new memoir, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me, is out May 7 and she will publish her first graphic novel, The Change, this Summer.