Who are the 8 activists the Time’s Up actresses brought to the Golden Globes

Everything you need to know about the special guests at this year’s Golden Globes…

The 2018 Golden Globes saw the men and women of Hollywood standing in solidarity against sexual harassment by wearing black, but that wasn’t the only protest being made. As you may have spotted on the red carpet, eight attendees – Meryl Streep, Emma Stone, Michelle Williams, Emma Watson, Susan Sarandon, Amy Poehler, Laura Derm and Shailene Woodley – each brought gender and racial activists as part of the #TimesUp movement.

Here’s what you need to know about each of the special guests…

Meryl Streep brought Ai-jen Poo

As the director of ‘National Domestic Workers Alliance’, Ai-jen Poo has been a key activist for female immigrant workers for over 20 years. She also co-directs the ‘Caring Across Generations’ campaign and has been listed as one of Fortune’s 50 World’s Greatest Leaders.

Emma Stone brought Billie Jean King

As well as being a historic tennis figure and the character Emma Stone plays in Battle of The Sexes, Billie Jean King founded the ‘Women’s Tennis Association,’ the ‘Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative’, and the ‘Women’s Sports Foundation.’

Michelle Williams brought Tarana Burke

Best known for starting the #MeToo movement, Tarana Burke has been a sexual assault activist for over a decade. She began by helping survivors in underprivileged communities who didn’t have access to care, like counseling or crisis centers, following an assault.”It wasn’t built to be a viral campaign or a hashtag that is here today and forgotten tomorrow,” Burke said about the #MeToo campaign, which gained prominence on social media following the Harvey Weinstein scandal last October. “It was a catchphrase to be used from survivor to survivor to let folks know that they were not alone and that a movement for radical healing was happening and possible,” she told Ebony.

Emma Watson brought Marai Larasi

Marai Larasi is the executive director of Imkaan UK – a prominent black-feminist network that includes specialist women’s organisations and community groups who focus on ending violence against black and ‘minority ethnic’ women and girls. Larasi is also co-chair of the End Violence Against Women Coalition – the UK’s biggest network of related organizations. In 2013, she was named one of 100 most influential LGBT people of the year on the World Pride Power List.

Susan Sarandon brought Rosa Clemente

Afro-Latin scholar Rosa Clemente is best known for her incredibly groundbreaking 2001 article “Who Is Black?”. She is also the founder of ‘Know Thy Self Productions’ – an organisation, which produces community activism tours and consults on everything from hip-hop feminism to Puerto Rico’s right to be independent.