I've been a Goodwill Ambassador for the UNICEF and the UNICEF family for more than twelve years

There are things that make me excited about what I'm doing: Trouble the Water [the 2008 documentary Glover executive produced] on New Orleans, or something like Soundtrack for a Revolution, about the power of the music of the civil rights movement [which he executive produced in 2009]. Or Bamako, about the African debt crisis, a platform to discuss the experience of people who actually live it. All of these are important ways we can use film as a forum inviting people into a dialogue.

The strike and its outcome had an enormous impact on the system of education and on our lives as well. The strike began as a response to the college's refusal to hire Professor Nathan Hare [the so-called father of black studies], and certainly unified the college around issues of justice. These issues were reflected in many communities: the Asian American community, Hispanic community, Native American community.

The world is dealing with issues of immigration, deindustrialization, and poverty.

But rarely have I made choices that made me feel I was really compromising what I believe.

Im a child of the Civil Rights Movement.

It's also important for those who promote those issues within the white community - the somewhat privileged community - to talk about issues affecting people of color.