I was a member of the Black Student Union, part of the central committee at San Francisco State. During the 1968 strike there, I was certainly very much involved in the activities that occurred on campus. It was part of an extraordinary period in my life

My theatrical background was in the great work of the South African playwright Athol Fugard.

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

I was able to do The Saint of Fort Washington, on the relationship between two homeless men.

Lethal Weapon 2 used the platform to talk about the apartheid system. That was a very important moment for us.

Did you know a child is orphaned by AIDS every 15 seconds. Millions of children are going it alone. Missing their childhood. Missing their mother. Missing their father. AIDS is devastating families around the globe. Children are missing your support. Unite for children. Unite against AIDS.

If we talk about the environment, for example, we have to talk about environmental racism - about the fact that kids in South Central Los Angeles have a third of the lung capacity of kids in Santa Monica.