Lizzo pulls mega stunt praising activists around the world during speech

Recently, at the People's Choice Awards, @lizzo won the People's Champion Award and brought 16 women on stage to share the honour.

This pivotal moment of recognition and acknowledgement had the world in tears.

One user shares: "Lizzo leads the way again. Winning by amplifying, then amplifying with the award. That acceptance speech gave me goose bumps, and the next time things feel hopeless I am going to re-watch it."

See the speech that brought on-lookers to a standing ovation:

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This emotional speech proved just how deserving of the award this pop star is.

Shared by the star, at first she was hesitant accepting the award. After accepting the award, she said: “I’m here tonight, because to be an icon isn’t about how long you’ve had your platform. Being an icon is what you do with that platform. And ever since the beginning of my career I’ve used my platform to amplify marginalised voices.”

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Instead of focusing on her career successes, she shone a spotlight on activists all over the world who deserve to be recognised and supported.

Lizzo concludes: “Power will always be to the people. Thank you so much People’s Choice. Follow them, follow them and support them.”

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Here are the activists that Lizzo chose to recognise, as shared by the LA Times: 

Amariyanna Copeny, also known as Little Miss Flint: A 15-year-old “who spent the past eight years fighting to ensure everyone in Flint [Mich.,] and in communities across the nation has access to safe drinking water.”

Shirley Raines: “Through her organization Beauty 2 the Streetz she makes the human connection with the unhoused people of Los Angeles and makes them feel loved and love what they see in the mirror.”

Yasmine Aker: An actor who’s also “an Iranian American grassroots activist. She is a voice for the voiceless and works with various organization supporting the Iranian women and the people’s fight for freedom.”

Emiliana Guereca: “If you’ve been to a Women’s March, she’s probably behind it. As the founder of the Women’s March Foundation, she helps amplify our voices.”

Esther Young Lim: “She’s the author of the booklet ‘How to Report a Hate Crime’ and seeks to eradicate barriers and empower the Asian American and Pacific Islander community.”

Felicia “Fe” Montes: The poet is “a Chicana Indigenous artist and activist, co-founder of the groundbreaking women’s collective Mujeres de Maiz. She has created a safe platform for Indigenous women of colour to express themselves.”

Jayla Rose Sullivan: “A professionally trained dancer who is making sure there is space for transgender and non-binary performers in the dance community. Watch out for that big girl!” (Sullivan is a burlesque dancer who competed in the musician’s Emmy-winning reality competition series, “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls.”)

Kara Roselle Smith: Smith is a member of the Chappaquiddick Wampanoag Tribe. “She works tirelessly to seek justice for Black and Indigenous communities and is fighting for Land Back and reparations.”

Maggie Mireles: “Her sister Eva Mireles was a teacher and a hero who lost her life protecting her students during the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Maggie is continuing her fight against senseless and despicable gun violence that has become far too common,” Lizzo said through tears and with her voice cracking. “Make some noise.”

Amelia Bonow: The co-founder of Shout Your Abortion, which “is working to normalise abortion, increase awareness of abortion pills and motivate people to work and support abortion access in their communities.”

Odilia Romero: “An advocate and translator for the Indigenous peoples from Mexico and Central America who are now living in the United States. Her woman-led organisation CIELO brings daily relief to her community in Los Angeles.”

Rabbi Tarlan Rabizadeh: The director of student life at UCLA and VP of Jewish engagement at American Jewish University is “committed to building a bridge between Jewish people of all colours and backgrounds and, as an Iranian American, she is fighting to amplify the plight of the Iranian people.”

Sahar Pirzada: The Heart to Grow activist is “working on behalf of Muslim women in America to advance reproductive justice and protect the community from gendered violence and oppressive systems.”

Chandi Moore: The HIV and trans rights activist is also a community health educator at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles who gives “trans and gender-nonconforming youth the tools they need to live their lives as their authentic selves.”

Crystal Echo Hawk: Hawk is a member of the Pawnee nation of Oklahoma who “seeks to amplify Native voices through her organisation IllumiNative. She disrupts the invisibility of Native peoples here in America.”

Reshma Saujani: The author and founder of Girls Who Code is also “advocating for the moms. As a founder of the Marshall Plan for Moms, she fights for paid family leave, affordable childcare and equal pay for all.”

Tamika Palmer: “She fights in honour of the memory of her daughter, Breonna Taylor — Say her name! — who was killed in an act of police violence. The Breonna Taylor Foundation has and will continue to focus on pursuing justice for Breonna.”

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