Mark Ruffalo, Wanda Sykes, Natasha Lyonne, Jean Smart, and Ariana Grande arrived at Sunday's Golden Globes wearing black-and-white pins bearing messages like "BE GOOD" and "ICE OUT" — a visible tribute to Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis last week.
The pins represented something quieter than a typical red-carpet statement: a grassroots organizing effort that started with a late-night text exchange. Nelini Stamp, an organizer with Working Families Power, and Jess Morales Rocketto, executive director of the Latino advocacy group Maremoto, began calling celebrities they knew mid-week. Those celebrities then quietly passed the pins to others in their circles. Allies attended pre-ceremony parties, handing them out to attendees and neighbors heading to the ballroom.
"They put it in their purse and they're like, 'Hey would you wear this?' It's so grassroots," Morales Rocketto said.
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Start Your News DetoxThis marks the third consecutive year Morales Rocketto has coordinated Golden Globes activism — previously rallying Hollywood against family separation policies. The strategy reflects a deliberate choice about how cultural moments reach millions of viewers. When Jean Smart accepted her award for best female actor in a musical or comedy series, the pin on her dress became part of the ceremony's broadcast.
The organizers invoked the 1973 Oscars, when Sacheen Littlefeather declined Marlon Brando's award to protest Hollywood's portrayal of Native Americans. That moment, captured on live television, became historical. Morales Rocketto and Stamp are planning to continue the campaign throughout awards season, ensuring the public learns the names of people killed in ICE shootings — making sure those deaths don't disappear into the noise.
