Charlize Theron - is she the key to the future of Human Rights in Los Angeles County?

    

Activism (from wikipedia)

Theron is involved in women's rights organizations, and marched for abortion rights.^[44]

Theron is a supporter of animal rights and active member of PETA. She appeared in a PETA ad for their anti-fur campaign.^[45] She is also an active supporter of Democracy Now! and Link TV.^[46] She is a supporter of same-sex marriage and attended a march in Fresno, California on 30 May 2009.

In July 2009, it was announced that Charlize Theron's Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP) would form a coalition with LAFC Soccer Club to give soccer fields to rural areas in South Africa. LAFC Chelsea, one of America's most successful and prominent youth soccer clubs, made a three-year commitment to help build a community-wide soccer program for the schools in the Umkhanyakude District. This help includes uniforms, cleats, balls and equipment, along with professional training for local coaches, referees and administrators. The soccer league training will also include life-saving health education administered through a CTAOP-funded mobile health program.^[47] With the 2010 FIFA World Cupon African soil for the very first time, CTAOP wants to put a spotlight on the urgent need to provide sustainable health, education and recreational resources to remote areas where HIV/AIDS rates are unacceptably high.

Don Sheppards, president of LAFC Chelsea said: