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Actress Jennifer Lawrence has revealed she will be taking a year-long break from her career to focus on activism.
Jennifer Lawrence at Unrigged Live! Presented By @RepresentDotUs #UnrigTheSystem pic.twitter.com/2zPZquaMoU
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In an interview with Entertainment Tonight Lawrence revealed, “I’m going to take the next year off. I’m going to be working with this organization as a part of Represent.Us.”
Did you miss Jennifer Lawrence's interview with @thetrevorpotter about how to legally bribe politicians? Good news, you can watch it here: https://t.co/r0wRC6SFcb#UnrigTheSystem
— Represent.Us (@RepresentDotUs) February 4, 2018
The multi-award winning Red Sparrow actress told Entertainment Tonight it’s all part of a plan to get “young people engaged politically on a local level” adding, “it’s just anti-corruption, and stuff trying to pass state by state laws that can help prevent corruption and fix our democracy.”
Unrigged Live! with Jennifer Lawrence, Tig Notaro, Richard Painter, and more: https://t.co/qsL1aJ6FQ3 via @YouTube
— Represent.Us (@RepresentDotUs) February 4, 2018
Lawrence has already started working with the Represent.Us organization and traveled to a high school in Ohio earlier this year to talk to students about political involvement.
