Editing Patrick Stewart (section)

==Charity work and activism==
In 2006, Stewart made a short video against [[domestic violence]] for [[Amnesty International]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=10633 |title=AIUK : Patrick Stewart: Turning the tide |work=Amnesty.org.uk |date=4 December 2006 |access-date=20 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307091309/http://amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=10633 |archive-date=7 March 2013}}</ref> in which he recollected his father's physical attacks on his mother and the effect it had on him as a child. He said, "The physical harm ... [was] a shocking pain. But there are other aspects of violence which have more lasting impact psychologically on family members. It is destructive and tainting. As a child witnessing these events, one cannot simply help somehow feeling responsible for them; for the pain, and the screaming, and the misery."<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/SPzVUGE3dds Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100319154029/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPzVUGE3dds Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPzVUGE3dds |title=Patrick Stewart Talks about Domestic Violence |date=8 May 2007 |work=[[Amnesty International]] |minutes=1:12}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In the same year, he gave his name to a scholarship at the [[University of Huddersfield]], where he was Chancellor (2004–2015),<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Patrick Stewart – Emeritus Chancellor |url=https://www.hud.ac.uk/about/honorary-graduates/patrick-stewart/ |publisher=University of Huddersfield |access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref> to fund post-graduate study into domestic violence.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stewart |first=Patrick |title=Turning the Tide |publisher=Amnesty International |date=May 2006 |url=https://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=10633 |access-date=9 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307091309/http://amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=10633 |archive-date=7 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2009/09/10/hollywood-star-patrick-stewart-backs-domestic-violence-scholarship-project-86081-24650695/2/ |title=Hollywood star Patrick Stewart backs domestic violence scholarship project |last=Atkinson |first=Neil |date=10 September 2009 |work=Huddersfield Examiner |access-date=11 September 2009}}</ref> Stewart's childhood experience also led him to become a patron of [[Refuge (United Kingdom charity)|Refuge]], a UK charity for abused women.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stewart |first=Patrick |title=Patrick Stewart: the legacy of domestic violence |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=November 2009 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/nov/27/patrick-stewart-domestic-violence |access-date=27 November 2009}}</ref>

In 2009, Stewart gave a speech at the launch of ''Created Equal,'' a book about women's rights, talking again about his personal experiences with domestic violence and the impacts they had on him.<ref name=":0">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Xi_27bpIb30 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20101103010547/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi_27bpIb30 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi_27bpIb30 |title=Patrick Stewart on Violence against Women |date=9 October 2009 |access-date=15 November 2015 |publisher=YouTube |last=Stewart |first=Patrick}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He said, "Violence is a choice, and it's a choice a man makes ... the lasting impact on my mother&nbsp;... and indeed on myself ... was extreme. Overcoming the lessons of that male stereotype that I was being shown was a struggle."<ref name=":0" /> He now hopes to set an example of "what it has been like to be in an environment of such violence and that it can pass and that one can survive it and even though sometimes still a struggle."<ref name=":0" /> Additionally, in October 2011, he presented a BBC Lifeline Appeal on behalf of Refuge, discussing his own experience of domestic violence and interviewing a woman whose daughter was murdered by her ex-husband.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stewart |first=Patrick |title=BBC Lifeline Appeal |publisher=BBC |location=UK |date=October 2011 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016bt8s |access-date=14 October 2011}}</ref>

Stewart has supported the armed forces charity [[Combat Stress]] since learning about his father's [[post-traumatic stress]] disorder when researching his family genealogy for the documentary series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (UK TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]''<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Patrick Stewart supports Combat Stress |url=http://www.combatstress.org.uk/news/2013/03/sir-patrick-stewart-and-combat-stress/ |work=[[Combat Stress|combatstress.org.uk]] |date=March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813231108/http://combatstress.org.uk/news/2013/03/sir-patrick-stewart-and-combat-stress/ |archive-date=13 August 2013}}</ref> He is a patron of the [[United Nations Association UK|United Nations Association – UK]], and delivered a speech at UNA-UK's UN Forum 2012 on Saturday 14 July 2012,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.una.org.uk/media/video/sir-patrick-stewart-un-forum-2012 |title=Sir Patrick Stewart at UN Forum 2012 &#124; United Nations Association of the UK |work=Una.org.uk |date=14 July 2012 |access-date=15 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226224257/http://www.una.org.uk/media/video/sir-patrick-stewart-un-forum-2012 |archive-date=26 December 2013}}</ref> speaking of his father's experiences in the [[Second World War]], and how he believed the UN was the best legacy of that period.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.una.org.uk/news/12/07/lord-malloch-brown-and-sir-patrick-stewart-address-sold-out-un-forum |title=Lord Malloch-Brown and Sir Patrick Stewart address sold-out UN Forum &#124; United Nations Association of the UK |work=Una.org.uk |date=16 July 2012 |access-date=15 January 2014}}</ref>

On 15 April 2018 Stewart attended the launch event of the [[People's Vote]], a campaign group calling for a public vote on the final [[Brexit]] deal between the UK and the European Union.<ref>{{cite news |title=Brexit: 'People's Vote' campaign group launched |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43774200 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=15 April 2018 |access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>

In 2019, he acted as an [[International Rescue Committee]] spokesperson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rescue.org/video/patrick-stewart-millions-refugees-need-our-help|title=Patrick Stewart: Millions of refugees need our help|website=International Rescue Committee (IRC)|date=19 November 2019 |access-date=29 November 2019}}</ref>

Stewart is an avid advocate for pit bulls. He has fostered several dogs through Wags and Walks, a dog rescue in Los Angeles, and was honoured at the rescue's annual gala in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/pets/wags-and-walks-celebrity-pet-adoption/|title=Sir Patrick Stewart to be Honored by Los Angeles Dog Rescue; Learn More about Wags and Walks|website=People|last=Bender|first=Kelli|date=20 September 2018|access-date=25 January 2020}}</ref> He partnered with the [[American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals|ASPCA]] in 2017 for their National Dog Fighting Awareness Day Campaign.<ref>{{cite web|website=ASPCA|url=https://www.aspca.org/about-us/press-releases/aspca-partners-sir-patrick-stewart-national-dog-fighting-awareness-day|title=ASPCA Partners with Sir Patrick Stewart for National Dog Fighting Awareness Day Campaign|date=3 April 2017|access-date=25 January 2020}}</ref> He frequently tweets pictures of himself with his foster dogs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/SirPatStew/status/1109882648795582465|title=Patrick Stewart on Twitter|access-date=25 January 2020}}</ref> In 2021, the ASPCA gave him their Pit Bull Advocate & Protector Award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Legendary Actor Patrick Stewart Honored with ASPCA Pit Bull Advocate & Protector Award |url=https://www.aspca.org/news/legendary-actor-patrick-stewart-honored-aspca-pit-bull-advocate-protector-award |website=ASPCA |publisher=American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |access-date=24 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020213203/https://www.aspca.org/news/legendary-actor-patrick-stewart-honored-aspca-pit-bull-advocate-protector-award |archive-date=20 October 2021}}</ref>