Editing Brad Pitt (section)

==Philanthropy and activism==
Pitt visited the [[University of Missouri]] campus in October 2004 to encourage students to vote in the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 U.S. presidential election]],<ref name="kerry">{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2004/10/22/ddish.DTL |title=Pitt gets serious for John Kerry |date=October 22, 2004 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=November 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216072554/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=%2Fgate%2Farchive%2F2004%2F10%2F22%2Fddish.DTL |archive-date=December 16, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> in which he supported [[John Kerry]].<ref name="kerry" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/People/Star-power-fails-Kerry/2004/11/04/1099362262032.html |title=Star power fails Kerry |author=Marc Lavine |date=November 4, 2004 |work=The Age |location=Australia |access-date=November 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814001544/http://www.theage.com.au/news/People/Star-power-fails-Kerry/2004/11/04/1099362262032.html |archive-date=August 14, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> Later in October, he publicly supported the principle of public funding for [[stem cell|embryonic stem-cell research]]. "We have to make sure that we open up these avenues so that our best and our brightest can go find these cures that they believe they will find", he said.<ref name="stem">{{cite news |author=Tatiana Morales |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stars-clash-in-stem-cell-debate/ |title=Stars Clash In Stem Cell Debate |date=October 29, 2004 |agency=Associated Press |work=[[CBS News]] |access-date=November 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805234637/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/29/entertainment/main652232.shtml |archive-date=August 5, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> In support of this he endorsed [[California Constitution Article XXXV|Proposition 71]], a California ballot initiative intended to provide state government funding for stem-cell research.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/elections/article_963ad9b3-b068-569c-abd1-b15d8ac0c879.html |title=Supporters, foes of Prop. 71 clash as election draws near |author=Bradley J. Fikes |date=October 28, 2004 |work=[[North County Times]] |access-date=January 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114141030/http://www.nctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/elections/article_963ad9b3-b068-569c-abd1-b15d8ac0c879.html |archive-date=January 14, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Brad Pitt June 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Pitt at the "Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict" in 2014]]

Pitt supports [[ONE Campaign|One Campaign]], an organization aimed at combating AIDS and poverty in the developing world.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1499708/20050406/u2.jhtml |title=Bono, Brad Pitt Launch Campaign For Third-World Relief |author=Shari Scorca |date=April 6, 2005 |publisher=[[MTV News]] |access-date=December 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229162941/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1499708/20050406/u2.jhtml |archive-date=February 29, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.one.org/c/us/pressrelease/195/ |title=Americans wear White Bands in Support of the Fight against Global Aids and Poverty |author=Christopher Lagan |date=March 1, 2005 |work=[[ONE Campaign|One Campaign]] Official Website |access-date=December 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727185641/http://www.one.org/c/us/pressrelease/195/ |archive-date=July 27, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> He narrated the 2005 [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] public television series ''Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge'', which discusses current global health issues.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/series/about/series.html |title=Rx for Survival&nbsp;– The Television Broadcasts&nbsp;– The Complete Series |access-date=May 15, 2008 |publisher=[[Public Broadcasting Service]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213190607/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/series/about/series.html |archive-date=December 13, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> The following year Pitt and Jolie flew to [[Haiti]], where they visited a school supported by Yéle Haïti, a charity founded by Haitian-born hip hop musician [[Wyclef Jean]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.salon.com/entertainment/col/fix/2006/01/17/tue/index.html |title=The Fix |author=Scott Lamb |date=January 17, 2006 |work=[[Salon.com]] |access-date=January 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209003811/http://www.salon.com/entertainment/col/fix/2006/01/17/tue/index.html |archive-date=February 9, 2011}}</ref> In May 2007, Pitt and Jolie donated $1&nbsp;million to three organizations in [[Chad]] and [[Sudan]] dedicated to those affected by the crisis in the Darfur region.<ref>{{cite news |title=Big Lenders |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/05/11/big-lenders/ |date=May 11, 2007 |work=[[RedEye]] ([[Chicago Tribune]]) |page=72 |quote=Refugee camps in Darfur and neighboring Chad are receiving a big dose of help from Bradgelina. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are donating $1&nbsp;million to humanitarian efforts there through their Jolie-Pitt Foundation&nbsp;... The money&nbsp;... will go to three organizations that help millions of displaced refugees in and around Darfur. |access-date=May 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504160135/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2007-05-11/news/0705111518_1_jolie-pitt-foundation-darfur-refugee |archive-date=May 4, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Along with Clooney, Damon, [[Don Cheadle]], [[David Pressman]], and [[Jerry Weintraub]], Pitt is one of the founders of Not On Our Watch, an organization that focuses global attention on stopping "mass atrocities".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://notonourwatchproject.org/who_we_are |title=Not On Our Watch |access-date=June 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917221559/http://notonourwatchproject.org/who_we_are |archive-date=September 17, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Pitt has a sustained interest in architecture,<ref name="john h">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/4387970/Brad-Pitt-interview-why-I-had-to-face-my-own-mortality.html |title=Brad Pitt interview: why I had to face my own mortality |author=John Hiscock |date=January 29, 2009 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |access-date=February 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823001440/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/4387970/Brad-Pitt-interview-why-I-had-to-face-my-own-mortality.html |archive-date=August 23, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> even taking time away from film to study computer-aided design at the Los Angeles offices of renowned architect [[Frank Gehry]].<ref name="guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/may/27/urbandesign.arts |title=From Troy to Hove – Brad Pitt's new career |author=Richard Jinman |date=May 27, 2005 |work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=February 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102001726/http://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/may/27/urbandesign.arts |archive-date=November 2, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> He narrated ''e2 design'', a PBS television series focused on worldwide efforts to build environmentally friendly structures through sustainable architecture and design.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pbs.org/e2/about.html |title=e² |access-date=October 25, 2009 |publisher=[[Public Broadcasting Service]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108080557/http://www.pbs.org/e2/about.html |archive-date=November 8, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2000, he co-authored an architectural book on the [[Robert R. Blacker House|Blacker House]] with the architects Thomas A. Heinz and Randell Makinson.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Greene & Greene : the Blacker House|last1=Heinz|first1=Thomas A.|last2=Makinson|first2=Randell L.|last3=Pitt|first3=Brad|date=2000|publisher=Gibbs Smith|isbn=978-0879059491|edition=1st|location=Salt Lake City|oclc=43095954}}</ref> In 2006, he founded the [[Make It Right Foundation New Orleans|Make It Right Foundation]], organizing housing professionals in New Orleans to finance and construct 150&nbsp;sustainable, affordable new houses in New Orleans's [[Ninth Ward of New Orleans|Ninth Ward]] following the devastation caused by [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/realestate/2008132684_katrinahomes24.html |title=Brad Pitt's foundation races clock in New Orleans |author=Katy Reckdahl |date=August 23, 2008 |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |access-date=November 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622015408/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/realestate/2008132684_katrinahomes24.html |archive-date=June 22, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-12-03-Pitt_N.htm |title=Brad Pitt plays action hero in New Orleans' recovery |author=Rick Jervis |date=December 3, 2007 |work=USA Today |access-date=November 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080117164442/http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-12-03-Pitt_N.htm |archive-date=January 17, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The project involves 13 architectural firms and the environmental organization [[Global Green USA]], with several of the firms donating their services.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/15/AR2006071500256.html |title=Pitt Shocked by Post-Katrina Devastation |author=Stacey Plaisance |date=July 15, 2006 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=November 14, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111043457/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/15/AR2006071500256.html |archive-date=November 11, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna13908443 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902075242/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/13908443/ |url-status=live |archive-date=September 2, 2012 |title=Does Jolie lead Hollywood by example? |date=July 17, 2006 |work=[[Access Hollywood]] |publisher=[[MSNBC]] |access-date=November 14, 2008 |quote=Brad Pitt—whose most recent cause has been close to home and heart—working with Global Green USA&nbsp;... on a competition to choose ecologically sound designs for rebuilding neighborhoods in post-Katrina New Orleans.}}</ref> Pitt and philanthropist [[Steve Bing]] have each committed $5&nbsp;million in donations.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/arts/design/03pitt.html |title=Brad Pitt Commissions Designs for New Orleans |author=Robin Pogrebin |date=December 3, 2007 |work=The New York Times |access-date=November 14, 2008 |quote=Mr. Pitt pledged to match $5&nbsp;million in contributions to the project, as did Steve Bing, the philanthropist. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209234839/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/arts/design/03pitt.html |archive-date=December 9, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> The first six homes were completed in October 2008,<ref>{{cite news|author=Sheila Marikar |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=6033866&page=1 |title=Philanthropist, Photog, Politician, Actor: Who Is Brad Pitt? |access-date=March 2, 2010 |date=October 15, 2008 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |page=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219044116/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=6033866&page=1 |archive-date=December 19, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and in September 2009 Pitt received an award in recognition of the project from the [[United States Green Building Council|U.S. Green Building Council]], a non-profit trade organization that promotes sustainability in how buildings are designed, built and operated.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8274383.stm |title=Pitt awarded for Orleans project |date=September 25, 2009 |work=BBC News |access-date=September 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090928043136/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8274383.stm |archive-date=September 28, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/09/monster-mash-demoted-nea-communications-chief-resigns-moca-raises-60-million-brad-pitt-honored-for-n.html |title=Monster Mash: Demoted NEA communications chief resigns; MOCA raises $60&nbsp;million; Brad Pitt honored for New Orleans work |author=David Ng |date=September 25, 2009 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=September 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726171943/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/09/monster-mash-demoted-nea-communications-chief-resigns-moca-raises-60-million-brad-pitt-honored-for-n.html |archive-date=July 26, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> Pitt met with U.S. [[President of the United States|President]] [[Barack Obama]] and [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]] [[Nancy Pelosi]] in March 2009 to promote his concept of ''green housing'' as a national model and to discuss federal funding possibilities.<ref name="white house">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/4950354/Barack-Obama-welcomes-Brad-Pitt-to-White-House.html |title=Barack Obama welcomes Brad Pitt to White House |author=Toby Harnden |date=March 6, 2009 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |access-date=March 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310040620/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/4950354/Barack-Obama-welcomes-Brad-Pitt-to-White-House.html |archive-date=March 10, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In September 2006, Pitt and Jolie established a charitable organization, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation, to aid humanitarian causes around the world.<ref>{{cite book|title=Celebrities' Most Wanted™: The Top 10 Book of Lavish Lifestyles, Tabloid Tidbits, and Other Superstar Oddities|first=Marjorie|last=Hellenbeck-Huber|publisher=Potomac Books|page=264|year=2010|isbn=978-1597975100}}</ref> The foundation made initial donations of $1&nbsp;million each to [[Global Action for Children]] and [[Doctors Without Borders]],<ref name="group">{{cite news |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1537302,00.html |title=Brad & Angelina Start Charitable Group |author=Mary Green |date=September 20, 2006 |work=[[People (American magazine)|People]] |access-date=March 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205185346/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1537302,00.html |archive-date=February 5, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> followed by an October 2006 donation of $100,000 to the Daniel Pearl Foundation, an organization created in memory of the late American journalist [[Daniel Pearl]].<ref name="daniel pearl">{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pitt-jolie-donate-to-pearl-foundation/ |title=Pitt, Jolie Donate To Pearl Foundation |author=Amy Bonawitz |date=October 10, 2006 |work=[[CBS News]] |access-date=March 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827125100/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/10/entertainment/main2077328.shtml |archive-date=August 27, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> According to federal filings, Pitt and Jolie invested $8.5&nbsp;million into the foundation in 2006; it gave away $2.4&nbsp;million in 2006<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/angelina-jolie-and-brad-pitts-charity-bravo |title=Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's Charity: Bravo |author=Roger Friedman |date=March 21, 2008 |publisher=[[Fox News Channel|Fox News]] |access-date=March 31, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325150526/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,340208,00.html?sPage=fnc%2Fentertainment%2Fcelebrity%2Fpitt |archive-date=March 25, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> and $3.4&nbsp;million in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/03/11/brad-angie-e/|title=Brad and Angie Get $$ from E! |author=Roger Friedman|date=March 11, 2009|publisher=[[Fox News Channel|Fox News]]|access-date=March 31, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115175842/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/03/11/brad-angie-e/|archive-date=November 15, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> In June 2009, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation donated $1&nbsp;million to a U.N. refugee agency to help Pakistanis displaced by fighting between troops and [[Taliban]] militants.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8108543.stm |title=Jolie and Pitt donate to Pakistan |date=June 19, 2009 |work=BBC News |access-date=June 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622130616/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8108543.stm |archive-date=June 22, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2010, the foundation donated $1&nbsp;million to Doctors Without Borders for emergency medical assistance to help victims of the [[2010 Haiti earthquake|Haiti earthquake]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Dave Itzkoff |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/haitian-earthquake-spurs-stars-to-action/ |title=Haitian Earthquake Spurs Stars to Action |access-date=January 14, 2010 |date=January 14, 2010 |work=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117152400/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/haitian-earthquake-spurs-stars-to-action/ |archive-date=January 17, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Lyneka Little |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/01/14/morning-report-dexter-star-recovers-from-cancer-angelina-jolie-and-brad-pitt-help-haiti-obama-gets-the-musical-treatment/ |title=Morning Report: "Dexter" Star Recovers From Cancer, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Help Haiti, Obama Gets the Musical Treatment |access-date=January 14, 2010 |date=January 14, 2010 |work=The Wall Street Journal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117004621/http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/01/14/morning-report-dexter-star-recovers-from-cancer-angelina-jolie-and-brad-pitt-help-haiti-obama-gets-the-musical-treatment/ |archive-date=January 17, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Pitt is a supporter of [[Same-sex marriage in the United States|same-sex marriage]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/brad-pitt-angelina-jolie-get-married-298737|title=Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie To Get Married?|first=Nadine|last=DeNinno|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=July 14, 2011|access-date=September 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928115717/http://www.ibtimes.com/brad-pitt-angelina-jolie-get-married-298737|archive-date=September 28, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> In an October 2006 interview with ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', Pitt said that he would marry Jolie when everyone in America is legally able to marry.<ref>{{cite news|author=Brad Pitt |url=http://www.esquire.com/features/hollywood/ESQ1006ESQ1006_164R_2 |title=My List |date=October 1, 2006 |access-date=March 15, 2010 |work=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |page=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104002611/http://www.esquire.com/features/hollywood/ESQ1006ESQ1006_164R_2 |archive-date=November 4, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In September 2008, he donated $100,000 to the campaign against California's 2008 ballot proposition [[California Proposition 8 (2008)|Proposition 8]], an initiative to overturn [[In re Marriage Cases|the state Supreme Court decision]] that had [[Same-sex marriage in California|legalized same-sex marriage]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/pitt-takes-a-stand-against-prop-8-1117992373/ |title=Pitt takes a stand against Prop 8 |first=Ted|last=Johnson |date=September 17, 2008 |work=Variety |access-date=November 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710173201/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117992373 |archive-date=July 10, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2012, Pitt was featured in a performance of [[Dustin Lance Black]]'s play, ''[[8 (play)|8]]''&nbsp;– a staged reenactment of the [[Perry v. Brown|federal trial]] that overturned California's [[Proposition 8|Prop 8 ban]] on same-sex marriage&nbsp;– as Judge [[Vaughn Walker]].<ref name="8 the play">{{cite news|first=David|last=Ng|title=Brad Pitt joins cast of '8' play reading in L.A.|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2012/03/brad-pitt-joins-cast-of-8-play-reading-in-la.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=March 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305004053/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2012/03/brad-pitt-joins-cast-of-8-play-reading-in-la.html|archive-date=March 5, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2012, Pitt reaffirmed his support for Obama, saying, "I am an Obama supporter and I'm backing his [[Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign|U.S. election campaign]]."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9530393/Brad-Pitt-Why-my-mother-is-wrong-about-Barack-Obama-and-gay-marriage.html|title=Brad Pitt: Why my mother is wrong about Barack Obama and gay marriage|first=Richard|last=Eden|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=September 9, 2012|access-date=December 14, 2013|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140117195851/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9530393/Brad-Pitt-Why-my-mother-is-wrong-about-Barack-Obama-and-gay-marriage.html|archive-date=January 17, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2020, he narrated an advertisement for [[Joe Biden]]'s [[Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign|2020 presidential campaign]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pitofsky|first1=Marina|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/522613-brad-pitt-narrates-biden-ad-airing-during-world-series|title=Brad Pitt narrates Biden ad airing during World Series|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=October 24, 2020|access-date=October 25, 2020|archive-date=October 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025134043/https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/522613-brad-pitt-narrates-biden-ad-airing-during-world-series|url-status=live}}</ref>