Throughout the Oscars 2023 on Sunday, all eyes had been on Hollywood because the leisure trade gathered to have fun the yr in movie, and stars used that worldwide platform to attract consideration to an important concern.

Quite a lot of celebrities wore blue ribbons printed with the hashtag “#WithRefugees” on their necklines. The accent, created by the UN Refugee Company, is supposed to be an “emblem of compassion and solidarity” with refugees, displaced individuals, and people who have been compelled to flee their properties due to conflict, battle, and persecution. In keeping with the company’s web site, “The coalition members showcase sensible methods of supporting refugees, particularly within the fields of schooling, shelter, and employment. With its various membership, the coalition helps amplify a world message of tolerance and inclusion.”

The Oscars wasn’t the primary awards present the place these ribbons made an look. The general public-awareness initiative first launched on the BAFTAs on stars like Angela Bassett, Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell, Paul Mescal, Sophie Turner, and Michelle Yeoh. Final month, Jamie Lee Curtis mentioned of her resolution to put on one of many ribbons to the BAFTAs, “My pal Cate Blanchett is asking individuals to remind us all within the midst of all of the season of shiny issues that, in fact, there are horrible refugee crises occurring all around the world, in all places suddenly, and we have to do our half.”

Blanchett is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Company together with Gugu Mbatha-Uncooked and Syrian swimmer Yusra Mardini. The debut of those ribbons comes shortly after the lethal earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria, killing over 54,000 individuals and displacing many extra. The United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Refugees in mid-2022 estimated that there are greater than 103 million forcibly displaced individuals world wide. In an announcement from the coalition on the time of the BAFTAs, Mardini wrote, “It’s actually unbelievable to see so many artists put on a blue ribbon tonight in solidarity with refugees and displaced individuals world wide. My individuals—and so many others—are hurting. They want our assist. All of us want peace.”