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Kylie Knott

Kim Kardashian has made another visit to the White House to talk criminal justice.
The reality-TV star one of about 50 people, including US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner, who gathered to discuss the clemency process.
Trump commutes woman’s life sentence after Kim Kardashian’s appeal
Kardashian, 37, has championed criminal justice reform in recent months. Back in May she successfully appealed for the release of a great-grandmother convicted of cocaine trafficking.
Celebrities often use their power to raise awareness and push their causes – whether it’s political or environmental. Here are five other examples.

Great meeting with @KimKardashian today, talked about prison reform and sentencing. pic.twitter.com/uOy4UJ41JF
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2018

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1. Cate Blanchett
Most people associate the Australian actress with the big screen, but she has another role, that of UN goodwill ambassador. And one of her best performances came last month when she gave a heart-wrenching speech on the crisis in Myanmar.


The Academy Award-winning actress spoke about the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar following the release of a UN Human Rights Council report that outlined gross human rights violations by Myanmar troops, including the murder and gang rape of Rohingya civilians.
“I am a mother, and I saw my own children in the eyes of every single refugee child that I met,” said Blanchett, who in March visited Bangladesh, where camps hold hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees.

2. Yao Ming
The former NBA star wears many hats but one of his biggest causes is lending his voice to campaigns to end the trade in ivory.


In August 2012, he started filming a documentary about the northern white rhinoceros, he is an ambassador for elephant conservation and plays a role in the “Say No” Campaign, raising awareness about the ivory trade, with partners African Wildlife Foundation and WildAid.

3. Leonardo DiCaprio
The A-list actor is known for championing environmental causes. Much is done through the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, which focuses on clean air, water, and climate initiatives. Its reach is wide, working on projects in more than 40 countries.


He is also put his movie industry to good use, producing two short web documentaries, Water Planet and Global Warning. In 2007 he had a major role in The 11th Hour, a documentary about people’s relationship to nature and global warming and he executive-produced and appeared in Before the Flood, a 2016 documentary film on global warming. The list goes on.

4. Priyanka Chopra
Chopra is part of a new generation of Bollywood activists, the Indian actress and singer using her celebrity status to push causes via Unicef.












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For the past 10 years she has been advocating equal opportunities for girls in her country, and all over the world, using her 27 million Instagram followers to help raise awareness.


5. Sean Penn
The US actor has put his bad-boy days behind him – he was a member of the 1980s Hollywood “brat pack” – now preferring to take on humanitarian work and political causes.
In 2002, he visited Iraq to protest at the George W. Bush administration’s plans to invade the country. He has also voiced support for the right to same-sex marriage, notably through his 2008 film Milk. In his acceptance speech for the best actor Oscar he received for that film, Penn did not hold back.
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“I think that it is a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay marriage to sit and reflect and anticipate their great shame and the shame in their grandchildren’s eyes if they continue that way of support. We’ve got to have equal rights for everyone.”

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Kim Kardashian, Cate Blanchett, Leonardo DiCaprio ... six celebrities with the most political influence

Kim Kardashian leaves the West Wing of the White House after meeting with senior officials. Photo: TNS

U.S. actor and UN Messenger of Peace Leonardo DiCaprio poses during arrivals for a screening of his documentary film "Before the Flood" at the United Nations in New York City, U.S. October 20, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

epa06718054 Priyanka Chopra arrives on the red carpet for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute's benefit celebrating the opening of the exhibit 'Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination' in New York, New York, USA, 07 May 2018. The exhibit will be on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute from 10 May to 08 October 2018. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE

Trump-Kim summit: ‘Great meeting with @KimKardashian today, talked about prison reform’

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, in a photo tweeted by Trump. Photo: Twitter / @realdonaldtrump

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, then-President-elect Donald Trump and Kanye West pose for a picture in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. Trump is tweeting his thanks to rap superstar Kanye West for his recent online support. Trump wrote, "Thank you Kanye, very cool!" in response to the tweets from West, who called the president "my brother." West tweeted a number of times Wednesday expressing his admiration for Trump, saying they both share "dragon energy." The rap star also posted a photo of himself wearing Trump's campaign "Make America Great Again" hat. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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Reality-TV star Kardashian was back in the White House this week to talk about criminal justice reform. She’s not the only celebrity using their star power for good


Reality-TV star Kardashian was back in the White House this week to talk about criminal justice reform. She’s not the only celebrity using their star power to advance social, environmental and political goals.


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Kim Kardashian, Cate Blanchett, Leonardo DiCaprio ... six celebrities with the most political influence

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Reality-TV star Kardashian was back in the White House this week to talk about criminal justice reform. She’s not the only celebrity using their star power for good