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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Taraji P. Henson's 2024 TIME Women of the Year Toast [Watch (HLS stream): Taraji P. Henson's 2024 TIME Women of the Year Toast](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/D32A1Qha.m3u8) (2:13)  _Published 2024-03-06. Actress, entrepreneur, activist, and producer Taraji P. Henson began her toast discussing the need to “shine light in the dark places,” which she has tried to do throughout her career as an entertainer._ --- Mar 8, 2024 8:52 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [TIME100 2024 | Taraji P. Henson](/video/wmXWhtUI/) ### TIME100 2024 | Taraji P. Henson [Taraji P. Henson and Tracie Jenkins | TIME100 Talks](/video/HPqtAaJd/) ### Taraji P. Henson and Tracie Jenkins | TIME100 Talks [PROMO: SNL Host Taraji P. Henson Tells Taran Whether She's Like Cookie In Real Life](/video/HDv0cP7K/) ### PROMO: SNL Host Taraji P. Henson Tells Taran Whether She's Like Cookie In Real Life --- ## Transcript I try to be the light on stage hoping to burn a fire in someone's heart. So they'd never forget to dream to remember to empathize to being raised to just to feel something anything. But I don't take the credit for this. I've always been clear that I'm being used. We're all being used as conduits for change allowing the energy and light to flow through and manifest a new. Now some of us focus on the good energy and some of us not so good, but we won't say names. I'm just going to sit in my seat focus on the chalkboard and bubble in the answer this time. I did they're still there. And how's Entertainer have helped me in some some situations. But what I learned As I Grew Older from all of my light-bearing predecessors is went too far out of line. From black women leading the way to freedom from the swampy terrains of the South to women organizing countless movements for equality and I'll write I want every woman to the man the windows in the room make paper airplanes out of those papers. We draw bubbles on when you're not invited or not giving us a seat at the table in spite of it all we must still make rum for the light to my fellow recipients. Congratulations. Congratulations. You rock all of you. It's an honor to share this space with you and let's continue to like the pathway for every human to access his inherent right to safety belonging and dignity keeps setting the world on fire with your light. It is needed burn baby burn. Thank you so much. So honored, thank you. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Taraji P. Henson's 2024 TIME Women of the Year Toast","description":"Actress, entrepreneur, activist, and producer Taraji P. 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