Meissa Hampton

She formed One Pair of Shoes Productions to direct and produce A Social Cure,[5] a feature-length documentary about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa.

In 2015 she authored a petition the Screen Actors Guild to address the gender inequities that were fueling sexual harassment and assault in the Entertainment industry.

She founded the Actors Alliance for Gender Equity in Media[6] and the website $#!% People say to actresses[7] which provides an anonymous forum for performers to share their stories of harassment and assault in the industry.

She lived in Paris before returning to New York to continue her theatre studies at Stella Adler Studio of Acting in NYC, then MIT and Harvard University.

Hampton was first seen internationally when she starred in “Should I Stay or Should I Go,” part of VH-1's "Lyrically Speaking" series of short films, which won a ProMax World Gold Award.

In 2012 she formed the production company “One Pair of Shoes” to direct and produce "A Social Cure," a feature-length documentary shot in South Africa.

She built a website called $#!% People say to actresses that asks performers to anonymously contribute their stories of harassment and assault in the industry.

In early 2015 Hampton authored a petition to SAG-AFTRA asking them to form a targeted committee that could review and address the gender inequities faced by its members including sexual harassment and assault.

She was interviewed on issues of sexual harassment and assault against performers by the Guardian in an article citing what is known as the “casting couch.