Eva Longoria accepts CARE Impact Award with son Santi, 2, in her lap

Golden Globe nominee Eva Longoria Bastón was ‘really honored’ to accept her CARE Impact Award for Exceptional Activism on Wednesday night with her son Santiago Enrique resting in her lap.

The ‘Texican’ 45-year-old laughed as her two-year-old toddler exclaimed ‘Latino!’ while she was discussing how her eight-year-old foundation has helped the Latino community.

Little Santi is Eva’s first child from her four-year marriage to third husband, Televisa president José ‘Pepe’ Bastón.  

It was CARE’s Global Advocate Iman who kicked off the third annual Impact Awards celebrating the empowerment of women and girls, and the eradication of global poverty.

‘As a refugee, I have been the beneficiary of the priceless help that NGOs like CARE offer,’ said the 65-year-old legendary supermodel, noting how the COVID-19 pandemic ‘deepended the work that CARE does.’

‘As a Somali immigrant and an American citizen, I am proud to help show the world how CARE embodies its name and puts it in action.’

Aside from being the widow of David Bowie, the make-up mogul is known for her motivational #imandaily quotes.   

‘You either walk inside your story and own it,’ Iman – who boasts 1.6M social media followers – tweeted on Wednesday.

‘Or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness.’

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay received the CARE Impact Award for Global Feminism for founding ARRAY and using her place in the industry to hire women, especially women of color. 

That same day, the 48-year-old director tweeted she was ‘beyond excited to work with’ Mary-Louise Parker and Nick Offerman in her Colin Kaepernick biopic Colin in Black & White for Netflix.

This Is Life host Lisa Ling served emcee duties for the first-ever virtual CARE Impact Awards ceremony, guiding the streamer from honoree to honoree.

Tennis champ and EleVen CEO Venus Williams received the CARE Impact Award for Gender Equality during the benefit for CARE Crisis Response Campaign. 

Two-time Grammy nominee Andra Day was the musical guest for the show, belting her 2015 empopwering anthem, Rise Up.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke as the honorary chair of CARE’s 75th anniversary and she reflected on the state of the world following the presidential election.

‘I’m very grateful we’ve elected a president [Joe Biden] and vice president [Kamala Harris] who understand that inter-connectivity that really is essential if we’re going to get through this difficult time,’ the 73-year-old 2016 Democratic presidential candidate said. 

‘We’ve seen a bright light, even brighter than before, cast upon the problems we must work on and solve together whether it’s poverty and inequality that existed long before anyone had ever heard of COVID-19. But we’ve also seen some of the problems become much more obvious to us because of COVID-19. 

‘We have to be braver and more resilient. Yes, we have to listen to scientists and evidence. We have to show the world, once again, that Americans care and that starts with all of us.’

Among those streaming the former First Lady’s speech was former Destiny’s Child singer Michelle Williams, hashtagging ‘#aseatatthetable.’