They don’t get enough credit for what they do.”Īctivism runs in the Boyce family. “Cameron was always looking out for them because they are super important and you know they don’t get enough accolades. Victor explained they made sure the money would not just benefit Cameron’s fellow actors, but also the people behind the camera.
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When the pandemic stopped TV and film production, the foundation made a donation in Cameron’s name to the Actors Fund. Libby said they were so pleased with the class that they intend to build on the partnership. Instead of funding an in-person photography class, they held it virtually, teaching 15 students the mechanics of taking pictures and helping them better understand their subject matter. They recently partnered with Inner-City Arts, a Los Angeles arts education organization. The Covid-19 pandemic is not stopping the Cameron Boyce Foundation from funding the arts. “if you had creative outlets, would probably be more positive and less likely to rely on violence as a mode of communication.” Libby explained that Cameron saw the arts as a tool to reduce gun violence. The goal is to encourage young people to choose peace instead of violence through creativity. Wielding Peace features photos of celebrities, gun violence survivors and supporters “wielding” objects like books, musical instruments and art supplies rather than guns. Adam Sandler, Salma Hayek, Karan Brar, Dove Cameron and Sophie Reynolds are just some of the celebrities who joined the foundation’s advisory board.īrar and Reynolds are heading up an initiative for the foundation that builds on a social media campaign that Cameron started. Instead, their goal is to “make clear that if you have epilepsy, learn as much as you can and advocate as much as you can with your physicians.”Ĭameron’s co-stars are joining the cause. SUDEP has few warning signs Libby explained that they don’t want to scare people. They are also working to raise awareness that epilepsy can be fatal. The Cameron Boyce Foundation is raising money and partnering with agencies to fund epilepsy research. Victor and Libby Boyce, parents of actor Cameron Boyce The Cameron Boyce Foundation When it came to understanding epilepsy, Libby explained to CNN, “we didn’t learn that much about it when Cameron was alive because it impacted his life so little.” She pointed to a statistic from the Epilepsy Foundation that found 1 in 26 people in the US will develop symptoms of epilepsy during their lives and said that one of the foundation’s goals is to “pull epilepsy out of the darkness … and have it be discussed and researched more.” Instead, Cameron focused his activism on other causes, including fighting against gun violence, providing clean water and ending homelessness. Speaking with CNN, Victor explained that Cameron had not suffered many seizures before the one that took his life, “he kept that to himself, and he managed that, he never let epilepsy define him.”
They founded The Cameron Boyce Foundation shortly after as a reaction to their loss. Today, Cameron’s parents Victor and Libby Boyce are on a mission to cure epilepsy and eliminate Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy or SUDEP, which is blamed for Cameron’s death. Few people knew that behind the scenes, he was privately battling epilepsy. When 20-year-old Cameron Boyce died suddenly after suffering an epileptic seizure in July 2019, fans around the world mourned the loss of a gifted actor whose career was just getting started.
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