Woke just means you give a damn about other people,” the 87-year-old actor and activist said Sunday in her emotional speech.

Those included workers rights, unions, fighting against inequality, and above all, care for the disenfranchised. “Make no mistake, empathy is not weak, or woke,” she said from the stage. “And by the way, woke just means that you give a damn about other people.”

Actor and activist Jane Fonda received the lifetime achievement honor at the SAG Awards recognizing her decades-spanning work and her humanitarian accomplishments.