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About Tarana Burke
American activist from New York City
Tarana Burke is an American activist from New York City, known for starting the Me Too movement. She began the work in 2006 through a youth program for junior and high school students. Burke launched Me Too to confront the widespread sexual violence affecting her community. In 2017, #MeToo spread into a global movement after Alyssa Milano urged women to use the phrase online in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein abuse cases.
More from Tarana Burke (88 quotes) →More quotes by Tarana Burke
- “I feel the reason people started using 'me too' is there is beauty and power in those words.”Tarana Burke
- “We all have the right to an opinion, sure, but can we say how someone else should feel?”Tarana Burke
- “Violence is violence. Trauma is trauma. And we are taught to downplay it, even think about it as child's play.”Tarana Burke
- “We have to have something that reaches the masses. That's what I've always known Me Too could do.”Tarana Burke
Reflections: more sayings
- “You can call us what you want, but at the end of the day, we're entertainers.”Enzo Amore
- “It's the middle class that feels the luxury of being able to have causes.”Orson Scott Card
- “As I stated shortly after retiring from the U.S. Army and first pursuing a seat in Congress in 2010, I planne…”Chris Gibson
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Books by Tarana Burke
Unbound
2021
You Are Your Best Thing
2021