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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.
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- “The young girls of color that first encountered the 'me too' movement in community centers and classrooms and…”Tarana Burke
- “If we don't center the voices of marginalized people, we're doing the wrong work.”Tarana Burke
- “Nobody can take you out of something, especially if you're the one who started it.”Tarana Burke
- “I don't want to get into splitting hairs. Trauma is trauma. I'm not in a position to quantify or qualify peop…”Tarana Burke
Reflections: more sayings
- “I boil down people to 'good heart' or 'bad heart' - meaning they're basically good or basically not.”Skip Bayless
- “Scoring first changes everything. It makes everything easier for us.”Philipp Lahm
- “Once you get people's attention, you have a greater responsibility to tell them something of value.”Tobias Forge
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Books by Tarana Burke
Unbound
2021
You Are Your Best Thing
2021