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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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- “We should collectively be talking to children - as young as kindergarten - about what consent looks like.”Tarana Burke
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- “I'm grounded in joy; I'm not grounded in the trauma anymore.”Tarana Burke
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Books by Tarana Burke
Unbound
2021
You Are Your Best Thing
2021