American - Activist | September 12, 1973 -
Get up. Stand up. Speak up. Do something.
Tarana Burke
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'Me too' was just two words; it's two magic words that galvanised the world.
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An exchange of empathy provides an entry point for a lot of people to see what healing feels like.
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I don't think that every single case of sexual harassment has to result in someone being fired; the consequences should vary. But we need a shift in culture so that every single instance of sexual harassment is investigated and dealt with. That's just basic common sense.
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I'm grounded in joy; I'm not grounded in the trauma anymore.
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The work of #MeToo is about healing. It's about healing as individuals and healing as communities.
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The work is more than just about the amplification of survivors and quantifying their numbers. The work is really about survivors talking to each other and saying, 'I see you. I support you. I get it.'
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I founded the Me Too Movement because there was a void in the community that I was in. There were gaps in services. There was dearth in resources, and I saw young people - I saw black and brown girls - who are hurting and who needed something that just wasn't there.
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At the start of my career - not just Me Too, which is not the totality of my career - I wish I would have known that you don't have to sacrifice everything for a cause. And that self-care and self-preservation is also a tool that is necessary to do the work.
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There's a power in empathy.
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People need hope and inspiration desperately. But hope and inspiration are only sustained by work.
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If you give young people enough information, they'll figure out what to do with it. They just need a little guidance.
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