Tarana Burke

Quotes

• “Our work is about supporting survivors by providing resources for healing and action. If in the course of that process a perpetrator is held accountable for their actions - so be it. But our goal is not to ‘take down’ individuals it’s to dismantle systems that give them cover.”
• “This movement is about making sure survivors have the resources to heal AFTER they’ve said #metoo, it’s about galvanizing a global community or survivors and advocates to do the work of interrupting sexual violence. It’s about protecting folks’ human dignity at all cost.”
• “There is inherent strength in agency. #MeToo, in a lot of ways, is about agency. It’s not about giving up your agency.”
• “Sexual violence happens on a spectrum so accountability has to happen on a spectrum. 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.”
• “We have to talk about consent really early on. I’m a big champion of sex education. Because I think that the only way we can have lasting changes is if we change the way that young people think about each other. We start teaching respect and boundaries very early, you know kindergarten, pre-kindergarten. We should be talking about respect and boundaries. We should be talking about what it means to ask permission. We should be talking about those things.”

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Key facts

Born

( 1973-09-12 ) September 12, 1973 (age 52) , New York City, U.S.

Education

Alabama State University , Auburn University at Montgomery (BA)

Occupations

Activist , organizer , author

Years active

1989–present

Organizations

me too. International, Just Be Inc. Girls for Gender Equity 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement National Voting Rights Museum

Movement

metoo (#metoo)

Website

me too. International – official website

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Wikidata facts

Official website

metoomvmt.org

Image

Tarana Burke from She's Revolutionary.jpg

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