I've done community organizing my whole life and I think to myself, as an organizer, we don't wait for people to come to us and say, 'Help us organize something.' We go out into the community, and we bring the… — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
The young girls of color that first encountered the 'me too' movement in community centers and classrooms and church basements were there not only… — Tarana Burke Copy Share
When you truly empathize with someone, you have to take into account all the things that make that person who they are. — Tarana Burke Copy Share
I think that Me Too is for everybody. I think it's important that people feel validated. — Tarana Burke Copy Share
When the #MeToo movement started and went viral, it was everyday people all around the world. The fact that the stories continue to be… — Tarana Burke Copy Share
The work is more than just about the amplification of survivors and quantifying their numbers. The work is really about survivors talking to each… — Tarana Burke Copy Share
'Me too' became a term that was both succinct and powerful, and it was a way to ring up immediate empathy between survivors. — Tarana Burke Copy Share
'Me too' was just two words; it's two magic words that galvanised the world. — Tarana Burke Copy Share
Anita Hill thanklessly put herself and her career as a law professor on the line more than 25 years ago to publicly name Clarence… — Tarana Burke Copy Share
Foundations have to think outside the box and maybe expand past the usual suspects that get all of the funding and start thinking about… — Tarana Burke Copy Share
We all have the right to an opinion, sure, but can we say how someone else should feel? — Tarana Burke Copy Share
What's interesting to me is that people engage survivors from a place of pity all the time - a place of sympathy. — Tarana Burke Copy Share
