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> [The first thing I organized around was the Central Park Five case for the young men who were accused. We talked about the unfair misrepresentation of these young teenagers in the media. I've been fighting back against Donald Trump for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarana-burke/the-first-thing-i-organized-around-was-the-central-park-five-case-for/)

[Tarana Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarana-burke/)

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## More by Tarana Burke

> [The young girls of color that first encountered the 'me too' movement in community centers and classrooms and church basements were there not only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarana-burke/the-young-girls-of-color-that-first-encountered-the-me-too-movement/)

[Tarana Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarana-burke/)

> [When you truly empathize with someone, you have to take into account all the things that make that person who they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarana-burke/when-you-truly-empathize-with-someone-you-have-to-take-into-account/)

[Tarana Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarana-burke/)

> [I think that Me Too is for everybody. I think it's important that people feel validated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarana-burke/i-think-that-me-too-is-for-everybody-i-think-it-s-important-that/)

[Tarana Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarana-burke/)

> [When the #MeToo movement started and went viral, it was everyday people all around the world. The fact that the stories continue to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarana-burke/when-the-metoo-movement-started-and-went-viral-it-was-everyday-people/)

[Tarana Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarana-burke/)

> [The work is more than just about the amplification of survivors and quantifying their numbers. The work is really about survivors talking to each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarana-burke/the-work-is-more-than-just-about-the-amplification-of-survivors-and/)

[Tarana Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarana-burke/)

> [Social media is not a safe space.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarana-burke/social-media-is-not-a-safe-space/)

[Tarana Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarana-burke/)

> [I'm grounded in joy; I'm not grounded in the trauma anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarana-burke/i-m-grounded-in-joy-i-m-not-grounded-in-the-trauma-anymore/)

[Tarana Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarana-burke/)

> ['Me too' became a term that was both succinct and powerful, and it was a way to ring up immediate empathy between survivors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarana-burke/me-too-became-a-term-that-was-both-succinct-and-powerful-and-it-was-a/)

[Tarana Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarana-burke/)

> ['Me too' was just two words; it's two magic words that galvanised the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarana-burke/me-too-was-just-two-words-it-s-two-magic-words-that-galvanised-the/)

[Tarana Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarana-burke/)

> [Get up. Stand up. Speak up. Do something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarana-burke/get-up-stand-up-speak-up-do-something/)

[Tarana Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarana-burke/)

> [Anita Hill thanklessly put herself and her career as a law professor on the line more than 25 years ago to publicly name Clarence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarana-burke/anita-hill-thanklessly-put-herself-and-her-career-as-a-law-professor/)

[Tarana Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarana-burke/)

> [Foundations have to think outside the box and maybe expand past the usual suspects that get all of the funding and start thinking about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarana-burke/foundations-have-to-think-outside-the-box-and-maybe-expand-past-the/)

[Tarana Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarana-burke/)

> [Everybody has a lane. Everybody has something that they can contribute.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarana-burke/everybody-has-a-lane-everybody-has-something-that-they-can-contribute/)

[Tarana Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarana-burke/)

> [We all have the right to an opinion, sure, but can we say how someone else should feel?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarana-burke/we-all-have-the-right-to-an-opinion-sure-but-can-we-say-how-someone/)

[Tarana Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarana-burke/)

> [What's interesting to me is that people engage survivors from a place of pity all the time - a place of sympathy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarana-burke/what-s-interesting-to-me-is-that-people-engage-survivors-from-a-place/)

[Tarana Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarana-burke/)

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