I think that Me Too is for everybody. I think it's important that people feel validated. — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
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 Image
There are a number of people who are anxious to leave #metoo behind and move on, but I don't think people realize… — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
If you give young people enough information, they'll figure out what to do with it. They just need a little guidance. — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
Part of the job is to find out what they need. #MeToo is about helping people find those resources. — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
If I found a healing tree in my backyard, and it grew some sort of fruit that was a healing balm for… — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
Inherently, having privilege isn't bad, but it's how you use it, and you have to use it in service of other people. — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
An exchange of empathy provides an entry point for a lot of people to see what healing feels like. — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
People ask me what men can do, and I tell them, even if you're not a perpetrator, you should believe women -… — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
I'm driven by the gaps, the things that are missing, the areas where marginalized people exist - and where the least resources… — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
I feel the reason people started using 'me too' is there is beauty and power in those words. — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
I founded the Me Too Movement because there was a void in the community that I was in. There were gaps in… — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
'Me Too' became the way to succinctly and powerfully connect with other people and give people permission to start their journey to… — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
I've done work in every area of social justice you can think of, but I've been highly focused on young people and… — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
Social media is so immediate and in your face that I know many people have been helped and many people who have… — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
I don't want to get into splitting hairs. Trauma is trauma. I'm not in a position to quantify or qualify people's trauma. — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
If we don't center the voices of marginalized people, we're doing the wrong work. — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
I'm interested in talking to people and dealing with people who are set and ready for change and action. Who get it.… — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
There are so many different people doing amazing work across the country that I, in my capacity, definitely want to lift up,… — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
So many people who deal with sexual harassment don't have the means to file lawsuits or to get legal representation or legal… — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
People need hope and inspiration desperately. But hope and inspiration are only sustained by work. — 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 Image
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 Image
I think that Me Too is for everybody. I think it's important that people feel validated. — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
'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 Image
'Me too' was just two words; it's two magic words that galvanised the world. — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
