Tarana Burke

Sexual harassment does bring shame.

— Tarana Burke

There's a power in empathy.

— Tarana Burke

Social media is not a safe space.

— Tarana Burke

Get up. Stand up. Speak up. Do something.

— Tarana Burke

The personal is political for so many.

— Tarana Burke

I want survivors to know that healing is possible.

— Tarana Burke

I'm all about cultivating joy in your life.

— Tarana Burke

The world doesn't realise I have a regular job!

— Tarana Burke

What does justice look like for a survivor? It'll mean different things to different communities.

— Tarana Burke

I think that Me Too is for everybody. I think it's important that people feel validated.

— Tarana Burke

We should collectively be talking to children - as young as kindergarten - about what consent looks like.

— Tarana Burke

'Me Too' is about letting - using the power of empathy to stomp out shame.

— Tarana Burke

People are trying to find an outlet to tell their truth.

— Tarana Burke

I just don't believe that 'no' is always a final answer - unless we're talking about consent.

— Tarana Burke

Smoking is definitely not cool anymore, and the folks who have worked against that have done a great job.

— Tarana Burke

The work of #MeToo is about healing. It's about healing as individuals and healing as communities.

— Tarana Burke

Black women have been screaming about famous predators like R&B singer R. Kelly, who allegedly preys on black girls, for well over…

— Tarana Burke

I have a lot of experience - not just with my 'Me Too' campaign but with survivors disclosing. I know that there…

— Tarana Burke

I'm really a worker and about rolling up my sleeves and doing the work. If that lands me a place in history,…

— Tarana Burke

'Me Too' became the way to succinctly and powerfully connect with other people and give people permission to start their journey to…

— Tarana Burke

I've never had a person come to me and say, 'I want to take down this person.' They come and say, 'I…

— Tarana Burke

There is always a way to get what you need, and I really believe in taking what you have to make what…

— Tarana Burke

If you give young people enough information, they'll figure out what to do with it. They just need a little guidance.

— Tarana Burke

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

If I found a healing tree in my backyard, and it grew some sort of fruit that was a healing balm for…

— Tarana Burke

I founded the Me Too Movement because there was a void in the community that I was in. There were gaps in…

— Tarana Burke

The young girls of color that first encountered the 'me too' movement in community centers and classrooms and church basements were there…

— Tarana Burke

There are a series of emotions that most survivors go through after disclosing. It starts with feeling great, like the weight on…

— Tarana Burke

For every Harvey Weinstein, there's three or four thousand other pastors, coaches, teachers, uncles, cousins, and stepfathers who are committing the same…

— Tarana Burke

Foundations have to think outside the box and maybe expand past the usual suspects that get all of the funding and start…

— Tarana Burke

I didn't start Me Too as a hashtag, and had I had the opportunity to, I probably wouldn't have done it that…

— Tarana Burke

I think that women of color use social media to make our voices heard with or without the amplification of white women.…

— Tarana Burke

I don't work for Hollywood.

— Tarana Burke

I'm grounded in joy; I'm not grounded in the trauma anymore.

— Tarana Burke

I want the women I work with to find the entry point to where their healing is.

— Tarana Burke

I feel the reason people started using 'me too' is there is beauty and power in those words.

— Tarana Burke

Men are not the enemy, and we have to be clear about that.

— Tarana Burke

Part of the job is to find out what they need. #MeToo is about helping people find those resources.

— Tarana Burke

'Me too' was just two words; it's two magic words that galvanised the world.

— Tarana Burke

I wish men would stop telling me how they are not 'bad guys,' how they're 'an exception to the norm.'

— Tarana Burke