Empathy Quote by Tarana Burke

“We use a term called 'empowerment through empathy.' And 'Me Too' is so powerful, because somebody had said it to me - right? - and it changed the trajectory of my healing process once I heard that.”

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The young girls of color that first encountered the 'me too' movement in community centers and classrooms and church basements were there not only…

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When you truly empathize with someone, you have to take into account all the things that make that person who they are.

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

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When the #MeToo movement started and went viral, it was everyday people all around the world. The fact that the stories continue to be…

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The work is more than just about the amplification of survivors and quantifying their numbers. The work is really about survivors talking to each…

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Social media is not a safe space.

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

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'Me too' became a term that was both succinct and powerful, and it was a way to ring up immediate empathy between survivors.

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

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

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Anita Hill thanklessly put herself and her career as a law professor on the line more than 25 years ago to publicly name Clarence…

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

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