Tarana Burke

thumb|Tarana Burke in 2018 Tarana Burke (born September 12, 1973) is an American activist from The Bronx, New York, who started the Me Too movement. Quotes Our work is about supporting survivors by providing resources for healing and action. If in the course of that process a perpetrator is held accountable for their actions - so be it. But our goal is not to ‘take down’ individuals it’s to dismantle systems that give them cover. 1017753906728890369 TaranaBurke Our work is about supporting survivors by providing resources for healing and action. en Burke Tarana Jul 13, 2018 https://twitter.com/TaranaBurke/status/1017753906728890369 2022-01-25 This movement is about making sure survivors have the resources to heal AFTER they’ve said #metoo, it’s about galvanizing a global community or survivors and advocates to do the work of interrupting sexual violence. It’s about protecting folks’ human dignity at all cost. 982589807833608192 This movement is about making sure survivors have the resources to heal TaranaBurke April 7, 2018 https://twitter.com/TaranaBurke/status/982589807833608192 2022-01-25 There is inherent strength in agency. #MeToo, in a lot of ways, is about agency. It’s not about giving up your agency. Tarana Burke, quoted in Emma Brockes https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/15/me-too-founder-tarana-burke-women-sexual-assault #MeToo founder Tarana Burke: 'You have to use your privilege to serve other people' The Guardian 15 January 2018 Sexual violence happens on a spectrum so accountability has to happen on a spectrum. I don’t think that every single case of sexual harassment has to result in someone being fired; the consequences should vary. But we need a shift in culture so that every single instance of sexual harassment is investigated and dealt with. That’s just basic common sense. quoted in Emma Brockes https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/15/me-too-founder-tarana-burke-women-sexual-assault #MeToo founder Tarana Burke: 'You have to use your privilege to serve other people' The Guardian 15 January 2018 We have to talk about consent really early on. I’m a big champion of sex education. Because I think that the only way we can have lasting changes is if we change the way that young people think about each other. We start teaching respect and boundaries very early, you know kindergarten, pre-kindergarten. We should be talking about respect and boundaries. We should be talking about what it means to ask permission. We should be talking about those things. Tarana Burke, quoted in https://www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/2018/01/04/me-too-creator-tarana-burke-reminds-us-this-is-about-black-and-brown-survivors Me Too Creator Tarana Burke Reminds Us This Is About Black and Brown Survivors Zenobia Jeffries Warfield 4 January 2018 2018 External links Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:Civil rights activists Category:African-American feminists Category:Women activists from the United States Category:Activists from New York City Category:1973 births Category:Living people