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" 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. "

Tarana Burke

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Culture

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" I founded the Me Too Movement because there was a void in the community that I was in. There were gaps in services. There was dearth in resources, and I saw young people - I saw black and brown girls - who are hurting and who needed something that just wasn't there. "

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" You cannot put a song - you cannot put a person's talent over somebody's humanity. That's just insane. "

" Patriarchy doesn't just make men out to be ogres. Women buy into the patriarchy as well, and women make those comments as well, like, 'Boys will be boys.' Women have to undo that stuff, too. "

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

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" I'm interested in talking to people and dealing with people who are set and ready for change and action. Who get it. And who are looking for solutions. "

" In many regards, Me Too is about survivors talking to survivors. "

" For every R. Kelly or Bill Cosby or Harvey Weinstein, there's, you know, the owner of the grocery store, the coach, the teacher, the neighbor, who are doing the same things. But we don't pay attention until it's a big name. And we don't pay attention 'til it's a big celebrity. "

" We have to have something that reaches the masses. That's what I've always known Me Too could do. "

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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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" We have to trust the voices of the community to be in leadership and know what we need for our communities. "

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

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

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

" I'm really a worker and about rolling up my sleeves and doing the work. If that lands me a place in history, then I would be among amazing company. "

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

" There are a series of emotions that most survivors go through after disclosing. It starts with feeling great, like the weight on your shoulders has been lifted, and then you're alone with your thoughts, like, 'Why did I do that?' And then, what about the person who gets backlash? "

" The personal is political for so many. "

" Donald Trump has proven to be the kind of person who you can't reason with and who you can't have a logical conversation with - and who I can't imagine having a heart-to-heart conversation thinking that I would change something specifically about this person. "

" I founded the 'me too' movement in 2006 because I wanted to find a way to connect with the black and brown girls in the program I ran. "

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" I've done community organizing my whole life and I think to myself, as an organizer, we don't wait for people to come to us and say, 'Help us organize something.' We go out into the community, and we bring the skills to a group of people to organize themselves. "

" We have to come together and speak honestly about what the barriers are within our community - and then tear them down. It's really that simple. "

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

" If I found a healing tree in my backyard, and it grew some sort of fruit that was a healing balm for people to repair what was damaged, I'm not going to just harvest all of those fruits and say, 'You cant have this.' If I have a cure for people, I'm going to share it. "

" I don't work for Hollywood. "

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" I started doing organizing work as a teenager. I was part of an organization called the 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement at 14. "

" 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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