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" The first thing I organized around was the Central Park Five case for the young men who were accused. We talked about the unfair misrepresentation of these young teenagers in the media. I've been fighting back against Donald Trump for a long time. "

Tarana Burke

Long

Time

Men

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" There are a number of people who are anxious to leave #metoo behind and move on, but I don't think people realize how short of a time we have been discussing this issue compared to how long this has been an issue. "

" Black women have been screaming about famous predators like R&B singer R. Kelly, who allegedly preys on black girls, for well over a decade to no avail. "

Tarana Burke

Black

Famous

" The work is more than just about the amplification of survivors and quantifying their numbers. The work is really about survivors talking to each other and saying, 'I see you. I support you. I get it.' "

" The young girls of color that first encountered the 'me too' movement in community centers and classrooms and church basements were there not only because they needed a safe space, but because they needed their own space. "

" 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. "

Tarana Burke

Connect

Black

" Celebrity doesn't serve me unless it advances the work that I'm doing. "

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

" 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. "

Tarana Burke

Community

Black

" I'm driven by the gaps, the things that are missing, the areas where marginalized people exist - and where the least resources are available for them. "

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

" There are so many different people doing amazing work across the country that I, in my capacity, definitely want to lift up, because they don't get lifted up that often. "

" Everybody has a lane. Everybody has something that they can contribute. "

" What's interesting to me is that people engage survivors from a place of pity all the time - a place of sympathy. "

Tarana Burke

People

Sympathy

" I've done work in every area of social justice you can think of, but I've been highly focused on young people and then specifically black and brown girls. "

" 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. "

" '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

Way

Empathy

" I think it is selfish for me to try to frame Me Too as something that I own. It is bigger than me and bigger than Alyssa Milano. Neither one of us should be centered in this work. This is about survivors. "

Tarana Burke

Work

Try

" An exchange of empathy provides an entry point for a lot of people to see what healing feels like. "

Tarana Burke

Healing

Empathy

" These movements aren't about anger. We're not angrily saying 'Black Lives Matter.' We're declaring it. It's a declaration. We want to be seen as robust, full human beings that have anger and have joy. We want to be able to just freely have that joy. Like everybody else does. "

" I want survivors to know that healing is possible. "

" I don't work for Hollywood. "

Tarana Burke

Work

Hollywood

" So many people who deal with sexual harassment don't have the means to file lawsuits or to get legal representation or legal advice. "

" Foundations have to think outside the box and maybe expand past the usual suspects that get all of the funding and start thinking about how to reach into communities and support community healing on a more local level. "

" Inherently, having privilege isn't bad, but it's how you use it, and you have to use it in service of other people. "

" Even when black folks make me angry, I know that the foundation is that I love us. I want us to win, and I want us to have all the things that we deserve in the world. And that's driven by love. "

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

" Men need to help reshape the conversation around consent. "

" When one person says, 'Yeah, me, too,' it gives permission for others to open up. "

Tarana Burke

Permission

Person

" If we keep on 'making statements' and not really doing the work, we are going to be in trouble. "