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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. "
Tarana Burke
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" I'm grounded in joy; I'm not grounded in the trauma anymore. "
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" We have to have something that reaches the masses. That's what I've always known Me Too could do. "
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" So many people who deal with sexual harassment don't have the means to file lawsuits or to get legal representation or legal advice. "
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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. "
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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. "
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" At the start of my career - not just Me Too, which is not the totality of my career - I wish I would have known that you don't have to sacrifice everything for a cause. And that self-care and self-preservation is also a tool that is necessary to do the work. "
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" I want the women I work with to find the entry point to where their healing is. "
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" Men are not the enemy, and we have to be clear about that. "
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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. "
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" I don't work for Hollywood. "
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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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" In many regards, Me Too is about survivors talking to survivors. "
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" What does justice look like for a survivor? It'll mean different things to different communities. "
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" There's a power in empathy. "
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" 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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" Sexual harassment does bring shame. "
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" Celebrity doesn't serve me unless it advances the work that I'm doing. "
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" 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. "
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" Inherently, having privilege isn't bad, but it's how you use it, and you have to use it in service of other people. "
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" People are trying to find an outlet to tell their truth. "
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" As a community, we create a lot of space for fighting and pushing back, but not enough for connecting and healing. "
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" 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. "
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" We talk about sexual harassment in the workplace, but there's sexual harassment in schools, right? There's sexual harassment on the street. So there's a larger conversation to be had. And I think it will be a disservice to people if we couch this conversation in about what happens in Hollywood or what happens in even political offices. "
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" If we keep on 'making statements' and not really doing the work, we are going to be in trouble. "
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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 about famous white women has everything to do with who the media places attention on. "
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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 because they needed a safe space, but because they needed their own space. "
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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 other and saying, 'I see you. I support you. I get it.' "
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" 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. "
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