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Me Too Creator Tarana Burke Reminds Us This Is About Black and Brown Survivors
There’s another “me too” story, about a movement that began a decade before it was a hashtag.
In 2006, Tarana Burke, founder and director of Just Be Inc. and senior director of Girls for Gender Equity, founded the program me too Movement. Its goal is to empower young women of color who have been sexually abused, assaulted, or exploited, women from marginalized communities. These are the women missing from media discussions of celebrity cases such as Harvey Weinstein, Matt Lauer, and Louis C.K. They are the survivors of sexual harassment and assault that occur in ordinary work spaces, or schools, churches, homes of friends or family members, or the streets of their neighborhoods. But they lack the resources, class status, or even the acceptable skin color to have their stories told.
I recently had a conversation with Burke about the decade-old me too Movement, the recent social media campaign, and what’s in store for me too in 2018.
This interview has been lightly edited.
Me Too Creator Tarana Burke Reminds Us This Is About Black and ...
http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-p...s-is-about-black-and-brown-survivors-20180104 - 114k - Cached - Similar pages
Jan 4, 2018 ... Zenobia Jeffries: How did Just Be's “me too Movement” begin?
There’s another “me too” story, about a movement that began a decade before it was a hashtag.
In 2006, Tarana Burke, founder and director of Just Be Inc. and senior director of Girls for Gender Equity, founded the program me too Movement. Its goal is to empower young women of color who have been sexually abused, assaulted, or exploited, women from marginalized communities. These are the women missing from media discussions of celebrity cases such as Harvey Weinstein, Matt Lauer, and Louis C.K. They are the survivors of sexual harassment and assault that occur in ordinary work spaces, or schools, churches, homes of friends or family members, or the streets of their neighborhoods. But they lack the resources, class status, or even the acceptable skin color to have their stories told.
I recently had a conversation with Burke about the decade-old me too Movement, the recent social media campaign, and what’s in store for me too in 2018.
This interview has been lightly edited.
Me Too Creator Tarana Burke Reminds Us This Is About Black and ...
http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-p...s-is-about-black-and-brown-survivors-20180104 - 114k - Cached - Similar pages
Jan 4, 2018 ... Zenobia Jeffries: How did Just Be's “me too Movement” begin?