Tarana Burke Browse All Authors Top 28 quotes by Tarana Burke In September [ 2017 ] we have the huge Harvey Weinstein articles, which propelled this whole [ #MeToo ] movement forward and R. Kelly doesn't get included in that. Tarana Burke entertainment This is not a moment to revel in how the mighty have fallen but instead in how the silenced have spoken up, stood together and survived, weinstein's arrest, for the women who have accused Harvey Weinstein and others like them around the world, I'm sure feels like a moment of catharsis and it should serve as a cautionary tale for others like [ Morgan ] Freeman and every day people who toe the line between unacceptable and criminal behavior. Tarana Burke top-news If we don't center the voices of marginalized people, we're doing the wrong work. Tarana Burke wrongdoingworkpeople People need hope and inspiration desperately. But hope and inspiration are only sustained by work. Tarana Burke needhopeworkpeople 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 meblackcommunitypeople I'm grounded in joy; I'm not grounded in the trauma anymore. Tarana Burke anymoretraumagroundedjoy 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.' Tarana Burke sayingyousupportwork An exchange of empathy provides an entry point for a lot of people to see what healing feels like. Tarana Burke seeempathyhealingpeople There's a power in empathy. Tarana Burke empathypower Everybody has a lane. Everybody has something that they can contribute. Tarana Burke contributelanesomethingeverybody As a community, we create a lot of space for fighting and pushing back, but not enough for connecting and healing. Tarana Burke communityfightingspacehealing Get up. Stand up. Speak up. Do something. Tarana Burke stand-upstandsomethingspeak 'Me too' was just two words; it's two magic words that galvanised the world. Tarana Burke wordsmemagicworld 'Me Too' is about letting - using the power of empathy to stomp out shame. Tarana Burke meshameempathypower 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. Tarana Burke communityspeaksimpletogether 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. Tarana Burke meyousacrificework 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. Tarana Burke mecommunityspacechurch You cannot put a song - you cannot put a person's talent over somebody's humanity. That's just insane. Tarana Burke youtalenthumanitysong The work of #MeToo is about healing. It's about healing as individuals and healing as communities. Tarana Burke individualsabouthealingwork 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. Tarana Burke youfruittreepeople
