If we don't center the voices of marginalized people, we're doing the wrong work. Tarana Burke More Quotes by Tarana Burke More Quotes From 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 People need hope and inspiration desperately. But hope and inspiration are only sustained by work. Tarana Burke need hope work people 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 me black community people I'm grounded in joy; I'm not grounded in the trauma anymore. Tarana Burke anymore trauma grounded joy 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 saying you support work An exchange of empathy provides an entry point for a lot of people to see what healing feels like. Tarana Burke see empathy healing people There's a power in empathy. Tarana Burke empathy power Everybody has a lane. Everybody has something that they can contribute. Tarana Burke contribute lane something everybody As a community, we create a lot of space for fighting and pushing back, but not enough for connecting and healing. Tarana Burke community fighting space healing Get up. Stand up. Speak up. Do something. Tarana Burke stand-up stand something speak 'Me too' was just two words; it's two magic words that galvanised the world. Tarana Burke words me magic world 'Me Too' is about letting - using the power of empathy to stomp out shame. Tarana Burke me shame empathy power 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 community speak simple together 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 me you sacrifice work 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 me community space church You cannot put a song - you cannot put a person's talent over somebody's humanity. That's just insane. Tarana Burke you talent humanity song The work of #MeToo is about healing. It's about healing as individuals and healing as communities. Tarana Burke individuals about healing work 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 you fruit tree people 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 result someone think culture
