Meet Tarana Burke, the woman who founded the #MeToo movement
#MeToo movement was founded in 2006 by Tarana Burke to help survivors of sexual violence, particularly young women of color from low wealth communities, find pathways to healing. The idea behind me too was empowerment through empathy, letting other women know that they're not alone in the journey.
Metoo movement founder Tarana Burke /Credits: Depaw University
If you have been on the internet in past few weeks, its very less likely that you are not aware of the term me too. In case you don't know, here is the back story about #metoo that has taken internet by storm.
#MeToo movement was founded in 2006 by Tarana Burke to help survivors of sexual violence, particularly young women of color from low wealth communities, find pathways to healing. The idea behind me too was empowerment through empathy, letting other women know that they're not alone in the journey.
About Tarana Burke
Tarana Burke is a 45 year old African-American civil rights activist from New York. Burke is the Senior Director of Girls for Gender Equity in Brooklyn, which strives to help young women of color increase their overall development through various programs and classes. In 2017, she made it to the 'Time person of the year' among other activists.
How #metoo was born?
Tarana Burke originally coined the phrase me too on 'my space' while working at Just Be Inc., a nonprofit she founded in 2003 that focused on the overall well-being of young women of color. The life-changing moment was when Burke was talking with a girl who revealed that her mother’s boyfriend had been sexually abusing her. She didn't know what to say, she just said 'me too'.
Burke was left searching for the right words to help empathize with the countless women and young girls who have disclosed their experiences to her. Ever since, Burke has shared the message with survivors everywhere: You’re not alone. This happened to me too. At that time, she was just a girl sitting in her bed and had less than 500 twitter followers. And the irony is that at that time, she had no taste for social media.
The movement became an internet sensation when actress Alyssa Milano stumbled upon this phrase and tweeted this.
After that, her tweet was investigated and caught millions of eyes.
According to an interview given to CNN, Tarana Burke considers this as a movement and not a viral campaign. Though it was started almost 12 years ago, its been almost 2 years that this became a movement
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