Alabama State University Auburn University at Montgomery (BA)
Occupation
Activist
Years active
2003–present
Organizations
Just Be Inc.
Girls for Gender Equity
Movement
MeToo
Website
MeToo Movement – official website
Tarana Burke (born September 12, 1973) is an American activist from New York City, who started the MeToo movement. In 2006, Burke began using MeToo to help other women with similar experiences to stand up for themselves. Over a decade later, in 2017, #MeToo became a viral hashtag when Alyssa Milano and other women began using it to tweet about the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases. The phrase and hashtag quickly developed into a broad-based, and eventually international movement.
Time named Burke, among a group of other prominent activists dubbed "the silence breakers", as the Time Person of the Year for 2017. Burke presents at public speaking events across the country and is Senior Director at Girls for Gender Equity in Brooklyn.
Harvard University published a case study on Burke.[1]
^"Leading with Empathy: Tarana Burke and the Making of the Me Too Movement". HKS Case Program. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
TaranaBurke (born September 12, 1973) is an American activist from New York City, who started the MeToo movement. In 2006, Burke began using MeToo to...
social media in 2006, on Myspace, by sexual assault survivor and activist TaranaBurke. The hashtag #MeToo was used starting in 2017 as a way to draw attention...
to ignite the viral #MeToo movement started by the American activist TaranaBurke. That work was honored in 2018, when The New York Times was awarded the...
re-launched what is known as the #MeToo movement, which was started in 2006 by TaranaBurke. According to Milano, a friend suggested that she post a message on her...
social media hashtag #metoo (initially started by the American activist TaranaBurke) to describe their common experiences, powerful men brought to account...
Secretary-General, as António Guterres took office on January 1, 2017. 2017–18: TaranaBurke, civil rights activist and founder of the #MeToo movement. 2018–19: Joel...
African cricketer TaranaBurke (born 1973), American activist Ted Burke (1877–1967), Australian rules footballer Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, American philosopher...
2018 American Civil Liberties Union James Baldwin Sybrina Fulton Tracy Martin Ryan Murphy 2019 Margaret Atwood TaranaBurke Ava DuVernay Nancy Pelosi...
2018 American Civil Liberties Union James Baldwin Sybrina Fulton Tracy Martin Ryan Murphy 2019 Margaret Atwood TaranaBurke Ava DuVernay Nancy Pelosi...
multiple names: authors list (link) Strause, Jackie (August 20, 2018). "TaranaBurke Responds to Asia Argento Report: 'There Is No Model Survivor'". The Hollywood...
portfolio of products. The council included #MeToo movement founder TaranaBurke and worked with organizations like the Rape, Abuse & Incest National...
2018 American Civil Liberties Union James Baldwin Sybrina Fulton Tracy Martin Ryan Murphy 2019 Margaret Atwood TaranaBurke Ava DuVernay Nancy Pelosi...
publication without adverts. Topics covered included an interview with TaranaBurke, a profile of Pete Buttigieg, coverage of BDSM and a cover photo representing...
2018 American Civil Liberties Union James Baldwin Sybrina Fulton Tracy Martin Ryan Murphy 2019 Margaret Atwood TaranaBurke Ava DuVernay Nancy Pelosi...
movement 2018 – Joseph E. Stiglitz, American economist and academic 2019 – TaranaBurke and Tracey Spicer, American founders of the #MeToo Movement 2020 – Midnight...
(seasons 1–5, 7) Joel Marsh Garland as Scott O'Neill (seasons 1–5, 7) Brendan Burke as Wade Donaldson (seasons 1–4) Pablo Schreiber as George "Pornstache" Mendez...
2018 American Civil Liberties Union James Baldwin Sybrina Fulton Tracy Martin Ryan Murphy 2019 Margaret Atwood TaranaBurke Ava DuVernay Nancy Pelosi...
support of the Time's Up movement, and wore corresponding #MeToo pins. TaranaBurke, who created the "Me too" movement in 2006, attended the awards as a...
2018 American Civil Liberties Union James Baldwin Sybrina Fulton Tracy Martin Ryan Murphy 2019 Margaret Atwood TaranaBurke Ava DuVernay Nancy Pelosi...
individuals such as activist Dolores Huerta, Me Too movement founder TaranaBurke, chef and humanitarian José Andrés, and author Janet Mock appeared onstage...
2018 American Civil Liberties Union James Baldwin Sybrina Fulton Tracy Martin Ryan Murphy 2019 Margaret Atwood TaranaBurke Ava DuVernay Nancy Pelosi...
December 2023. "Tina Fey, Emily Blunt, Alicia Keys, Margaret Atwood, TaranaBurke to Be Honored at Variety's Power of Women: NY". Variety. 8 March 2018...
2018 American Civil Liberties Union James Baldwin Sybrina Fulton Tracy Martin Ryan Murphy 2019 Margaret Atwood TaranaBurke Ava DuVernay Nancy Pelosi...
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