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Activist Tarana Burke starts using the phrase "Me Too" to help bring support to minority survivors.

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Actress Ashley Judd is the first to publicly accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct.

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Actress Alyssa Milano through Twitter reignites "Me Too" with the tweet "If you've been sexually harassed or assaulted write 'me too' as a reply to this tweet." and it quickly turned into a movement

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More than a million people took to the streets around the nation for the second annual Women's March. This year's event, held on the anniversary of President Donald Trump's oath of office, focused on the disapproval of his administration and policies, as well as encouraging people to vote.

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December 6th 2017 - Times Person of the Year

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December 6th 2017 - Times Person of the Year

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Time magazine named the "Silence Breakers" its 2017 Person of the Year, citing individuals like Tarana Burke and Terry Crews as forces behind this watershed moment

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In 2017, the #MeToo hashtag went viral and woke up the world to the magnitude of the problem of sexual violence. What had begun as local grassroots work had now become a global movement — seemingly overnight.

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Today, the movement continues to focus on assisting a growing spectrum of survivors — young people, queer, trans, the disabled, Black women and girls, and all communities of color.

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Significance of Person to Movement - Tarana Burke

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Significance of Person to Movement - Tarana Burke

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As an activist, community organizer, and executive, Tarana Burke has made quite an impact. Known as the founder of the ‘me too’ Movement, Burke’s hashtag has been used more than 19 million times on Twitter alone. Since then, Burke has been widely recognized for her work, and was named Person of the Year by TIME Magazine in 2017.

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Significance of Person to Movement - Tarana Burke

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Significance of Person to Movement - Tarana Burke

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The very next year, Tarana Burke attended the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards as a guest of actress Michelle Williams. Burke has been internationally celebrated for her work and has been invited to speak across the country. In 2019, she earned the Sydney Peace Prize in Sydney, Australia. Burke currently serves as the Senior Director of Girls for Gender Equity in Brooklyn, NY. She is also frequently asked to provide social commentary and has been published in Teen Vogue, Colorlines, Mic, BK Nation, Glamour, Ebony, Essence, The Source, and The Root, among others.

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the focus will continue to be centering on marginalized people and supporting survivors. Tarana has inspired the #MeToo hashtag in places like Sweden who have taken it to another level, by adding other hashtags like #MeTooWaitresses or #MeTooClergy or to bring attention to other industries besides politics and Hollywood.

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People have been trying to expand the movement rather than "just a hashtag to take down powerful white men." and make it so that it can be more than just a platform of social media.