Tarana Burke

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Akiba Solomon  Apr 26, 2018 3:09PM EDT

6 Black Feminists Speak Out About the Cosby Sexual Assault Conviction

In the moments after the Bill Cosby verdict, Colorlines asked six Black feminists to tell us how they felt about it. Here’s what Tarana Burke, Aishah Shahidah Simmons, Jamilah Lemieux, Salamishah Tillet, Ayana Byrd and Monifa Bandele shared.
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Sameer Rao  Apr 19, 2018 5:21PM EDT

Tarana Burke and Tiffany Haddish Cover Time's '100 Most Influential People' Issue

The activist and actress join Issa Rae, Chloe Kim and several other people of color on this year’s list of global changemakers.
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Sameer Rao  Apr 11, 2018 3:53PM EDT

WATCH: Tarana Burke On How to Support the #MeToo Movement

The activist discussed the future of the movement for sexual violence survivors with Variety. 
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Sameer Rao  Mar 5, 2018 10:15AM EST

How Artists of Color Made Race Matter at the 90th Oscars

#OscarsALittleLessWhite?
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Sameer Rao  Feb 2, 2018 1:27PM EST

#MeToo Founder Tarana Burke Writes Memoir, 'Where the Light Enters'

“The book will also help readers understand the often overlooked historical connections of the role sexual violence plays in communities of color, specifically Black communities.”
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Sameer Rao  Jan 8, 2018 11:10AM EST

Tarana Burke, Ai-Jen Poo, Saru Jayaraman and Other Activists On Why They Appeared at the Golden Globes

“We believe that women of color, and women who have faced generations of exclusion—Black, Brown and Asian women, farmworkers and domestic workers, disabled women, undocumented, and queer and trans women—should be at the center of our solutions.”
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Sameer Rao  Dec 6, 2017 12:33PM EST

'Silence Breakers' of Color Among Those Named Time 'Person of the Year'

Time honored #MeToo Movement founder Tarana Burke and other women who embraced her campaign’s message in their own battles against sexual violence.
Arielle Iniko Newton  Oct 19, 2017 9:45AM EDT

What I Learned From #MeToo: Stop the Instant, Harsh Critiquing [OPINION]

RaceBaitr editor Arielle Iniko Newton admits she was quick to dismiss #MeToo. Here, she reflects on how harsh, premature critiques of the online, decentralized campaigns so many of us use can hinder our growth.
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Sameer Rao  Oct 17, 2017 3:07PM EDT

WATCH: '#MeToo' Creator Tarana Burke on Resurgence of the Movement for Sexual Assault Survivors

“ ‘Me too’ is about using the power of empathy to stomp out shame.”
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Tarana Burke  Aug 17, 2016 2:19PM EDT

On Nate Parker, Rape and the Perils of Double Consciousness [Opinion]

Writer and women’s rights advocate Tarana Burke on how her identity informs her view of “The Birth of a Nation” auteur’s 1999 rape case.