Tarana Burke
Activist and Me Too founder
Tarana Burke is a Bronx-born activist who started the Me Too movement. Her work centers on supporting survivors of sexual violence.
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American Born 1973 in The Bronx, United States
About Tarana Burke
A native of the Bronx, Burke founded the Me Too movement, which grew out of her work with survivors of sexual violence, particularly Black girls and women. She began community organizing in the late 1980s through a youth leadership group, and later attended Alabama State University. In 2017 the #MeToo hashtag went viral, and Time included Burke among the "silence breakers" it named Person of the Year. In 2018 she founded me too. International, a non-profit organization tied to the movement. You Are Your Best Thing is her book in our catalog.