In a compelling talk, Tarana Burke, activist and founder of the #metoo movement, shares transformative insights from her journey of over 25 years. She reflects on what she would tell her younger self and reveals a key realization about her maternal relationships. Tarana discusses how one pivotal conversation with her child sparked a lasting change, emphasizing the importance of emotional capacity in parenting. The conversation also touches on empowerment through vulnerability, the need for safe spaces for young women, and the profound impact of validation on trauma healing.
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Pole Dancing as Empowerment
Tarana Burke's child, Kaya, found empowerment and connection to their body through pole dancing.
Initially resistant, Tarana came to appreciate Kaya's talent and the powerful feeling it provided.
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First Rally, First Advocacy
Tarana Burke's first organized rally in college was sparked by the Rodney King incident.
However, her focus immediately shifted to Latasha Harlins, highlighting her early advocacy for Black women.
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Integrating the Cheerleading Squad
In high school, Tarana organized Black girls to try out for cheerleading, successfully integrating the squad.
This demonstrated her proactive approach to addressing injustice and creating change.
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We’re continuing our conversation with activist, founder of the me too movement, and our personal friend and hero,Tarana Burke. We talk about:
1. What Tarana would say to her twelve-year-old self that might have changed the trajectory of her life.
2. Tarana’s life-shifting realization that her relationship struggles with her mother were not due to her mother’s lack of desire to love her well, but her lack of capacity—and how Tarana built more capacity for her own child.
3. The one thing Tarana said to her child that changed everything—and why Amanda now says the same thing to her children.
CW: We reference sexual abuse and trauma.
About Tarana:
For more than 25 years, activist and advocate Tarana J. Burke has worked at the intersection of sexual violence and racial justice. Fueled by commitments to interrupt sexual violence and other systemic inequalities disproportionately impacting marginalized people, particularly Black women and girls, Tarana has created and led various campaigns focused on increasing access to resources and support for impacted communities, including the ‘me too.’ movement, which to date has galvanized millions of survivors and allies around the world.
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