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On #MeToo anniversary, leaders say focus is on inequality

In this Nov. 1, 2017, file photo, Tarana Burke, founder and leader of the #MeToo movement, marches with others at the #MeToo March in the Hollywood section of
Los Angeles.
Associated Press
By KAT STAFFORD of whom were young Black nition, Burke is working to ly aware of the inequal- in our work because we
ASSOCIATED PRESS girls and children of color. make sure it remains inclu- ity that has long existed in know that solving and inter-
DETROIT (AP) — When #Me- "It sort of triggered some- sive and reclaims its original America — something they rupting the issue of sexual
Too movement founder thing in me because I intent: A focus on margin- find both empowering and violence in those commu-
Tarana Burke thinks about had experienced sexual alized voices and experi- challenging. nities means ending sexual
the group's future as the violence myself as a child," ences. "I think it's a testament and violence everywhere."
world celebrates its anni- Burke said. "What would my She sees that path for- it's a representation of the Several events are planned
versary, her vision is clear. life have been like if some- ward through Dani Ayers, fact that there are many to mark the third anniversa-
It predates the moment body had intervened at 12, a 39-year-old Black woman movements that have ry, including the announce-
that most people know — 14 or 16, even just to say who quietly, yet with a bold been started by Black ment of the new leadership
when the #MeToo hashtag that I deserve healing, and vision, transitioned into be- women. structure and a survey of
went viral three years ago that I deserve wellness and coming the movement's The Black Lives Matter survivors that Burke and Ay-
on Oct. 15, 2017, sparking a wholeness and joy?" CEO in July after joining the movement was also start- ers expect will reignite mo-
global conversation about "And so it started off trying organization in 2018. ed by Black women," Ayers mentum behind the move-
sexual harassment and as- to bring those messages, In a year marked by a na- told the Associated Press in ment.
sault. that idea of healing into tionwide reckoning over her first joint interview with Their goal is to create a
For her, that mission these young women's lives systemic racism and ineq- Burke. global network of organi-
emerged years earlier — and using the power of em- uities that have dispropor- "It's an opportunity to shine zations united behind the
in 2006, when Burke, after pathy," she said. tionately impacted Black a light. We are absolutely movement to end sexual
a career of community As the #MeToo movement Americans, the #MeToo centering Black women violence.
service, began working di- marks the third year since movement is now jointly led and girls, people of color,
rectly with survivors, many it received global recog- by two Black women keen- queer, trans, disabled folks Continued on Page 2