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December 19, 2017

#MeToo Founder Tarana Burke to Drop Times Square New Year's Ball
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And feminist activist Tarana Burke, the founder of the #Me Too movement,
will preside over the ceremonial countdown ringing in 2018 on New Year's
Eve in New York City's Times Square. Ten years ago, Tarana Burke began
"Me Too" as a grassroots movement to aid sexual assault survivors in
underprivileged communities, where rape crisis centers and sexual
assault workers were not going. In a statement, the president of the
Times Square Alliance said, "Tarana Burke's courage and foresight have
changed the world this year, and, we hope, forever."


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