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Tarana Burke speaking at Stony Brook University back in 2018. STATESMAN FILE

The Presidential Lecture Series presents a talk with activist Tarana Burke

Melanie Navarro May 10, 2021
On April 21, Stony Brook University President Maurie McInnis presented a conversation with activist and Me Too movement founder Tarana Burke as a part of the Presidential Lecture Series.
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Stony Brook’s Title IX process is broken

As modeled by the creator of the #MeToo movement, the incomparable Tarana Burke, we could create spaces where survivors can come together for solidarity, a chance to share their stories and community healing. Together, we could go far beyond.
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The Starbucks located in Melville Library.LUIS RUIZ DOMINGUEZ/THE STATESMAN

SBU should follow Starbucks and offer racial-bias education

Gabby Pardo and Andrew Goldstein April 22, 2018
Perhaps we should take a page from Starbucks’ book and have a widely announced day of racial bias education for anyone who wishes to attend?
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One in five women and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted on college campuses, but only 10 percent of survivors report their cases. ARACLEY JIMENEZ/THE STATESMAN

Stony Brook needs to reaffirm its commitment to gender equality

Aleeza Kazmi February 20, 2018
I was shocked that a campus administration that has vocalized its support of Dreamers, Muslims and transgender people in this past year alone has not made an active effort to tell the survivors of abuse on its campus that it stands with them.
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#MeToo founder Tarana Burke speaks at Stony Brook

Rebecca Liebson January 28, 2018
Tarana Burke, the founder of the #MeToo movement, shared her experiences as an activist and survivor of sexual assault.
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Me Too.  LUIS RUIZ DOMINGUEZ/THE STATESMAN

Me too?

Genie Ruzicka October 22, 2017
Halfway through a conversation about how women and femmes often downplay encounters that constitute harassment or assault by saying “It’s just par for the course” or “He didn’t mean it” or “That’s just the way it is,” I realized I had been doing the exact same thing.
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