Tarana Burke Archives – The Statesman

Stony Brook’s Title IX process is broken

by Feminist Majority Leadership AllianceOpinionsSeptember 9, 2018March 19, 2020

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.

SBU should follow Starbucks and offer racial-bias education

by Gabby PardoFeatured OpinionsApril 22, 2018April 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?

Stony Brook needs to reaffirm its commitment to gender equality

by Aleeza KazmiFeatured OpinionsFebruary 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.

#MeToo founder Tarana Burke speaks at Stony Brook

by Rebecca LiebsonFeatured News Top StoryJanuary 28, 2018February 1, 2018

Tarana Burke, the founder of the #MeToo movement, shared her experiences as an activist and survivor of sexual assault.

Me too?

by Genie RuzickaFeatured Opinions Top StoryOctober 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.