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American civil rights activist Tarana Burke will speak at Brock about the #MeToo movement on Oct. 29.<\/p><\/div>\n
Tarana Burke, an American civil rights activist often credited with starting the #MeToo movement more than a decade ago, is giving a talk on behalf of Brock\u2019s Office of Human Rights and Equity on Monday, Oct. 29.<\/p>\n
\u201cBringing high-profile speakers to campus is a great way to encourage widespread conversation about important equity issues,\u201d said Leela MadhavaRau, Director, Human Rights and Equity.<\/p>\n
The Burke talk follows last year\u2019s address at Brock University by Lieutenant General, the Honorable Rom\u00e9o\u00a0Dallaire, on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur hope is that dialogue will begin prior to these speakers\u2019 visits to campus and will continue after,\u201d MadhavaRau said.<\/p>\n
Born in The Bronx, N.Y., Burke founded the #MeToo movement in 2006 to raise awareness about the high occurrence of sexual assault and harassment in society. The movement gained significant steam in 2017 with the rise of #MeToo as a hashtag after the Harvey Weinstein allegations went public.<\/p>\n
Time Magazine<\/em> named Burke and other high-profile female activists they dubbed \u201cthe silence breakers\u201d as the Time<\/em> Person of the Year for 2017.<\/p>\n \u201cThe #MeToo movement was a catalyst and a tipping point for primarily women to be able to tell their stories,\u201d said Shannon Kitchings, Research Assistant, Human Rights and Equity. \u201cIt overwhelmed the public and created more space for even more stories to be told, which resulted in the realization that almost everyone has a story.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe #MeToo hashtag has been a useful tool allowing people to have conversations publicly that are really difficult to have,\u201d Kitchings said.<\/p>\n Tickets for Burke\u2019s talk are free, but must be reserved online through the Office of Human Rights and Equity website<\/a>.<\/p>\n What:<\/strong> Tarana Burke Speaking Engagement A key figure in the #MeToo movement is speaking at Brock University later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":53706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3319,1,4],"tags":[7057,6874,5502,7058],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53708,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53705\/revisions\/53708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWhen:<\/strong> Monday, Oct. 29, 7:30 p.m.
\nWhere:<\/strong> Sean O\u2019Sullivan Theatre, Brock University
\nWho:<\/strong> Open to everyone
\nTickets:<\/strong> Available free at brocku.ca\/humanrights<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"