Controversial White Attorney ‘Exploits’ Juneteenth and #MeToo During Cosby Civil Trial
Huth claims Cosby sexually assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion nearly a half-century ago. Huth and her attorney, Gloria Allred, are seeking millions of dollars in damages. Allred represented the family of Nicole Brown Simpson, the ex-wife of O.J. In 1993, Allred represented Jordan Chandler, the first child to publicly accuse the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, of sexual molestation. Allred represented Bialek against Cain, whose campaign collapsed.
thewestsidegazette.comMoving Beyond The Hashtag ‘Me Too.’ Movement Celebrates 4-Year Anniversary With Week Of Action
Written By Anoa Changa(Source NewsOne):Focusing on the greater work ahead, the ‘me too.’ Movement’s fourth anniversary is being celebrated with a week of action. On the anniversary of the viral tweet, Burke reposted an op-ed she had previously written for Time about how she felt initially seeing her work reduced to a hashtag. Over the past four years, what has evolved is a broader movement space committed to supporting survivor healing and disrupting sexual violence. In an Instagram announcement, the organization’ me too.’ Movement explained the idea behind celebrating over an entire week. #MeToo Anniversary week is October 15-22, and we’ll be celebrating and building all week long with special announcements, events, and conversations designed to inspire.
thewestsidegazette.comWhither #MeToo? Chilling effect of Cosby reversal feared
When Indira Henard, director of the DC Rape Crisis Center, received the text message Wednesday, she thought she wasn’t reading her phone correctly. “I put on the news and there it was, and my heart just dropped,” Henard said. “I thought about how all our survivors would be feeling.”
news.yahoo.comLeft out of MeToo: New initiative focuses on Black survivors
Tarana Burke, founder and leader of the #MeToo movement, stands in her home in Baltimore on Oct. 13, 2020. A coalition of three groups vital to the #MeToo movement is collaborating on an initiative to focus on a population that has often felt left out of the conversation: Black survivors of sexual violence. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, file)It’s been more than three years since the #MeToo movement launched a culture-shifting conversation about sexual violence. In a statement, the groups said they were working together to create safe spaces for Black survivors; to confront narratives "that harm and silence Black survivors;" and lastly to come up with new practices that will help get Black survivors “believed, heard, and supported.”Burke said the most important immediate impact will simply be that a national conversation is being had. AdAmong the initiative's concrete plans: narrative research; conversation guides; a five-part event series; and “rapid-response tools” to support Black survivors who come forward.
"We, As Ourselves": Changing the dialogue around Black sexual assault survivors
"We, As Ourselves": Changing the dialogue around Black sexual assault survivors me too. International, the Time's Up Foundation and the National Women's Law Center are partnering to launch a new campaign aimed at changing the conversation around sexual violence within the Black community. founder and executive director Tarana Burke and actress Jurnee Smollett join "CBS This Morning" to announce the "We, As Ourselves" initiative.
cbsnews.com"We, As Ourselves": Changing the dialogue around Black sexual assault survivors
"We, As Ourselves": Changing the dialogue around Black sexual assault survivors me too. International, the Time's Up Foundation and the National Women's Law Center are partnering to launch a new campaign aimed at changing the conversation around sexual violence within the Black community. founder and executive director Tarana Burke and actress Jurnee Smollett join "CBS This Morning" to announce the "We, As Ourselves" initiative.
cbsnews.comFight The Man: What GameStop's surge says about online mobs
Melvin Capital is also exiting GameStop, with manager Gabe Plotkin telling CNBC that the hedge fund was taking a significant loss. Last week they gave us the Great GameStop Stock Uprising. Online spaces are being used to radicalize people toward extremism, to plan hate crimes and attacks," she said. It’s the same thing as when Jim Cramer gets on CNBC smashing buttons.”AdIn 2017, the hashtag “MeToo" began going viral as women — and some men — shared their experiences of sexual assault on social media. Social media also helped Black Lives Matter activists organize rallies, record police violence and communicate during the marches sweeping the U.S. and other countries following the death of George Floyd last summer.
Ahead of the election, a landslide of documentaries
This combination photo shows poster art for political documentaries, from left, "All In: The Fight for Democracy," "Boys State," "537 Votes," "Slay the Dragon," and "The Fight." The election has unleashed an avalanche of documentaries like no season before it. In a presidential election of enormous stakes, filmmakers have rushed to finish their films before Election Day. (Amazon, from left, Apple TV Plus, HBO Max, Magnolia Pictures, Magnolia Pictures via AP)NEW YORK – The election has unleashed an avalanche of documentaries like no season before it. In a presidential election of enormous stakes, filmmakers have rushed to finish their films before Election Day, to try to inform, sway and entertain the electorate.
Black National Convention puts spotlight on police brutality
Black Lives Matter activists are holding a virtual Black National Convention Friday, Aug. 28, to adopt a political agenda calling for slavery reparations, universal basic income, environmental justice and legislation that entirely re-imagines criminal justice reforms. Anyone who is watching, who is both enraged or looking for action, will find a space" in the Black National Convention, Byrd said. The Black National Convention was originally planned to take place in-person in Detroit, the nations Blackest major city. Fridays convention is expected to be the largest gathering of Black activists and artists, albeit virtual, since the historic 1972 National Black Political Convention in Gary, Indiana, which concluded with the introduction of a national Black agenda. The Black National Convention broadcast begins after the D.C. march has concluded.
#MeToo, phase 2: Doc explores heavy burden on women of color
Most importantly, it puts a spotlight on women of color, and the unique and painful burden they often face in coming forward. "But I also felt this pressure, this responsibility to be brave, to highlight the experience of black women as survivors. "A lot of black women felt disconnected from #MeToo initially, Burke says. Now you can come forward but what about women of color? Her message to any other survivors out there and she hopes they will come forward: Facing it frees parts of yourself that you don't even know youve missed."
Apple, Absolut Vodka and Reebok: What brands are doing for International Women's Day
International Women's Day is a chance for brands to show what they're doing to promote equality and arguably raise their profiles and sell more too. #SexResponsibly," on Valentine's Day with ads stating: "Buying someone a drink doesn't buy you a yes," and it aims to continue the conversation ahead of International Women's Day. Time Magazine has published covers of 100 "Women of the Year" for International Women's Day 2020. Reebok, owned by Adidas, just dropped its 2020 "It's a Man's World" collection ahead of International Women's Day. "Scandal" creator Shonda Rhimes and star Kerry Washington pose as part of a campaign by non-profit Care for International Women's Day.
cnbc.comCivil Rights Activist and me too Founder Tarana Burke to Receive Harvard Kennedy Schools Gleitsman Award
ORLANDO ADVOCATE Tarana Burke, civil rights activist and founder of the global me too. movement for survivors of sexual assault, has been chosen as this years recipient of Harvard Kennedy Schools Center for Public Leadership Gleitsman Award. Wendy R. Sherman, professor of the practice of public leadership and director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School. The award will be presented to Burke at a public event at Harvard Kennedy School on Friday, December 6. In addition to the public award ceremony, Boston community organizations and Harvard students and faculty will come together for a day of resource-sharing. I speak for all sexual assault survivor leaders when I say that we share that same fire.
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