Burke has fought for gender equality in the non-profit sector for more than a decade and recently co-founded the Survivor’s Agenda — a collective focused on connecting and organizing the voices of survivors to legislators and decision-makers who inform sexual assault policy. As the originator of the international Me Too movement in 2006, Burke was named one of TIME Magazine’s 2017 People of the Year and continues advocating for the rights of sexual assault survivors.
Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center
Goss Graves has worked for the National Women’s Law Center for more than a decade and was one of the co-founders of the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund, a network of more than 700 attorneys who help people, especially low-income women and women of color, who have experienced sexual harassment and abuse in the workplace. Goss Graves is also a member of the Institute of Women’s Policy Research, a national think tank focused on women’s economic equity, and recently joined Burke in co-founding the Survivor’s Agenda.
Yara Shahidi, Actress and Activist
Shahidi, star of ABC’s Grown-ish, has used her Hollywood spotlight to promote youth voter engagement, education equality, and racial justice to millions of fans. Since founding the youth voter engagement initiative WeVoteNext in 2018 (originally known as Eighteen x 18), Shahidi has also partnered with the Citizen Verizon Assembly initiative to facilitate conversations about education inequality and connect students across the country with digital learning resources.
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Tarana Burke, #MeToo Founder
Burke has fought for gender equality in the non-profit sector for more than a decade and recently co-founded the Survivor’s Agenda — a collective focused on connecting and organizing the voices of survivors to legislators and decision-makers who inform sexual assault policy. As the originator of the international Me Too movement in 2006, Burke was named one of TIME Magazine’s 2017 People of the Year and continues advocating for the rights of sexual assault survivors.
Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center
Goss Graves has worked for the National Women’s Law Center for more than a decade and was one of the co-founders of the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund, a network of more than 700 attorneys who help people, especially low-income women and women of color, who have experienced sexual harassment and abuse in the workplace. Goss Graves is also a member of the Institute of Women’s Policy Research, a national think tank focused on women’s economic equity, and recently joined Burke in co-founding the Survivor’s Agenda.
Yara Shahidi, Actress and Activist
Shahidi, star of ABC’s Grown-ish, has used her Hollywood spotlight to promote youth voter engagement, education equality, and racial justice to millions of fans. Since founding the youth voter engagement initiative WeVoteNext in 2018 (originally known as Eighteen x 18), Shahidi has also partnered with the Citizen Verizon Assembly initiative to facilitate conversations about education inequality and connect students across the country with digital learning resources.
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