RTO 330 Me Too Movement (Part 1 of 2)

Tarana Burke’s creation of a voice for the voiceless was a powerful movement of change and strength for women in communities that were continually overlooked by society as victims. A decade after the groundwork for those communities that she instilled, a famous Hollywood actress named Alyssa Milano sent out a tweet forever changing the movement into #metoo. The movement transformed overnight to a media storm associated with victims healing through social media, and sparking a debate throughout the world of the terms and definitions of what rape and sexual violence is, all the while promoting confession without proper healing to many victims. A change that counteracted the original message of “empowerment through empathy” Part 1 of 2