I think it is selfish for me to try to frame Me Too as something that I own. It is bigger than me and bigger than Alyssa Milano. Neither one of us should be centered in this work. This is about survivors.
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If I found a healing tree in my backyard, and it grew some sort of fruit that was a healing balm for people to repair what was damaged, I'm not going to just harvest all of those fruits and say, 'You cant have this.' If I have a cure for people, I'm going to share it.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Sharing knowledge and resources can help heal others and is a moral duty.
This quote emphasizes the importance of sharing one's gifts, knowledge, or resources with others, especially when they possess the ability to help or heal. Tarana Burke highlights a moral obligation to share cures or solutions rather than hoarding them for oneself, promoting compassion and community support.
Themes
SharingHealingCommunityCompassionCure
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about community service, I might say, 'As Tarana Burke stated, if I have a cure for people, I'm going to share it.'
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