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SUMMARY:#MeToo Founder Tarana Burke to Speak at MSU
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 #MeToo founder Tarana Burke will speak at Michigan 
 State University at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, 
 April 19, in Wharton Center's Cobb Great Hall 
 as part of the Transformative Justice Speaker 
 Series. Tickets are free and will be distributed 
 on a first-come, first-serve basis at 
 the Wharton Center Box Office.\n
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 Burke is an 
 activist and community organizer most well-known 
 for creating "Me Too" in 2006 to promote 
 "empowerment through empathy" and healing for 
 survivors of sexual abuse, particularly in 
 underserved communities.\n
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 She will speak about 
 the origins of the #MeToo movement and talk 
 candidly about the pervasiveness of sexual 
 violence in American culture, said Xhercis Méndez, 
 assistant professor in the Department 
 of Philosophy and the African American and African 
 Studies Program, who created the Transformational 
 Justice Speaker Series in 2016 to 
 explore how universities can build safer and 
 more supportive environments for marginalized 
 students, faculty and staff.\n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: public\n
 Contact name: Ryan Kilcoyne\n
 Contact email: calmsumedia@gmail.com\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 http://www.whartoncenter.com/events/detail/tarana-burke\n
LOCATION:Wharton Center, Cobb Hall
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