Tarana Burke
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Tarana Burke is an American civil rights activist best known for originating the "Me Too" movement to support survivors of sexual violence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tarana Burke canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American activist
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civil rights activist ⓘ feminist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeSince | 1990s ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
Black women and girls
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survivors of sexual assault ⓘ survivors of sexual harassment ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Harvard Kennedy School Gleitsman Citizen Activist Award
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Ridenhour Prize for Courage ⓘ SheKnows Media Voice of the Year ⓘ Time 100 Most Influential People ⓘ
surface form:
Time 100 most influential people
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| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Alabama State University
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Auburn University at Montgomery ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName | Burke ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil rights
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racial justice ⓘ sexual violence prevention ⓘ women's rights ⓘ |
| focusesOn | healing and empowerment for survivors of sexual violence ⓘ |
| founded |
Just Be Inc.
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MeToo movement ⓘ
surface form:
Me Too movement
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| foundedInYear | 2006 (Me Too movement) ⓘ |
| givenName | Tarana ⓘ |
| hasRole |
civil rights leader
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nonprofit executive ⓘ public speaker ⓘ |
| influenced |
MeToo movement
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surface form:
global #MeToo movement
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| knownFor |
coining the phrase "Me Too" in 2006
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supporting survivors of sexual assault and harassment ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| movement |
MeToo movement
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surface form:
Me Too movement
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| name | Tarana Burke self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy for survivors of sexual violence
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founding the Me Too movement ⓘ |
| occupation |
activist
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community organizer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York City
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The Bronx ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| stateOfBirth | New York ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Time Person of the Year
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surface form:
Time magazine Person of the Year 2017 (as part of "The Silence Breakers")
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| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tarana Burke Description of subject: Tarana Burke is an American civil rights activist best known for originating the "Me Too" movement to support survivors of sexual violence.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.