Tarana Burke says people are always asking "what's next?" for the #MeToo movement, the broad reckoning against sexual misconduct and abuse that she helped launch seven years ago.
This week, Burke, who coined the phrase "me too" decades ago in work with survivors of sexual violence and saw it go viral in 2017 with the Harvey Weinstein case, has two ready answers.
On Tuesday, the organization she leads, called 'me too.' International, announced an initiative to become truly international in scope - a so-called global network to partner with groups in 33 countries across the globe to combat sexual violence.
On the same day in a New York courtroom, the latest high-profile case was unfolding involving an influential man accused of abusing his power and privilege to inflict sexual harm: mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, who was headed to jail to await trial in his federal sex trafficking case.
In an interview, Burke said the emerging details, in which Combs is accused of a sordid array of sexual crimes, were "horrific." But she took comfort, she said, in the knowledge that it was the cultural shift resulting from #MeToo that helped bring the case to light in the first place.
