--- title: #MeToo: Tarana Burke to Lead Times Square NYE Countdown description: Tarana Burke, the founder of the #MeToo movement, will kick off Times Square's iconic New Year's Eve ball drop in New York City canonical: https://time.com/5070579/metoo-tarana-burke-new-years-eve-ball-drop-times-square/ author: Casey Quackenbush article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-19T03:27:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T08:42:47.229Z og:title: #MeToo Creator Tarana Burke Will Lead NYE Ball Drop In NYC og:description: Tarana Burke, the founder of the #MeToo movement, will kick off Times Square's iconic New Year's Eve ball drop in New York City og:url: https://time.com/5070579/metoo-tarana-burke-new-years-eve-ball-drop-times-square/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcc34c4c427a0e2a/6988f59397cdff4e896b3ac2/873384502.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Take Back The Workplace March And #MeToo Survivors March & Rally og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: #MeToo Creator Tarana Burke Will Lead NYE Ball Drop In NYC twitter:description: Tarana Burke, the founder of the #MeToo movement, will kick off Times Square's iconic New Year's Eve ball drop in New York City twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcc34c4c427a0e2a/6988f59397cdff4e896b3ac2/873384502.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # #MeToo Creator Tarana Burke Will Kick Off the Countdown to New Year in Times Square > Sponsored content. 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For giving voice to open secrets, for moving whisper networks onto social networks, for pushing all of us to stop accepting the unacceptable, the Silence Breakers are the 2017 Person of the Year._ by [Casey Quackenbush](https://time.com/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Dec 19, 2017 3:27 AM UTC For giving voice to open secrets, for moving whisper networks onto social networks, for pushing all of us to stop accepting the unacceptable, the Silence Breakers are the 2017 Person of the Year. by [Casey Quackenbush](https://time.com/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Dec 19, 2017 3:27 AM UTC Tarana Burke, the founder of the #MeToo movement, will kick off Times Square’s iconic New Year’s Eve ball drop in New York City. > [](https://twitter.com/TaranaBurke/status/942828647659868160) “I am delighted to be participating in this momentous occasion,” Burke said in a statement shared on Twitter. “I think it’s fitting to honor the Me Too movement as we close a historic year and set our intentions for 2018\. With the new year comes new momentum to fuel this work and we won’t stop anytime soon.” Burke is a social activist who has worked with victims of sexual assault for more than a decade. Following sexual assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, Burke and actress Alyssa Milano launched the #MeToo movement on Twitter in October to encourage victims to come forward with their stories of sexual harassment. The hashtag has since unleashed a torrent of accusations and confessions all over the world, leading to a wave of resignations and dismissals mostly of men accused of abusing positions of power. **Read more:** [_The Silence Breakers Are TIME’s Person of the Year for 2017_](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2017-silence-breakers/) “New Year’s is a time when we look at the most significant cultural and political moments of the last year, when we look for inspiration by honoring and giving a global platform to those who have made a difference,” Tim Tompkins, president of the Times Square Alliance, told [amNewYork. ](https://www.amny.com/news/new-years-eve-tarana-burke-1.15507686)“Tarana Burke’s courage and foresight have changed the world this year, and, we hope, forever.” Last year, an estimated 2 million people flocked to Times Square to celebrate the New Year. ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] We can't all be ****. We can't all be asking for it. I am here to give you permission to be angry. This reality might not have to be our reality anymore. I felt this crushing sense of powerlessness. This is the time to take my power back. Here's my story. Uber promises. Investigation into sexual harrassment. Fox News cutting its ties with Bill O'Reilley. I felt it was my duty for the women who are silent to be brave. It's okay to stand up for yourself. Taylor Swift appearing in court today. Harvey Weinstein, the New York- People forget a lot that there's a human behind this. Someone who was very hurt and wronged. [ MUSIC ] [ CROSSTALK ] I always thought maybe things could change for my daughter. I never thought things could change for me. [ MUSIC ] Honestly, I was furious. I have had a man grope me in front of multiple collegues and I was tired of wondering if it was something I wore, I was tired of wondering if it was a vibe I was giving off and when I talked to other women they were furious too >> I felt that if I can speak out, may be if I just stand up then someone else would stand up with me >> There wasn't a place For us to report these experiences. But I sure did talk about it a lot over the years. The least I could do was actually tell my own story and validate theirs for them in a way, just as I was hoping someone much bigger than me would help validate my story. And I knew that other women Would continue to apple for jobs there and that made me feel really uncomfortable. I was afraid of the retaliation, I know the power of patriarchy. I know what men can do when their angry. They did everything that they could to prevent me from raising my concerns further. They asked me if there were other girls, maybe that he has done this too and can I go get them. I had to show them that I wasn't lying And it's like they took me for a joke. And if they couldn't stop us from talking, well, they were gonna stop everybody from listening to us. People digging into my Instagram and pulling up sexy photos as if they kind of discredited me. Well, I've seen you in committee. You're really tough. Why didn't you just hit him? Why did you let it go on for so long? I was a smart young woman that had gone to college, that knew how to fight, and I still was manipulated and conned. I felt ashamed that I hadn't spoken out sooner, not having the strength earlier on to make it stop. The feeling of being humiliated as a woman And there's a point you think is it my fault? For so long I went around harboring this ridiculous belief that because I was a non white woman in my 20s, it was expected that I would have to be treated this way. We don't have to just live like this. Few things could change from my daughter I never thought things could change from me. I'm here to give you permission to be angry, people are afraid specially women where conditioned since birth to be polite. To be nice, to be kind, to be liked to not make waves. ****. We can't all be crazy, we can't all be ****, we can't all be asking for it. And I'm telling you that all the people who stand up, all the people who speak out you are teaching people how to treat and you should not be shamed for that. The shame is not ours to hold, the shame is on perpetrator. Me Too can be a conversation starter or it can be the whole conversation. It took away the power from the predator. And placed the power on the victim. And maybe, just maybe we would be able to get a glimpse at the magnitude of this problem. The amount of people sharing the stories with me is so intense. People that were complete strangers reached out to tell very personal stories. It's What they did with this and they did a lot and not only in France in Hong kong japanese. The most months >> I feel like the day that I spoke up and I said you are a sexual harasser I changed >> some of the. Things in the night. [ FOREIGN ]. It's an honor to be the person that hey I spoke up about this. I took on the risk. And I was very humbled and I was very proud. I'm very glad now that the story has been heard. It's a direct response to that arrogance and that show of power and [ UNKNOWN ]. A sense, we won't be silenced. 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