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Tarana Burke
Tarana Burke is an activist and the founder of the "Me Too" movement, which worked to spread awareness of the reality of sexual abuse. Though the trending hashtag became the most popular in 2017, "Me Too" has been a working tagline since 2006 and is still an ever-growing organization. With the events of the Black Lives Matter movement, Burke has recently expressed her ambitions to spread awareness to create a space of healing and change for sexual assault survivors. In a similar fashion, Burke is also the current senior director of the Girls for Gender Equality, an organization working on prevention and healing techniques for sexual assault in schools and workplaces.
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Virgil Abloh
Virgil Abloh is an architect, designer, artist, disc-jockey and the lead artistic director of Louis Vuitton's men's wear collection. He is best known for his Nike collection Off-White and the commentary he puts into all of his artistic pieces. Though many of his pieces share messages of individuality and the rebellion of societal norms, Abloh has also used his platform to support Planned Parenthood and educate his audience on immigration issues. He has won countless awards for his work, including a spot in Time 's 100 Most Jovfoujbm!Qfpqmf-!boe!ibt! used his notoriety in working with the Fashion Scholarship Fund to raise money for his self-named scholarship that jt!tqfdjdbmmz!eftjhobufe!gps! Black students.
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