How #MeToo could move from social campaign to social change
7 years, 4 months ago

How #MeToo could move from social campaign to social change

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Story highlights #MeToo has been used in 85 countries around the world A new campaign is encouraging men to take action: #IWillSpeakUp Experts say coordinated action between activists groups is needed to turn #MeToo into a lasting legacy CNN — It’s the hashtag that rocked the world. “We felt like we really needed to respond because it’s out of control,” A Call to Men co-founder Ted Bunch said. So this has to become a men’s issue, because men won’t stop unless other men say so.” Launched Monday in conjunction with the Joyful Heart Foundation, founded by “Law and Order: SVU” star Mariska Hargitay, the campaign includes an op-ed and public service announcement featuring male celebrities such as Danny Pino, Blair Underwood, Christopher Meloni, Anthony Edwards and Peter Hermann, who all encourage men to pledge better behavior toward women under the hashtags #IWillSpeakUp and #SupportSurvivors. “It was organizers, activists, educators, artists – people who built an actual infrastructure so that a movement can exist and have life.” From meme to movement That’s exactly what is needed to solidify #MeToo’s viral legacy, according to sociologist Jen Schradie, who studies digital activism for the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, France. “I’ve found that the groups that can sustain high levels of online participation are those which are more structured and have volunteers and staff dedicated to keeping that online effort in place.” “People want concrete ways to be part of a solution, and that’s where the #MeToo movement needs to go,” said Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.

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