Oprah's Receives Cecil B. DeMille Award & Talks Race, Class, Power & #MeToo Movement

In case you missed Orpah's powerful, moving, and emotional speech or want to watch it fifty-nine more times....  here you go. The first clip, from a fast-moving YouTuber who got it online quickly, is about Oprah receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award. The second is from her acceptance speech. 

Celebrating Oprah

Oprah's Acceptance Speech

Here's more about Recy Taylor who Oprah talks about in her speech. 

Here's more about the #MeToo Movement founder, Tarana Burke. 

Here's @Jane Ellen Stevens essay entitled, "We can't stop sex harassment by firing or incarcerating our way out; we can stop it by using ACEs science."

And here's an op-ed based on that essay that's in the Jan. 8 edition of the San Jose Mercury News: 

Opinion: What to do with harassers outed by #MeToo? Can't throw 'em all in jail

And writing by and about @Louise Godbold.  

Things have changed. Things are changing. Not all things and not everything. I know. But it's important to celebrate what we can when we can. There's less silence tonight. More listening. More believing. That matters.