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Tarana Burke, founder and leader of the #MeToo movement, sits in her home in Baltimore on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, File)

#MeToo advocates vow the reckoning will continue after Weinstein’s conviction is overturned

By Jocelyn Noveck - Associated Press

Actress Louisette Geiss speaks at a news conference by the &quot;Silence Breakers,&quot; a group of women who have spoken out about Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's sexual misconduct, at Los Angeles City Hall, on Feb. 25, 2020, in Los Angeles. Geiss, a former actress and screenwriter who accused Weinstein in 2017, has written a musical stemming from her experiences with Weinstein. “The Right Girl,” which was waylaid by the pandemic but will be produced live onstage sometime in 2023. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

5 years on, key #MeToo voices take stock of the movement

By Jocelyn Noveck and Maryclaire Dale - Associated Press

Left out of MeToo: New initiative focuses on Black survivors

By JOCELYN NOVECK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2017, file photo, Tarana Burke, founder and leader of the #MeToo movement, marches with others at the #MeToo March in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. As the #MeToo movement marks the third year since it received global recognition, Burke is working to make sure it remains inclusive and reclaims its original intent: A focus on marginalized voices and experiences. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

On #MeToo anniversary, leaders say focus is on inequality

By KAT STAFFORD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2018 file photo, actress and activist Alyssa Milano listens as Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Now that the #MeToo movement has passed the one-year mark, key voices in the movement are assessing progress and looking forward to the next phase. For actress Milano, it's about winning the cultural battle, despite a perceived setback with the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh confirmation to the Supreme Court. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP, file)

A year into #MeToo, what’s next for the movement?

By JOCELYN NOVECK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2018 file photo, #MeToo founder Tarana Burke arrives at Variety's Power of Women event in Beverly Hills, Calif. Eight groups across the nation have been awarded funding from the New York Women’s Foundation for their efforts to fight sexual violence. The groups in this first round of funding, chosen in consultation with Burke, are focused on underserved communities such as communities of color, immigrant communities and LGBTQ people. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Groups fighting sexual violence awarded #MeToo funding

By JOCELYN NOVECK - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 24, 2018 file photo, social activist Tarana Burke, founder of the #MeToo movement, attends the Time 100 Gala celebrating the 100 most influential people in the world in New York. Burke, who toiled in obscurity for years, has had a head-spinning nine months since the day last October, shortly after the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse accusations, when actress Alyssa Milano encouraged survivors to tweet #MeToo. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

MeToo’s Tarana Burke: Laying groundwork for the long haul

By JOCELYN NOVECK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2017, file photo, Tarana Burke, founder, #MeToo Campaign, appears at the Women's Convention in Detroit. The publishing imprint 37 Ink told The Associated Press on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, that Burke’s “Where the Light Enters” is scheduled to come out early next year. Burke will tell her own story about surviving sexual violence and provide a “roadmap” for other survivors to heal. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Tarana Burke, #MeToo founder, working on a book

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 13, 2017 file photo, Lupita Nyong'o attends the Women In Film 2017 Crystal and Lucy Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Nyong’o became the lone public woman of color among Weinstein’s litany of accusers, writing in a New York Times op-ed last month that she had an unsettling encounter with the producer in 2011 at his home in Connecticut. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Why few women of color in wave of accusers? ‘Stakes higher’

By ERRIN HAINES WHACK - Associated Press