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#MeToo Rally Forces Vancouver To Take Hashtag Into Real World

"There’s so many ‘Me Toos’ out there."
Protesters attend a #MeToo rally outside of the Vancouver Art Gallery on Saturday.
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Protesters attend a #MeToo rally outside of the Vancouver Art Gallery on Saturday.

A Saturday morning rally in Vancouver in solidarity with those who have found strength in the #MeToo campaign is another example of how the movement has affected the city.

More than 100 people gathered outside the Vancouver Art Gallery to share their #MeToo stories of sexual assault and harassment.

Organizer Samantha Monckton told News 1130 that she hopes that groups of women continue coming out.

"(I've been) looking at people differently, been on the street thinking 'maybe they have a situation that they have encountered too', there's so many 'Me Toos' out there," she said. "We need to do action now, we need to stop this from occurring in the future."

Added another organizer Jodie Ortega: "We wanted to take the #MeToo hashtag out of the realm of Facebook, the internet, and bring it to a public space because #MeToo is about a conversation between survivors, an exchange of empathy ... letting people know that they're not alone."

"It's an opportunity for survivors and allies to come together," she told Global News.

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