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Anonymous ID: 8b4c69 Dec. 6, 2018, 9:21 a.m. No.4181907   🗄️.is đź”—kun

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Time’s Up, the legal defense fund launched to support victims of workplace sexual misconduct, is the largest fundraiser in platform GoFundMe’s history.

 

The fundraiser, which was launched in December 2017 amid the #MeToo movement, has raised over $22 million so far.

 

GoFundMe announced Thursday that Time’s Up is officially the biggest fundraiser in the website’s 8-year history, and raised almost as much as the top 10 campaigns of 2017 combined, according to BuzzFeed News.

 

Other top fundraisers in 2018 included pages to help the survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, one to build homes for Rohingya refugees, another for the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims and one to aid the sole surviving member of a family killed in the Missouri duck boat accident.

 

The highest-raising campaign in 2017 was to support victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting, raising just under $12 million.

 

$30 million was also raised for those affected by the California wildfires, though that amount was spread out over a number of fundraisers.

 

GoFundMe has become a go-to for people hoping to make a difference in the wake of natural disasters, shootings and other tragedies. Individuals have also turned in droves to the fundraising platform to pay medical bills and legal bills.

 

A GoFundMe page went viral this year in support of Christine Blasey Ford, who accused then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, raising a total of nearly $650,000.

 

A separate fundraiser was also started in support of Kavanaugh, raising $488,500.

 

There are hundreds of fundraisers for victims of rape and sexual assault on the website, though BuzzFed News noted that a significant number of sexual assault-related fundraisers fly under the radar, never meeting their goals or making national news.

 

Time’s Up was officially founded in January in the wake of sexual assault allegations against a number of prominent men in the entertainment industry.

 

"The TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund connects those who experience sexual harassment, abuse or related retaliation in the workplace or trying to advance their careers with legal and public relations assistance," the fundraising page reads. "The money raised will help defray legal and public relations costs in select cases based on criteria and availably of funds."

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/420062-times-up-is-the-largest-fundraiser-in-gofundme-history