Cornell Advocacy Project
Building a Community of Advocates, One Workshop at a Time
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The Cornell Advocacy Project hosted a workshop aimed at fostering advocacy skills in underrepresented groups at Cornell.
LGBTQ+
Queer Month: Combining Safe Spaces, Advocacy and Education
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With Queer Month underway for Haven, the LGBTQ+ student union on Cornell’s campus, student leaders are hosting themed weeks to build community and curb feelings of loneliness.
Columns
LORENZEN | Political Debate Fatigue
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There was a time when I loved to debate about politics. Whether it was making idealistic points like a low-budget Aaron Sorkin wannabe while dressed to the nines as a high school debater, casually arguing with friends while eating Louie’s well past midnight or participating in the web of countless cordial and sometimes less than cordial debates which make up Cornell’s political discourse — I loved it all. But these days, I’m not sure that I still do. And I don’t think I’m alone in that feeling. I am still fervently dedicated to politics.
2020 Election
Crowd Gathers on Commons to Celebrate Trump’s Defeat, Encourage Ongoing Progressive Advocacy
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A “Protect the Ballot Count” rally on the Commons became a celebration of the Democratic Party’s victory on Saturday afternoon.
Ithaca Politics
During Polarizing Protests, Tompkins County DSA Symbolizes Left-Wing Opposition in Ithaca
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The Tompkins County Democratic Socialists of America chapter is one of the oldest DSA chapters in the nation, and its work ranges from racial justice advocacy to working with the Ithaca Tenants Union.
Women's Opportunity Center
Despite Closure, Tompkins Women’s Opportunity Center Offers Online Career Training
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The Women’s Opportunity Center is now offering both virtual and mail-based career services to support displaced women, many of whom are divorced or widowed.
Activism
Student Assembly Members Create First Black Caucus
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Eleven members of the Student Assembly and its affiliated committees have organized to form the S.A’s first Black Caucus.
advocacy
40th Annual ‘Take Back the Night’ Encourages Sexual Violence Survivors to Come Out of Darkness
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Take Back the Night is a march, rally and vigil hosted by the Advocacy Center of Tompkins County, which provides domestic and sexual violence services. The event was a call for an end to intimate partner and sexual violence in the community and world.
accessibility
Student Advocates Call for Disability Resource Center
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“Differences, specifically impairments, only become disabilities when faced with a society [not] appropriately configured to their specific situations,” Gillis said, noting that Cornell’s natural and built environment can often pose unique challenges to those who are physically impaired.
Columns
HABR | Quarter-Carding Tragedy
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A few weeks ago, a friend and I were approached on a street in D.C. by a young man whose opening line was “Excuse me, did you know that women are forced to have sex for water?”
I presume he got what he was looking for because I stopped, shocked. “What?” I asked, not sure I had heard correctly. He started to talk to me about exploited women in camps somewhere who were starved and abused, until he finally made it clear that he was discussing the Syrian refugee crisis and was about to ask me for money. He was from an organization that “did work on the ground in Syria,” although the type of work and its effectiveness were both unclear. He told us more tragic tales of refugees drowning in the Mediterranean and dying as they tried to escape war.