Vigil Against Antisemitism
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On Jan. 21, members of Ithaca and Lansing community came together in solidarity to stand against antisemitism.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/vigil/)
On Jan. 21, members of Ithaca and Lansing community came together in solidarity to stand against antisemitism.
As the wind gently blew across Ho Plaza on Wednesday, it carried the voices of people sharing their connections to Sri Lanka and the people whose lives were lost on Easter Sunday. Students from all different backgrounds, ages and disciplines faced each other in a wide circle, candles given out by the organizers in hand.
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.
Cornell students will gather on Wednesday to honor the victims of last week’s Sri Lanka bombings. The vigil will take place this Wednesday from 7 to 8 p.m. at Ho Plaza.
As snow fell to the ground, over 200 members of the Cornell community gathered in Ho Plaza on Monday to pay tribute to the victims of the shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 15.
Following the terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, a community vigil will be hosted on Monday from 5 – 6 p.m at the Muslim Chaplaincy in Ho Plaza. At the meanwhile, Cornellians have been coping with the tragedy through group prayer and discussion of issues that lead to the attack.
A Cornell spokesperson confirmed that the University and Cornell Police are reviewing three bias incidents that took place in Clara Dickson Hall, Court-Kay-Bauer Hall and Appel Commons. It is still unclear whether these three incidents are connected or who is behind them.
A vigil for the International Transgender Day of Remembrance memorialized the deaths of transgender individuals through poetry, song and a candle ceremony. The lighting of each candle represented 15 lost lives.
Amidst cold and rain, over 150 Cornellians — some from the Tree of Life Congregation — huddled together Monday evening on Ho Plaza to remember the victims of Saturday’s anti-semitic shooting.
“We will be gathering in the spirit of community and unity to show our commitment to loving and supporting one another against hatred by offering prayers and readings,” according to the event’s Facebook page.