SPEAKING UP
Up in arms
Protests of issues from sexual violence to fracking ignited in the fall on campus and downtown.
Oct. 2
Slutwalk
Oct. 13
Occupy Ithaca College Protest About 200 Ithaca College students participated in a campus-wide walkout in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests.
Oct. 5
Occupy Ithaca Protest About 250 Ithaca residents, in support of the 99 percent, protested downtown to demand economic reform. Ithaca College students and local residents gathered to challenge stereotypes and victim-blaming through a protest against sexual violence towards women. Stacey Lawrence/The IThacan
September
October
Oct. 2
IC rallies for Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood Rally
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A Congressional investigation into Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s use of federal funds was the central issue for a rally Oct. 2, renewing an ongoing battle between sexual health promoters and those morally opposed to abortion and birth control. Students from Ithaca College and 11 other institutions marched downtown after a conference organized by the Family Planning Advocates, a Planned Parenthood-funded organization. Congressman Cliff Stearns, R-Fl., chairman of the House subcommittee on oversight and investigations, requested that Planned Parenthood furnish internal and state-level audits from 1998 to 2010. He also wanted proof that Planned Parenthood is keeping federal money from funding abortions and of its procedures for complying with reporting laws for child victims of sexual assault and abuse. Casey Martinson, director of public affairs for Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger lakes, said the rally was in opposition of the investigation and proposed budgets cuts. He said the rally was meant to raise awareness that Planned Parenthood is essential to community health.