Open Letter: Voices of survivors must be acknowledged
The Ithaca College community has shown itself willing to begin this conversation but must acknowledge the voices of survivors and the harm that has been done.
The Ithaca College community has shown itself willing to begin this conversation but must acknowledge the voices of survivors and the harm that has been done.
“What we are is a global community of survivors committed to healing as individuals and as a community,” Tarana Burke said on Feb. 4.
Systems can only be broken when we call them out. It is when we collectively put pressure on these systems that we can truly give justice to victims.
In the end, then, the question is whether Collado’s presidency is going to open the door to sexual abuse, especially of vulnerable people, on this campus.
An open letter in support of Collado with 275 signatures from faculty and staff was published online by The Ithacan Jan. 23.
Ithaca College is lucky to have someone like Shirley as President in these challenging times for higher education.
Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado was accused of sexually abusing a female patient while working as a psychologist in Washington, D.C., in 2000 and was convicted of sexual abuse in 2001.
Ithaca College junior Yana Mazurkevich has released a photo series called “It Happens,” directed toward Turner, with images directly depicting sexual assault.