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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Whitman Wire

Texting Through Crisis

Texting Through Crisis

Claire Reichle, Staff Reporter April 26, 2018

On a typical night in Walla Walla, Whitman students are typing away on their laptops. Sophomore Omar Aldahleh isn’t writing a paper or updating his status – he is texting strangers in crisis. Hailing...

STEP Womens Shelter closing in December

STEP Women’s Shelter closing in December

Sara Platnick October 22, 2015
The STEP Women’s Shelter is closing down at the end of the year after serving the Walla Walla community for almost six years.
Student Volunteers Aim to Create Community at STEP Shelter

Student Volunteers Aim to Create Community at STEP Shelter

Isabel Mills November 21, 2013
Learn more about Whitman students who volunteer at the STEP women's shelter, an organization that offers local homeless women and children a place to sleep.

Community Fellow program tries to break the bubble

Emily Lin-Jones September 6, 2012
The Student Engagement Center (SEC) will kick off its new Community Fellow program this month, pairing eight upper-level Whitman students with local organizations to engage in community development and related projects for the full academic year.

Nowhere to go: Homeless youth in Walla Walla have few resources available

Patricia Vanderbilt February 9, 2012
Walla Walla has emergency shelters for women, men and families who find themselves without a place to stay the night. But there is nowhere for homeless youth to go.
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