*Editor's Note – 3/10/25: This article has been updated to grant anonymity to an interviewee due to immigration concerns related to President Trump’s recent executive order on deporting individuals...
On Thursday, Feb. 22, presenters will deliver lectures in Chism, Maxey and Reid for the 2024 Power and Privilege Symposium. This year’s theme, “Unmasked,” will draw attention to power dynamics on...
Linda Sarsour, the 'homegirl from Brooklyn,' has one message for Whitman students: "This is not a sprint. It's a marathon."
Sarsour, of all people, would know. Among her many roles, including the...
Writer’s note: in the spirit of public engagement, I welcome any criticism of the ideas in this piece. Ridicule on the sole basis that I am indeed a privileged white male may only strengthen the op-ed’s...
Whitman’s first symposium on race relations occurred in Nov. 2006 following a party where students attended in blackface. Images circulated, the story became national news and conversation sparked regarding...
The Problem with Power and Privilege - Bex Heimbrock
The Power and Privilege Symposium (P&P) started, like most co-opted neoliberal phenomena, as a protest. Before P&P, in 2006,...
This article originally appeared in the November 16, 2006 issue of the Whitman Pioneer.
Editor's note: 17 years later, Power & Privilege will be celebrated on February 23, 2023 at Whitman College....
The Lion in the Winter
Feb 17-19 and 24-26, 7:30 p.m. (evening shows) and 2:00 p.m. (matinees), The Little Theatre
Royal drama, power struggles and adultery - these are all themes that feature heavily...
As I near my senior year and the unnerving inevitability of graduating from college, I reflect on what I've been learning, thinking and doing in preparation for my life post-Whitman. As the college’s...
Thirteen years after graduating from Whitman College and being involved in Power and Privilege as a student, Aisha Fukushima returned to campus to kick off this year's Power and Privilege Symposium.
Fukushima’s...
ASWC’s prioritized actions of late include campus-wide accessibility projects, authoring an Indigenous Peoples acknowledgment, deliberating Power & Privilege recommendations and introducing a new...
Whitman hosted its first virtual Power & Privilege (P&P) Symposium on Thursday, Feb. 18. Following a keynote address from bestselling author, former photography critic and Harvard professor Teju...
