Power & Privilege Keynote Speaker Announced
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The Power and Privilege Symposium events next week will include a keynote address by Raquel Willis, an award-winning activist, journalist and media strategist dedicated to collective liberation, especially for Black trans folks.
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Willis is the author of “The Risk It Takes To Bloom: On Life and Liberation,” the Executive Producer with iHeartMedia’s first-ever LGBTQ+ podcast network, Outspoken, and the host of “Afterlives,” a podcast centering the lives and legacies of trans folks lost too soon to violence.
Previous roles have included Director of Communications for Ms. Foundation for Women and Executive Editor of Out magazine. She also co-founded Transgender Week of Visibility and Action with civil rights attorney Chase Strangio.
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Willis is a thought leader on gender, race and intersectionality. She is experienced in online publications, organizing marginalized communities for social change, nonprofit media strategy and public speaking while using digital activism as a major tool of resistance and liberation.
Power and Privilege Symposium schedule:
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- Monday, Feb. 16, from 6–7:30 p.m.
Power & Privilege Affinity Gala
Cordiner Hall, Foyer
- Tuesday, Feb. 17, from 6–8 p.m.
Pre-Symposium: Centering Labor of Student Workers
Third Space Center
- Wednesday, Feb. 18, from 5:30–7 p.m.
Keynote Presentation: Raquel Willis
Reid Campus Center, Young Ballroom
- Thursday, Feb. 19, from 10 a.m. to 4:20 p.m.
2026 Power and Privilege Symposium
- Friday, Feb. 20, from 4–5 p.m.
Post Symposium Dialogue: Continuing the Conversation
Third Space Center
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Whitman Research on Woodpeckers Published
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Research Scientist and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology Ben Vernasco recently published new studies in the Journal of Field Ornithology and in Ornithological Applications that describe the distributions and ecology of two woodpecker species in the Umatilla and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests. Both publications were Whitman senior thesis projects during the 2024–2025 academic year. These works facilitate data-driven approaches to forest management and were recently highlighted in the Whitman Wire.
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Basketball Home Games This Weekend
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Sherwood Athletic Center will close early on Friday, Feb. 13, at 2:30 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 14, at noon to accommodate basketball home games. On Friday, the Blues will play against George Fox University with games starting at 5:30 p.m. (women) and 7:30 p.m. (men). On Saturday, the Blues will play against Lewis and Clark College with games starting at 3 p.m. (women) and 5 p.m. (men).
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On Monday, Feb. 16, most campus offices will be closed, and Whitman Today will not be distributed due to the staff holiday. The Whitman College Bookstore will be closed for inventory. Students will have the day off from classes.
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At a previous Barn Work Day this semester, students from the Whitman College Equestrian Club learned about hoof trimming. (Photo by @whitmanequestrian.) The next Barn Work Day will take place on Sunday, Feb. 15, from 9:30 a.m. to noon. (Flyer attached.) Activities will include barn chores, grooming horses and learning about horse anatomy.
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Sherwood Athletic Center, Room 114
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Hall of Music, Chism Recital Hall
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Welty Health & Counseling Center, Wellnest
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Penrose Library, Room 313 (the "Fishbowl")
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Departing from Reid Campus Center
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