Started in 2011, Whitman Teaches the Movement (WTTM) trains Whitman students to visit local K-12 classrooms to teach age-appropriate lessons about civil rights.
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WTTM News Stories
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Andy Burnstein ’20 Wants to See More Students ‘Pop the Bubble’
March 23, 2020 • Graduating senior Andy Burnstein ’20 has advice for Whitman College students coming behind him: Get involved in the community. Register to vote in Walla Walla. Give back through local organizations. Be part of the city and culture. “Many Whitman students feel separate from the community, which is really unfortunate,” Burnstein said.
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Hasan Kwame Jeffries Encourages Students to Take an Honest Look at ‘Hard History’
December 3, 2019 • It’s important to study history, the old saying goes, because history tends to repeat itself. If we study the past, we can avoid repeating our mistakes. When it comes to America’s history with slavery, Hasan Kwame Jeffries thinks we still have plenty of reflection and work to do.
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Whitman Teaches the Movement Wins IMPACT Service Program of the Year Award
February 28, 2019 • Whitman Teaches the Movement (WTTM) — Whitman College’s student-led program that brings civil rights lessons to Walla Walla public schools every January and February — received the Service Program of the Year award at the IMPACT Conference, held Feb. 21-24, 2019, at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Video: Whitman Teaches the Movement Brings Equity Lessons to Classrooms
February 21, 2019 • First-graders at Edison Elementary School in Walla Walla, Washington, learned about equality and the civil rights movement through the lens of the story of Ruby Bridges during the annual Whitman Teaches the Movement.
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Youth Movement Propels Pioneering Civics Program
November 27, 2018 • Whitman Teaches the Movement (WTTM) is the pioneering program that leads conversations about civil rights on campus all year long and in participating Walla Walla public schools.
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