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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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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Whitman Teaches the Movement builds on its momentum
February 23, 2017 • Fourth-grade students learned about Dominican-American author Julia Alvarez and interviewed each other about how to deal with bullying and discrimination.
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