The Power & Privilege Symposium
The Power & Privilege Symposium launched more than twenty years ago in response to a racial incident on campus and has remained an important part of the lived experience of students, faculty and staff. The Symposium is designed to make space for conversations about structural oppression and how they manifest themselves on the Whitman College campus and beyond. Topics include racism, sexism, ableism, capitalism and more. The community unites to support the lectures, panels, discussions and showcases created by our peers. The symposium strives to educate the community about the power structures prevailing around the world, questioning many of the paradigms which have socialized us. Our mission as a team is to create an environment that interrogates hard questions about the relationships and structures of power and privilege.
Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026