Whitman College Family Welcome Guide 2021

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The Intercultural Center seeks to enrich the entire student body
and community’s experience by providing opportunities to engage
and educate the campus as a whole on issues related to diversity.
The Intercultural Center provides programming to support students
from historically underserved backgrounds, including international
students, first-generation college students, those from working-class
backgrounds, those who identify as LGBTQIA+, and students from
diverse racial, ethnic or religious backgrounds.
The Intercultural Center team works closely with a variety of
campus groups to foster collaboration and further their support of
students. Additionally, the Intercultural Center oversees Multi-Ethnic
Center for Cultural Affairs (MECCA), an interest house residence
hall, and more than a dozen active identity and culture groups.
These student-led organizations are among the most active clubs
on campus. They provide leadership opportunities for students and
promote diversity and multiculturalism by sponsoring speakers,
discussion panels, musical events, dances, festivals and dinners.
John Johnson
Vice President for
Diversity and Inclusion
johnsonj@whitman.edu
509-527-4996
Laura Sanchez
Director of the
Intercultural Center
sanchell@whitman.edu
509-527-5177
Questions?
If you have questions about resources
available to your student or how they can connect with
gender, racial, religious or ethnic affinity groups, go to
whitman.edu/diversity.
Pictured above: Freedom Songs, Whitman’s annual concert promoting racial justice.