Amplifying Our Voices Through Oral History

A public talk and panel discussion at the Whitman College Power & Privilege Symposium 

When: Thursday, February 23, 2023 from 2-2:50pm
Where: Olin Auditorium, Whitman College

Lead & Facilitated by Marian Sandoval. Presenters and Panelists include Guillermo Corro, Marcela Luz, Rubén Murcia and Joel Gaytan.

Organized by Marian Sandoval, Tia Kramer & Ben Murphy

Queremos Escucharte is proud to present at Whitman College’s 2023 Power & Privilege Symposium. This panel session articulates the importance of oral history in contemporary times and outlines the critical role that Queremos Escucharte plays in our community. Listener, Guillermo Corro will present a short talk titled, “I am here because you are here” then Marian Sandoval will lead a short panel at which local people interviewed by the project to share the sheer power listening and exchanging stories has had on their lives.

More about the Whitman College Power & Privilege Symposium: Power and Privilege 2023 Theme “No More Allies” interrogates the various issues and injustices impacting minority and marginalized communities, and imagine the ways that we can move from allies to accomplices in social justice work.