Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Marisa Groh | Cincinnati, OH
I fear the growing influence of disinformation in our society. While my school district currently has no Black teachers or administrators, we have a growing population of BIPOC students, and we need to seek ways to increase understanding and justice in our community.
Deborah Franklin-Feingold | Kingston, NY
we can shape our future by teaching the past honestly.
Matt Wizinsky | Cincinnati, OH
The Preamble to the US Constitution succinctly names the ongoing mission of democracy with the words: " In order to create a more perfect union..." We cannot move forward to create a better version of our union without acknowledging and understanding how got from the past to the present.
Brandon Svec | Alameda, CA
David Chrzanowski | Los Angeles, CA
Eric Dobervich | Horace, ND
I believe that we only grow as a nation and society by learning from our past and recognizing our imperfections.
Tina Shull | Charlotte, NC
I am committed to ethnic studies, racial and environmental justice, and teaching the full US story
Nancy Pasquale | Rye, NY
I work with youth in the community and I'm committed to do my part to support all educators in teaching the truth about our history to create a future that is more just.
Elizabeth Ward | Larchmont, NY
Pam Smith | Richmond, VA
We can only progress when we face the past with honesty and transform it.
Melissa Vasquez Carmona | Buena Park, CA
Molly Kerns | Portland, OR
Tyler McCubbin | Webster City, IA
we are beyond due for the time when we take a critical eye to understand our past if the issues we fought wars over and staged nationwide movements for are still persistent in our society today. There is little shame when you recognize what happened in the past and seek to do better; there is more shame when you refuse to understand that our issues today are products of our unresolved, misunderstood pasts.
San Juana Acosta | Woodburn, OR
Idalia Shuman | Topeka, KS
Amber Nancarrow | Las Vegas, NV
it is important to examine our country’s origins from all sides with objective ness like we would other countries. Ignoring the truths only continues the hurt of so many groups of people on our country.
Rebecca Wallace | Atlanta, GA
Eileen Kraus-Jakobsberg | Silver Spring, MD
Facts and truth have become negotiable based on political desires.
Barbara Huff Williams | Lawrence, KS
Our republic will fail if we continue to perpetuate the idea that the history of the United States does not contain great injustices authorized by the founding fathers and beyond. Students need to be aware of the full historical record so that they will have the background knowledge to be thoughtful and responsible citizens.
Tiffany Taylor | Orlando, FL
erin takeuchi | Altadena, CA
The only way to end systemic racism is to provide a historical lens other than that of white males
Libby Merrill | East Providence, RI
Nicel Mohamed-Hinds | Seattle, WA
Brittney Ellis | San Marcos, TX
the only way to fight against this type of oppressive legislation is to organize and stand our ground and push for what is morally just.
Carolyn Sanders | San Diego, CA
I will not edit herhistory for my students. I will tell them exactly what happened. To understand and empathize, they need to hear the TRUTH.
Selected Pledges
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As an educator who is serious about teaching the truth I will not be bullied into silence. I will do my part in the fight for equity and equality by making sure my students are most equipped to fight this ugliness in the real world.
Yes, the truth of American history needs to be taught, but also its impact on the rest of the world, such as its role in WWII. I just finished teaching a college-level course on the Holocaust, and could not believe how little the students knew about the rest of the world’s participation in the war! They seemed to believe that WWII was ended by the US alone!
“When you begin to do things that raise the achievement of the poorest and disenfranchised students, you may not always get applause. You need to be ready for that.” Dr. Asa Hilliard
“Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting us boldly recognize and name the obstacles to those achievements.”
Dr. Derrick Bell
Our young people deserve the truth and it is our kuleana (responsibility) to give space and opportunity for the truth and the difficult conversations.
If we don’t teach it all, we teach nothing…
Social justice is a major theme of my Humanities 7 course, and my school uses Dr. Gholdy Muhammad’s HILL framework (development of identity, skills, knowledge, Criticality) to frame our entire curriculum. Student agency through research work and essay writing, and action-oriented civic engagement work, define what we “cover” in my course.