Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Deb Madonna | Paoli, PA
We can't address the injustices of racism if we don't confront the full truth of our history. How can we move toward a more equitable democracy if we aren't willing to look at how discrimination of all types impacts our society?
Luz Maldonado | Wilmington, DE
Learning and working with and for one another strengthens community and quality of life for all. The truth will allow us to uplift one another and not continue practices that diminish respect and unity.
Jessica Wainman | Denver, CO
It is our duty as educators to tell our students the truth.
Nora Durant | Wilmington, DE
Teaching the truth of our history is necessary to move forward toward a just society.
Robyn McCloud-Springer | Park Ridge, IL
Diane Picard | Buffalo, NY
The truth about race and racism in our past and present needs to be taught, acknowledged and discussed if we care about healing our country. What is the point of education if not truth-telling?
Jerry Levinsky | Amherst Town of, MA
Keith Brooks | Brooklyn, NY
we need to mount a major counter-offensive against this right wing attack on teaching what really happened under the cover of the attack on critical race theory !
Norman Markowitz | Belmar, NJ
I am signing because these "laws" are the staple of tyranny and dictatorship, using fear to compel censorship. They are attacking the civil rights and civil liberties of teachers and educators in order to stop them from teaching about civil rights and civil liberties
Kristen Cater | Seattle , WA
We need to learn from history to do better in the present and future.
Danielle Lewis | New York, NY
Truth is not absolute, but the search for truth is the essence of research and the study of history. We all understand that we have biases, but they must be acknowledged and mitigated. The obstruction of information is antithetical to the mission of education, and violates the human rights of every individual.
Rachel Andres | Redwood City, CA
Elizabeth Campbell Vidreiro | Ellicott City, MD
Our students deserve to--and want to--know the truth. Only the truth will lead to the compassionate, empathetic, knowledgeable leaders we need in our society.
Amy Malone-Spicer | Washington, DC
Our students deserve to learn what actually transpired to various minorities in this country.
Cynthia Clem | Leander, TX
The Republican push to quash voting rights and distort truth in our country is truly unbelievable. I will fight like hell against these acts.
Jenny DeLessio-Parson | Chicago, IL
students deserve to know the truth.
Suzanne Ferris | Boonville, NY
Jennifer Bennifield | Union City, GA
People are doomed to repeat history if they are not told the truth.
Nicole Dobronski | Shawnee, KS
the truth is the truth. Altering history makes liars of us all and puts us a step closer to re-committing the mistakes of the past. I will not take part in that future.
Whitney Biagiotti | Plano, TX
Emma Gallo-Chasanoff | Ann Arbor, MI
Cary Curlee | Boone, NC
People are losing their damn minds and we have to move past this age of willful ignorance.
jessica shim | Denver, CO
Celina Kamler | Alameda, CA
If we fail to learn from the mistakes of the past we are destined to repeat them.
Francine Buker | Portland, OR
The facts are the facts. We need to operate from known facts in order to preserve our democracy and to create a just and equitable earth for all human beings.......so we can move humanity forward in compassionate love.
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.