Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Brooke Knight | Ventura, CA
Susan Deamer | Ferndale, WA
Jill Mulhausen | Richland, WA
An accurate understanding of history is essential for our democracy and truly a life well lived.
M Bayman | Lyndhurst, NJ
Hannah Hurst | Lawrence, KS
Ray Craig | New York, NY
Dana Zulauf | Seattle, WA
Lisa Cargill-Romsaas | Minneapolis, MN
We need to truth to be shared with our children not just the white washed version. How can we ever expect to make changes and build understanding when we are never taught the truth of our American history. It's time to create empathy and understanding and it starts with children.
Keith Spencer | Everett, MA
knowledge is a transformative power that allows young people the opportunity to not only comprehend the role of history, but also see its impact in their day to day lives and current events.
Starry Joseph | Manchester, MA
Lindsay Maher | Lynn, MA
Alyssa Wallace | San Diego, CA
Holly Jordan | Durham, NC
Kara Susvilla | San Diego, CA
Thomas Nevels | Raleigh, NC
Skye Black | Chicago, IL
Madeline Higgins | Indianapolis, IN
Mary Jo Iarussi | Eatontown, NJ
Maria Kontoudakis | Chicago, IL
Debbie Panton | Bend, OR
Weslie Cymerman | Madison, WI
Mia Laudato | Orlando, FL
Alexandra Barbosa | New York, NY
Fred Werner | Oakland, CA
The accelerating and coordinated efforts to demonize teachers, misrepresent anti-racist teaching, and stir up outrage against a "CRT" bogeyman is disturbing. Even more concerning is the success they are having nationwide in censoring teachers and banning the teaching of uncomfortable truths about America's past and present. Thank you for taking a stand for intellectual honesty, and for empowering our students to learn the full truth and work towards a brighter future!
Avonda Adams | Cypress, TX
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.