Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Laurisa Coffee | Black Diamond, WA
Jeannie Kim | Chicago, IL
Manki Wong | Santa Clara, CA
Amy Winston | Newton, MA
Jenna DiNovis | Somerville, MA
Amy Harth | Overland Park, KS
Mikaela Whitcomb | Brooklyn, NY
OJ Bradshaw | Portland, OR
Kayla Burgess | Yarmouth Town of, MA
Kristin Hummel | Mercer Island, WA
Azikiwe Calhoun | New York, NY
Truth always!
Ondrea Dellmann | Ames, IA
William Noling | Brooklyn, NY
Amy Tondreau | Clarksville, TN
Jessica Shore | Philadelphia, PA
Alexandra Brown | Danvers Town of, MA
Meghan Hipple | Tucson, AZ
Justin Brill | Chicago, IL
Katherine Perry | Philadelphia, PA
Lauren Robinette | Kansas City, KS
Alyssa Cossey | Tucson, AZ
Megan Stafki | Circle Pines, MN
Ellen Ryder | New York, NY
Fred Quiggle | Minneapolis, MN
Fight Truth Decay: No More Lies or Democracy Dies!!!
Anne Valluzzi | Millis, Town of, MA
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.