Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
LaToya Jones | Hazelwood, MO
Natalie Koster | Kansas City, MO
Students need to learn the truth about American history.
Sara Monterroso | Littleton, CO
I am not only a teacher, but a student and a product of history. To love my country and myself and my community is to want to understand it fully, and embrace it completely, when it is easy and when it is hard, because we can keep making it a strong and truer version of what we have always aspired to be; our shortcomings do not eclipse our strengths, but taken together they motivate us to continue to grow. And I hope future generations will examine our mistakes and learn from them to do even better and reach higher. Finally, most of the richness of our community and history is not so much in the names and dates that mark our shared map, but from the collective voices, experiences and contributions of all the individuals who have formed our community. I want to keep learning, and my students to keep learning, that like learning from many teachers, hearing from those different voices and perspectives can only deepen and broaden my understanding of who we really are, where we are as a country/community, and think about how I can make a better human contribution to the country/community, as well as support others' capacity to do the same.
Sharon Murchie | Haslett, MI
Our kids deserve to know the truth, so they can make the future better for all of us.
Ayanna Taylor | Warren, NJ
Rebecca Parr | Washington, DC
I won't lie to my students or my child about our real history because that would condemn them to repeat it. Enough is enough!
Kristina Collins | Baltimore, MD
Corey Teague | Paterson, NJ
I am signing because I feel this is a hot button topic that must be addressed. I’m honored to put my name here in support of this movement.
Alivia Nuzzo | Brooklyn, NY
I believe that learning the truth can help us move toward collective liberation.
Liz Fouther-Branch | Portland, OR
I am signing for those of us that became educators based on the laws that required a free and public education for all student. I also believe that our young people have a right to learn "all" of the history of the United States in order to become critical thinkers and to make decisions about the policies and practices that no longer serve the greater good of this country.
Abigail Doyle | Linthicum Heights, MD
Alec Hinojosa | Kansas City, MO
My wife, Victoria HINOJOSA, continuously works with schools to improve fundamental learning. She is essential to the growth of our youth and needs to be able to talk about all topics she sees appropriate.
Rebecca George | Norman, OK
Caitlin Joy Dobson | Hermosa Beach, CA
teaching critical race theory and intersectionality is vital and foundational to understanding the complexities of power.
Victoria Garcia | Kansas City, MO
I believe our children have the right to know the truth to use at their own discretion.
Dawn Cole-Easterday | New Haven, IN
I won't lie or intentionally deceive young children about history - especially related to creating a more fair society.
Sal Stow | Round Rock, TX
It is crucial that students are taught the truth about history and present day issues. If truths are not told then this will perpetuate the current climate and mistruths. It is not OK to simply wipe away what has happened to marginalized communities. To move forward we must acknowledge the truth of the past.
dianne ramdeholl | Brooklyn, NY
Brian Kapustka | Glen Ellyn, IL
my goal as an educator is to provide students, family, and friends alike with a deeper understanding of the world and our collective reality.
C. Clark Kissinger | New York, NY
"In order for there to be real and lasting change for the better: People have to fully confront the actual history of this country and its role in the world up to today, and the terrible consequences of this..." ~Bob Avakian, revolutionary leader
Brenda Plascencia-Carrizosa | Mission Viejo, CA
It isn't right that I had to wait to be an adult in college before I started to learn the true history of the U.S. and it was decades later that I learned that Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, a major perspective in my field, has indigenous origins and this is still not information that is readily available or discussed and most importantly, correctly attributed.
Emily Thuma | Tacoma, WA
Karen Johnston Ashton | Kyle, TX
The issues of history are filled with colonialism and genocide of different races and all people need to be aware that race and racism still play a role in society. CRT is about truth not to go foement hate.
Shannon Cox | Sandy, UT
We must teach the truth about our history or we are "bound to repeat it!" I believe we can all handle the truth!
Julianne DeSilva | Kings Park, NY
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.