Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Danny Doucette | Raleigh, NC
Even in the sciences (especially in the sciences!) students need to know about the complex and unjust underpinnings of modern American society.
Kimberly Knesting-Lund | Whitewater Town of, WI
All people, regardless of identity, deserve to have their true histories told.
Sarah Culp | Ridgecrest, CA
There is too much left out of our textbooks. The whitewashed version of US history is harmful and misleading.
Laura Rodriguez | Portland, OR
Marisol Ruiz | Eureka, CA
Mari Mennel-Bell | Pompano Beach, FL
Megan Carney | Tucson, AZ
Karin Evans | Glen Ellyn, IL
My students have a right to understand their own history from multiple points of view. Teaching about our history of racism and its ongoing systemic structures is essential for us as a nation to heal and move forward so that all our people can prosper together.
Michael Dawson | Chicago, IL
Veronica Gallegos | El Paso, TX
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Veronica Gallegos | El Paso, TX
I believe in justice for all
Russell Sabella | Fort Myers, FL
Facing adversity and getting better is how we get stronger.
Melissa McBride | Chicago, IL
It is our moral and social obligation to teach the truth!
Ruth Herr | Florham Park, NJ
Education is important!!!
Caitlin Clark | Kansas City, MO
We need to reckon with our past to build a better future, and we can’t reckon with it unless we learn the truth.
Mary Barbera | Annapolis, MD
Children need pure truth in order to understand the past, live in the present and dream for the future.
Danielle Imhoff | Washington, DC
my students histories and lives deserve to be taught and understood
Sydney Osborn | Carpentersville, IL
All students deserve to know the truth about the world they're tasked with changing.
Rachel Miller | Congers, NY
In order to move forward with social and racial justice for all, our students must understand the truth about this country and the racism and white supremacy embedded in the fabric of America, and the world.
Stefaney Maloney
we cannot whitewash the truth of history.
Jennifer Schidlow | Larchmont, NY
Schools should truly be a community whereTruth reigns.
Rebecca Brakebill | Chicago, IL
we shouldn’t have to unlearn and unpack so much as adults. These kids deserve better, they deserve truth and authenticity.
Magally Roman | Chicago, IL
I pledge to challenge the perspective that students are too young to learn challenging topics related to race, class, gender, and other topics currently being banned through oppressive policies.
Jeffra Becknell | Encinitas, CA
We need to understand the past in order to create the future.
Neely Norris | San Mateo, CA
I believe all students need to learn about the history of our country and learn to critically question in order to be strong leaders for our future.
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.