Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Elizabeth Cesarini | Philadelphia, PA
It is morally and ethically right to teach and prepare students for our global future. Politicians have no business telling teachers what questions they may answer, and run the risk of further alienating our most vulnerable students. Furthermore, limiting education is the work of fascists.
Rose Alon | Hyattsville, MD
RAYMOND WEINMANN | Chester, PA
Conservatives in this country continue to troll the truth for political gain. This ought not to be tolerated.
Hannah Cooper | Long Beach, CA
Karen Shively-Sanders
Marvin Burton | Waldorf, MD
it is essential that all students understand the challenges and triumphs of the American experience. The trials of the African people over the past 400 years who were enslaved and fought for freedom both political, socially, financially, and quite frankly physically should not be hidden because of how ugly the journey with civil disobedience has been. I stand for the realization of history not the rationalized mythology of the American dream.Stand with me educators across the globe, African American History matters.
Elyssa Droge | Portland, OR
students need to know the truth about our country. Without truth, we are doing them a disservice.
Brianna Medina | Chicago, IL
I want to support BLM at schools because there needs to be more awareness about racism in US history and how this information impacts us now. We need the truth, not the lies.
Mbahlia Colson | Washington, DC
Maria Burke | Fontana, CA
It is important for me as a white passing Latina to do my part in trying to push for American's truth to be told to all without compromise and filter.
Jessica Goerlitz | Ypsilanti, MI
Our children deserve to know the history of our nation and our people not leaving out those that some would deem less important and/or valued and therefore able to be left out of the story.
Chelsea Ghasserani | Henderson, NV
I hate the white washed version of education!
Melissa Rossi | Milford, CT
Dave Gifford | Ithaca, NY
Amelia Marquez | Minneapolis, MN
I knew what it was like to be different than my peers when I was a student. Students need to feel safe from all forms of oppression while in a classroom.
Melissa Bennett Lafond | Chicopee, MA
Katie Eilers | Gig Harbor, WA
I disagree with these laws that could lead to a fascist society
Ryder Lythos | Pittsburgh, PA
Black history is American history and should be recognized as such. It’s about time we learn the truth.
Robert Alaniz | Avondale, AZ
We have a new Superintendent of Public Education in Arizona who thinks "Critical Race Theory" is a real threat to public education students in our state. Sadly, this elected official is in his 80s and doesn't understand a thing about public education or society in 2023.
Scott Jones | Evansville, WI
Melissa Villanueva | Ann Arbor, MI
jennifer diamond | Seattle, WA
It is my responsibility to teach accurate and factual history
Susan Dean | Boone, NC
I cannot allow fascism to prevail.Thank you!Susan Dean
Grace Prechtel | Portland, OR
Our students rely on us to teach them the truth and to bring them into a world where they can flourish.
Elizabeth Allen , MN
The only way to learn from our past is to study it and understand it, so we can do better in the 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.