Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Daniella May | Eagle River, AK
It’s time to stop teaching children lies, and white washing the history of this nation. We only do a disservice to our future generations by not ensuring our education system is inclusive and equitable. We can no longer stand by in complacency. We must do better.
Jenny Lewis | El Prado, NM
Amanda Fenlon | Oswego, NY
Our students need to be taught the truth about our history of systemic racism so they can help create a more just world.
Gina DacQuisto | Milwaukee, WI
I don’t lie to my students
Sarah Fuchs | Oakland, CA
Chelsea Foster | Anchorage, AK
Teaching historical truth is important to myself and my family. It is how we break and heal from generational curses.
Bridget Walker, PhD | Mukilteo, WA
All young people in America deserve to know the truth about the history of their country so that they can understand where it came from and better participate in building its future as informed, thoughtful citizens.
Amber Gonzalez | Columbia, MO
I grew up being told to lie about my family's history and I won't continue to allow this system to continue.
Vilas Annavarapu | Jackson, MS
I want my students to have the critical thinking skills to undo past harm without upholding the structures that perpetuate it.
Barbara Beyerbach | Oswego, NY
I am committed to teaching for social justice.
Elena Ailes | Chicago, IL
I come from a family of educators. Both parents and my sister are all teachers. My values, and my families values, are predicated on truth, history and access to a good education.
Patricia Sullivan | San Francisco, CA
The minority in power wish they could silence the majority and continue the lies and whitewashing of American history but it simply can't be done. There are too many windows of access and too few who are willing to pretend the past just didn't happen.
Janet Gordanza | Kansas City, MO
The truth needs to be taught. We need to fight racism with racism. It’s the vaccine all kids should must be required to take. We are the woke supremacy!
Ritu Radhakrishnan | Oswego, NY
All stories/voices of our nation's history need to be acknowledged, heard, and understood. Why is the truth so frightening?
Katrina Simpkins | Wilmington, DE
it is important to me that education is provided in an honest, antiracist-oriented manner, especially to the children who lives are forever impacted.
Lennon Murphy | Chicago, IL
Our students deserve empowered educators who are willing and able to help them uncover the truths about our country's past and present.
Tyler Scaletta | Chicago, IL
Sarah Duvall | Boise, ID
Ivory Johnson | Hollandale, MS
whitewashing American history only makes white people feel better. There is no other tangible benefit, and plenty of costs.
Sharon Arthur | Berkeley, CA
I refuse to whitewash history.
Lana Forrester | New York, NY
I am the daughter and granddaughter of Holocaust Survivors whose Grandmother, Aunt, and Uncle were murdered by the Nazis. I am committed to equality and social justice for all, and to transmitting those values to my students of all ages, and ethnic backgrounds.
Francisco Mercado | Anchorage, AK
I believe in this theory and I am not going to all the racist right to stop our progress.
Susan Hofbauer | Ypsilanti, MI
It is important for all students to understand our history.
Amanda Groen | Bala Cynwyd, PA
When we understand how the past impacts our present, then we have an opportunity to create a future we’re proud of. Hiding the truth is a disservice to our children, and, frankly, an insult. If we hide the truth, then we are assuming guilt and we are sending the message to our children that they are not worthy of the truth.
Susan Baughn | Ann Arbor, MI
Students deserve to know the truth, not white-washed history.
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.