Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Dr. Wanda Toro-Zambrana | Ann Arbor, MI
The truth will bring freedom and reconciliation. Then we will be free..
Casey Schoenborn | Columbia, MO
Cameron White | Friendswood, TX
Truth matters
Kimber Scott | Albuquerque, NM
Changing history is a lie. Truth should win.
Anne Schwartz | Charlottesville, VA
I teach my Kindergarten students how important it is for them to tell the truth. And in that vein, it is important that they are taught the truth of history. Maybe one day they will grow up to fight for social justice and create a world where truth matters.
Hannah Cardenas | Monrovia, CA
Jennifer Fowler | Mckinleyville, CA
Jennifer Monson | Denver, CO
Heather Harris | New Orleans, LA
History matters. I will never participate in the silencing of truth.
Lia Lynch | New York, NY
Mike Slys | Kouts, IN
Our kids deserve the truth and the facts.
William Leubsdorf | Washington, DC
My students deserve to know the truth about US history. Teaching them lies is bad teaching and unpatriotic. Loving this country is not about forcing people to believe falsehoods. It is about building a just society that represents our best ideals, and giving students the tools to create that just society.
Jason Stuart | Albuquerque, NM
Facts matter.
Levis Becker | Kitchener , CA
Myth making is embarrassing. Let’s be honest with our students. They are amazing. If we don’t talk about the wrongs that have happened then those wrongs will continue to happen.
Maria Rogahn | Albuquerque, NM
Anna Grant | Jasper, IN
Human histories are complex and diverse! My students deserve to see themselves in the histories shared within my school community.
Sydney Glenn-Morgan | Oakland, CA
Telling the truth matters.
Phillip DeSousa | Lumberton, NJ
Quiana Washington | Mesa, AZ
Black Lives Matter and the truth must prevail.
Sonia Thacher | Oakland, CA
Young people need and deserve to know real things about our country, in order to see themselves rightly as worthy and able help shape its future.
Claire Majerus | Columbia, MO
Racism is systemic. The only chance we have at eradicating it is to teach children the truth.
Kristin Sims | Waldoboro, ME
Jessica Saltat | Columbia, MO
I made a vow to teach ALL students. I cannot adequately do my job for the ALL without teaching the truth of the struggles that so many of our citizens have withstood. It is our job as educators to teach the whole truth. Even when it may be uncomfortable. Our students deserve the right to knowledge as a whole to form their own opinions.
Jennifer Lee | Temple, TX
Every student deserves the truth.
MICHAEL CARTER | Lynnwood, WA
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.