Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Joseph Miller | San Mateo, CA
I believe in this cause. Thank you for making the effort.
Julia Snippen | Richmond, CA
CRT is essential to moving forward with our eyes and hearts open. CRT is essential to moving toward justice for BIPOC and all marginalized communities and people.CRT is essential so children can think for themselves.
Eric Guthertz | Oakland, CA
Lydia Rose | Chattanooga, TN
Students without the truth of their history are misguided and have no sense of pride. I have tutored students and discovered that they didn't know about important events in history - The Trail of Tears/Indian Removal, Black Wall Street, Residential Schools, Reconstruction, etc. This can't continue.
Sharon Merritt | Fresno, CA
Melissa Nelson | New Hampton, IA
We, the undersigned educators, refuse to lie to young people about U.S. history and current events — regardless of the law.
Rick Roadruck | Evergreen, CO
Truth matters and we must learn from the past to improve the future
Nicola Turnet | Saint Paul, MN
I want the truth to be told.
Sandy Amos | San Francisco, CA
Teaching the truth about our nation is essential to understanding who America is and how it can live up to its promise.
Glenn Appell | Pleasant Hill, CA
The laws that have been passed in a number of states are blatant historical lies about our history!
Emily Scroggs | Oakland, CA
It is incredibly important for students to learn more than just a white-washed, glorified account of history
Tyler Riggs | Portland, OR
Glenetta Krause | Cincinnati, OH
The truth is the ONLY THING that will set us free.
Chelsea Killam | Argyle, TX
Janell Stojkovich | Corona Del Mar, CA
The truth should always be heard. You can’t learn from the past of you don’t know the truth’s past.
Gretchen Brion-Meisels | Cambridge, MA
Facing our history is the only way for us to begin to move toward a process of truth, reconciliation and reparations. Our children deserve our honesty.
tara sessa | San Francisco, CA
I am a parent and teacher and kids need to know the truth.
Nancy Herard-Marshall
I do not believe in teaching my child "alternative" facts. He and all children need to learn about the true history of the United States and the current laws so that they can continue the fight for equality and justice for all.
Rachel Barker | Dallas, TX
I refuse to allow history to repeat itself through ignorance and allowing hate to fester.
Elena Allen | San Francisco, CA
As a white teacher, I can’t teach students of color without acknowledging my white privilege. Power dynamics, and thus race, is part of every conversation we have as humans.
Izzy Hendry | San Francisco, CA
Only through truth can an we find healing
Alexandra Kirby | Salem, MA
students have a right to be presented with historical fact and to be encouraged to think critically. Classrooms are meant to be safe spaces where dialogic opportunities arise, and the historical, systemic injustices in our country are worthy of discussion. Denial of certain topics in the classroom denies students' freedom and antithesizes American values.
Rebecca Flores | Austin, TX
It is imperative we teach our students revisionist history, and teach them the ways white supremacy manifests in our society. In order for us to have a more just and equitable society we must teach our students how to critically examine systems of power and to push back and be agents of change.
Melissa Santa-Cruz | Milwaukee, WI
Michelle Power | Port Orchard, WA
Revisionist history is a lie and we owe it to the students of this country to pledge to teach the whole truth.
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.