Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Colton Reetz | Des Moines, IA
Mary Molnar | Pasadena, CA
The truth matters.
Leslie Grabel | Flagstaff, AZ
The truth needs to be told
Danielle Lewis | New York, NY
Children and adults deserve to explore the hard parts of history and work through it together, for the sake of clear-eyed justice.
Julia Fliss | Evergreen, CO
I teach truth.
Laura Blanco | Milwaukee, WI
This matters.
Deborah kennedy | Southington, CT
I believe that a healthy democracy needs discourse based on reliable sources and transparency, not on the opinion, of a part of the population, that believes in conspiracies and false narratives.
Marissa Pienaar | San Leandro, CA
Sankofa, tells us you must look back to see where you are going. In order to move to a collective future where everyone can thrive, the truth of the past is necessary. We can't get to freedom without first acknowledging truth.
Colleen Birchett | New York, NY
I am committed to this cause.
Michael Jordan | Midland, TX
I refuse to lie to my students about the history of race relations in the United States
Dominic Inouye | Milwaukee, WI
Tracy Kwock | Blacksburg, VA
Our students deserve the opportunity to learn about all of our nation's history, for without it, then we are not preparing them to think critically or act responsibly in our democratic society.
Mike Van Pelt | Milwaukee, WI
Once again. If you don't learn the past, how can you improve the future?
Beverly Allebach | Chicago, IL
Diane Burton UM
Our children need to know the truth!!!!!
Marie Taylor | Portland, OR
history matters.
Jim Connolly , CA
David Carlson | San Antonio, TX
I oppose prior restrictions on freedom of speech, and I oppose indoctrination of young people. I support the First Amendment and our democratic and civil rights.
Vaughn Benjamin | New York, NY
It is important to know and understand who we are and where we come from in order to know where we are going. There are multiple perspectives to accept and consider. Our society will improve when young people can critically think, analyze and make decisions based on truth. Truth is not binary.
Alejandro Ramos | Winters, CA
William Sell | Milwaukee, WI
The fight against antiracism is a fraud. It's quite like fighting sunshine.
Avilee Goodwin | Richmond, CA
My students deserve the chance to learn the actual history of what this country is and has been.
NANCY WHEELIS | Round Rock, TX
Our freedom to teach our students the truth must NOT be taken away.
Nicole Butler | Ogden, UT
You can't change facts. Even if they're inconvenient. Don't be so afraid of Gen Z — we're teaching them to go through the difficult reality of our country and come out the other side with empathy and awareness of how people can end up so frightened of the truth. They'll be understanding toward you, but they won't tolerate your b.s. And then you'll grow too. Growth is a good thing; trust me, I'm an educator.
William Wilson | Pendleton, SC
I believe in 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.