Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Amia Bridgeford | Louisville, KY
Brendan Gagnon | Petaluma, CA
Education is the path to social justice. We must challenge the dominant culture narratives and include the experiences of those communities who have historically been left out of the lesson plan. We must educate students so that may create change for a better future.
Emily Kruger | Alexandria, VA
Y'all will not silence us from telling the truth!!
Jennifer DeLorge McKeown | Silver Spring, MD
Our students deserve truthful history and honest discussions about race.
Sean Gratrix | Las Vegas, NV
The truth will out.
Ricardo Medina | Chula Vista, CA
In order for youth to tackle racism and forms of oppression that they have inherited, they must be taught truth about our country's history and be provided with tools and skills to address new tomorrows.
Jennifer Franke | Key West, FL
It is important for us to know history and the mistakes that were made so they are not repeated. It is also important to know the truth so we can grow.
Kelly Bridges | Riverside, CT
Erin Brumbaugh | Elkins, WV
Now, more than ever, we need to expose bigotry in all its forms for what it is - stupidity.
Fayette Colon | Bronx, NY
Jeremy Glazer | Philadelphia, PA
Jennifer Robinson | Tampa, FL
My students deserve the truth
Mark Sass | Denver, CO
I have a professional and ethical responsibility to the profession and society to ensure students understand where they come from and where we can go.
Casey Chrapuch | Edison
our students DESERVE to know the truth.
Suzanne Stone | Scotts Valley, CA
I teach 4th grade and this is a critical age to speak the truth - even if it means keeping it simple. I believe that laying a foundation of critical thinking is key to teaching history at the higher educational level.
Ed Sage | Gresham, OR
I’m scared of people who are scared of being honest about our past.
Karoline Khamis | Las Vegas, NV
Teaching true history replaces hate with conversation.
Ayesha Syed | New York, NY
Children deserve to learn the truth
Amanda Harris | Liverpool, NY
Sara Hughes | East Syracuse, NY
In order to make the future better we need to accurately teach the past.
Kim McLeveighn | Bronx, NY
Laura Weaver | Saint Paul, MN
If we don't learn about our history, we are doomed to repeat it.
Gheon Selemon | Columbus, OH
Scott Grant | San Diego, CA
Rebecca Riley | Columbus, OH
Cultural change begins with education. Social justice and equity begins with cultural change.
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.