Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Matthew Evangelisti | Litchfield, CT
Lies only benefit a few, the truth benefits us all!
Allen Cross | Madison, WI
If we want to meet the promises of our democracy, we need a well-informed and critical thinking citizenry.
Mario Galvan | Carmichael, CA
Democracy - and human decency - requires truth, and not only in education! Anyone who thinks truth can - or even should - be banned by legislation, is displaying a sick and twisted mentality trying to use perverted logic to hide or defend some inhumane or criminal action or event.
Meagan Major | Fairfax, VA
We are not teaching revisionist history- for the first time, many of our students are learning a broader range of perspectives than just the white men who wrote the history books.
Gretchen Moran | Crownsville, MD
The history we teach must be our real history.
Talina Hogan , CT
As a multi racial person growing up in America, I know first hand the damage that comes from the ignorance passed down in many families about race, gender and privilege. When I became an educator, I made it my mission to teach the truth through literature when I started 17 years ago. Nevertheless, the anti anti-racist curriculum movement (under the guise of CRT ) being promoted now is just a last desperate gasp from people who cannot accept that this country is changing in many ways, and laws may slow that down, but will never change what is happening. The browning of America is a long time coming, and we will all be better for it.
Tamar Cloyd | Shaker Heights, OH
The truth is the only option…
Robert Nuxoll | New York, NY
petr dann | Sun Prairie, WI
Michelle Prieditis | Baltimore, MD
I believe that history’s truth must be revealed and taught. Period. No more withholding of how we got to where we are nowadays. Let’s go!
Andrew Maryniuk | Richmond, VA
Our history can't be rewritten, but we will repeat and relive it if we try to ignore it. Truth and reconciliation over toothless, poisonous fictions.
Erica Ince | Charlotte, NC
History was been whitewashed. We’re so scared of hurting someone’s feeling or offending someone, we sugarcoat the truth. Not being honest about our history is what is causing most of our countries problems. We can’t fix them if we don’t face them.
Jacob Bennett | Chester, NH
The proliferation of misinformed bills, laws, and rules banning teaching of "divisive concepts" suggest that the real evil is inquiry into historic iniquities and their living vestiges, rather than the iniquities themselves. I will seek the truth.
Shannon Sandberg | Bellingham, WA
I support everything Zinn Ed!
Roger Baker | Phoenix, AZ
We must allow students to hear and read the truth (facts) about the history of our country so they can make intelligent decisions about how they will treat others
Morgan Marchbanks | Santa Rosa, CA
Fatim Byrd | Philadelphia, PA
children need to learn the truth about their history.
Dorothy Hines | San Jose, CA
The only way people learn is if someone speaks the truth whether it’s through reading, listening, or observing.
Benita Gordon | Miami, FL
We must teach the truth. We can't afford to repeat history!
Tom Riviere | Solna, Stockholm, SE
‘’The U.S where innocent people lose their lives to social inequality and racism every day, where over 600,000 people died of a novel coronavirus, is itself human rights wasteland’’. ‘’ North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs.’’ So Who's accountable for this.....why it's "We the People" willfully steeped in unimaginable ignorance, wrapped in faux nationalism and silent acceptance, tempered by an apathetic disregard for humanity. Now you may choose to look the other way....but you can never say again that you didn't know.....
Jeff Newby | Bakersfield, CA
The truth matters.
Jennifer Paulsen | Cedar Falls, IA
I believe in evidence, data, and an accurate representation of history.
Katie Rose | Salinas, CA
Our students know the realities of the world they live in today. They deserve to know all that happened before today, the good, bad, and ugly, that made this country what it is…broken and afraid of progress.
Jesus Fernandez Jr | Geyserville, CA
this "legislative" assault on the teaching on critical race theory is nothing more than a brazen attempt to silence the teaching and understanding of real-life experiences of real-life people for the young generations of the 21st century. It is utterly critical for our young people to learn about their local, state and federal histories, good and bad, warts and all, in order to prevent entire generations from being indoctrinated and/or brainwashed by radical politicians who wish to keep us thinking like sheep.How am I to teach what happened to the local Pomo tribe when white settlers moved in? How am I to teach about what happened to former Mexicans after the U.S. - Mexico War? How am I to teach the Alien Land Law of 1913? How am I to teach the Chinese Massacre of 1871? How am I to teach the Zoot Suit Riots, Watts Riots, and aftermath of the Rodney King beating? How am I to teach the Civil War knowing that at the January 6th Insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was a protestor who entered with the Confederate battle flag? The uncomfortable primary sources must be taught as much as the comfortable primary sources, lest we become an ignorant society led by our fears instead of our acquired, understanding about ourselves in order to make better, informed decisions about our present, into our common future. I refuse to be silenced by these ridiculous directives from backward-thinking individuals. As Flava-Flav always said, "Fight the Power!"
Alexis Padilla | Hesperia, CA
I cannot continue to spout false history that’s erased the victories and struggles of minorities in America.
Selected Pledges
Click on pledge below to read many more.
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.