Teach Truth Day of Action 2025 Events

Educators and allies are planning creative Teach Truth Day of Action events all over the country.

As public events are confirmed, they are added to the map below. The map is hosted by one of our co-sponsors, Heal Together and Public School Strong. In addition to Teach Truth events, you can find Public School Strong actions and organizing near you.

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Events Listing

Check out the close to 200 creative events all over the country, spanning the map from Puerto Rico to Alaska.

Selected Sites

Here is a sampling from the full list.

Alaska

Anchorage

Alaska Education Summit NAACP State Conference. June 7–8

Arizona

Phoenix

Teach Truth Table & Activities at AEA Leadership and Growth Summit. June 12–13

Tucson

People’s History Teach-In at The Projects/Space. June 7

California

Bay Area

Teacher gathering, book swap, and protest of scholasticide in Palestine at the rematriated land in Huchiun at the West Berkeley Shellmound. June 7

Los Angeles

Teach-in and guided art tour hosted by the University of California, Irvine (UCI) History Project, Central American Historical and Ancestral Society (CAHAAS), and the Museum of Social Justice with a focus on the exhibit, La Piedra Art Collective: That Stubborn Resistance. June 7

Ethnic Studies Teach-In at El Rancho High School. June 2

Teach Truth: People’s History, with the Et Al Speaks Out Committee 1947 hosting a People’s History Mini-Lesson and an interactive Teach Truth pop-up display at City Hall of Santa Ana. June 7

Oakland

Radically Fit Gym will host an information table during a drag and deadlift community competition. June 7

Point Arena

#TeachTruth Pop-Up Display at Pride in the Park at Point Arena City Park. June 7

San Diego

Interactive Pop-Up Display at San Diego Pride Parade. July 19

Ventura

#TeachTruth Pop-Up Display at VC Government Center. June 14

Connecticut

Hartford

Teach Truth Pop-Up and People’s History Teach-In, hosted by local educators. June 7

Delaware

Dover

Teach Truth Pop-Up at Delaware Pride Festival, hosted by the Delaware State Education Association (DSEA). June 7

New Castle

Teach Truth Pop-Up Display at Separation Day Festival, hosted by Colonial Education Association. June 7

District of Columbia

FREADOM Town Hall Rally with Kwame Alexander, Amanda Jones, Meg Medina, Jason Reynolds, and more to defend creative expression, access to all books, and the freedom to learn. May 31

March to defend the history in museums on the mall in D.C., with a marching band and teacher pledges, hosted by the DCAESJ and the NEA. June 7

Premiere of The Librarians at the DC/DOX25 film festival. Post-screening conversation with director Kim A. Snyder, producer Maria Cuomo Cole, and film protagonist, librarian Martha Hickson. June 13

Florida

Gainesville

Banned Together Film Screening at The Lynx Books. June 7

Georgia

Atlanta

Truth telling walking tour of the largest Confederate monument in the world, Stone Mountain, and the neighboring African American community of Shermantown. June 7

Illinois

Bloomington

Interactive Pop-up Display at Bobzbay Books and the Bloomington Farmers Market, hosted by the Bloomington Education Association. June 7

Chicago

Teach Truth Pop-Up Display at Edgewater Branch Library. June 7

Book Swap and Teach Truth Pop-Up Display at Casa Arte, hosted by Somos Arte Chicago. June 8

Palos Heights

Teach Truth Pop-Up Display at Palos Heights Library, hosted by Sassy Lassies Defending Truth & Democracy (TroubleNation RWB). June 7

Steger

Teach Truth Book Swap and Teach-In at Columbia School. June 7

Iowa

Iowa City

History walking tour at Chauncey Swan Park in Iowa City. June 7

Kansas

Kansas City

Teach-in on the colonial history of the Shawnee Indian Mission and Northeast Kansas hosted by a coalition of groups. June 7

Topeka

Banned Together film screening at the Topeka & Shawnee Library. June 7

Maine

Portland

Teach Truth Event at New Brackett Church, hosted by Falmouth High School teachers and Peaks Island Elementary School teachers. June 8

Maryland

Rockville

Non-fiction book swap, photo booth, art station, rally, and Teach Truth pop-up display at the Pike Kitchen Food Hall. June 7

Massachusetts

Bridgewater

Teach Truth at Bridgewater’s 4th Juneteenth Celebration. Bridgewater Communities for Civil Rights will be hosting an interactive Teach Truth pop-up display, a History Walking Tour, and Teach-In, hosted by Bridgewater State University and First Parish Universalist Unitarian Church, BCCR. June 21

Chelmsford

Teach Truth Rally & People’s History Mini-Lesson at Friendship Park, hosted by the Peacemakers Network. June 7

South Hadley

Banned Together Screening at Mount Holyoke College. Hosted by Mount Holyoke Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Odyssey Bookshop; South Hadley Public Library; and Mount Holyoke Library, Information and Technology Services (LITS). June 12

Michigan

Ann Arbor

History Walking Tour at University of Michigan. June 6

Haslett

Interactive Teach Truth Pop-Up Display, hosted by the Williamston Women’s Book Club. June 7–8

Kingsley

#TeachTruth Book Swap at Cornerstone Church, hosted by Homeschooling in Northern Michigan. June 7

Traverse City

Interactive Teach Truth Pop-Up Display. June 7

Ypsilanti

#TeachTruth Book Swap at Ypsilanti District Library, hosted by the Ann Arbor Education Association. June 7

Minnesota

Minneapolis

Teach Truth Rally at MFE End-of-Year Party. Join the Minneapolis Federation of Educators, Local 59 for a party to celebrate all that our students and educators have accomplished this year! There will be food, music, and a #TeachTruth book giveaway. June 5

Teach Truth Pop-Up Display at Freedom Day Festival, hosted by Vadnais Heights Community Action Network. June 21

Wadena

Book Swap and Interactive Teach Truth Pop-Up Display at Wadena Farmers Market. June 6

New Hampshire

Exeter

Teach Truth Fair, hosted by First Unitarian Universalist Society of Exeter (FUUSE). Featuring an interactive banned book display, banned book sale and swap, button making, and more! Displays from Water Street Books, 603 Equality, ACLU-NH, and other community organizations that support teaching truth. June 7

New Jersey

Maplewood

Banned Together Screening at Columbia High School, hosted by the Teach Truth New Jersey Coalition. June 7

Ocean City

Interactive Pop-Up Display at Ocean City Pridefest, hosted by Cape May County We Belong. May 31

Teaneck

Interactive Pop-Up Display at Milton A. Votee Park, hosted by the Kaleidoscope Ensemble Theatre Company. June 8

New York

Bronx

What’s Next? The Future of Education will host a Teach Truth pop-up display and mini teach-in at the Henry Hudson statue in Spuyten Duyvil neighborhood in the Bronx. June 7

Brooklyn

Information table at Rainbow Run hosted by P.S. 261. The event includes a run/walk, music, a local drag queen as grand master, and a raffle. June 1

Fairport

Another Chapter Bookstore is hosting an information table in response to book ban efforts from a neighboring town. June 7

Harlem

Racial geography walking tour and book giveaway outside the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. June 7

Nevada

Las Vegas

Teach Truth Pop-Up Display at Tofu Tees. June 7

North Carolina

Greensboro

Information table during the Workers March & Rally. Guilford County Association of Educators (GCAE) members will deliver handwritten letters from workers and community members to the Board of County Commissioners. June 5

Ohio

Akron

May 4 Kent State historic site tour. June 6

Cleveland

Award for school board members who refuse to sign the anti-DEI pledge offered by the Cleveland NAACP, workshops, displays, and more. June 7

Painesville

Information table during Juneteenth Celebration, hosted by Lake County Ohio NAACP and Painesville City Schools Board. June 21

Salem

Teach Truth history walking tour hosted by Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past, starting in Waterworth Memorial Park, the walk includes Edwin Coppock’s Memorial, Marius and Emily Robinson’s home, the St. John AME Church, George Lucas’s home and the Abraham Lincoln Statue. Hear from local educators and the Salem Historical Society. June 28

Oregon

Portland

Teach Truth Rally in Portland hosted by 50501 Portland chapter. June 7–8

Teach Truth Pop-Up at Reynolds Learning Academy and film screening of Banned Together. June 7

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

Healing is liberation teach-in at the People’s Plaza in Philadelphia. June 7

Puerto Rico

San Juan

Interactive Teach Truth Pop-up Display in Rincon, hosted by Puerto Rican Matter(s) / Asuntos de Los Puertorriqueños. June 14

Rhode Island

Providence

Teach Truth Pop-Up Event at Knight Memorial Library, hosted by Teach Truth RI Coalition. June 7

Teach Truth Event at Direct Action for Rights and Equality. Southside Sharks and 4th- and 5th-graders at Southside Elementary are hosting a Teach Truth event in collaboration with folks at Direct Action for Rights and Equality. There will be a film screening of Banned Together, people’s history mini-lesson, and an interactive Teach Truth pop-up display. June 7

South Carolina

Columbia

People’s history mini-lessons and book swap outside the South Carolina State House, led by Midlands Advocates Protecting Public Libraries and Education (APPLE). June 7

Tennessee

Nashville

People’s History Teach-In and Walking Tour at Nashville Public Library, hosted by the NAACP Nashville Branch. June 14–15

Texas

Houston

Teach Truth Pop-Up: Historic Walking Tour hosted by Black Heritage Society Inc. June 7

Virginia

Charlottesville

Teach Truth Pop-Up Display: Farmers Market at IX. Co-hosted by SEEDS4Change at the University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development, Critical Whiteness Book Study Group at UVA, and EHD. June 7

Washington

Bainbridge Island

Teach Truth Pop-Up at Bainbridge Historical Museum. June 7

Seattle

Teach-In at Meredith Mathews East Madison YMCA. June 7

Teach Truth Pop-Up & Teach-In at Renton Library. June 7

Teach-In and Interactive Teach Truth Pop-up Display at Bellevue Library. June 8

History Walking Tour and Teach-In at the Northwest African American History Museum, hosted by Spiral Literacy. June 14

Banned Together Screening at Seattle Central Public Library. June 14

Freedom to Read Story Time at Seattle Public Library, High Point Branch. June 21

Freedom to read story time and a flash mob “silent read-in” at the Seattle Public Library, along with an experiential program on “How Black educators brought restorative justice to South Seattle schools,” and tote bag and bookmark decoration. June 21

Wisconsin

Kenosha

Teaching Truth: Using Culturally and Historically Responsive Children’s Literature in the Classroom, hosted by the Carthage College Community Literacy Center. June 5

La Crosse

Teach Truth Pop-Up Event at Pearl Street Books. A group of social justice-focused educators and advocates will be hosting an interactive Teach Truth pop-up display and people’s history mini-lesson. June 7

Milwaukee

#TeachTruth Teach-In. MKE All Voices, a Trouble Nation group with Red Wine & Blue, will be hosting a #TeachTruth Teach-In. June 7

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