Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Beverly WASHINGTON | Norcross, GA
Because many at Georgia Correctional Institutions have and are being taught lies regarding history.
Shawyna Turner | Columbus, OH
Our children need to know the history of America and how this history continues to try to destroy remove all rights we have. How America has made its plight to destroy a race of people at any cost.
Susanne Bischoff | Pasadena, MD
Reading opens minds and hearts to the experiences of others - Empathy for others is what makes Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness possible for all!
Valencia Abbott | Reidsville, NC
My History Matters!
Jade Rivera
my students have a right to learn about the entirety of history and all other subjects.
Staci Owens | Minneapolis, MN
I believe we must learn the past to learn from the past. We also need for our students to learn and understand that in the face of prejudice, hate, and oppression people have risen up, fought, resisted, and held on to their joy and hope for the future.
kris nystrom | Hartford, CT
If not the truth, what's the alternative?
Dori Gerber | Altamonte Springs, FL
students have the right to learn about everything - the good, the bad, and the ugly - and learn how to use historical and current information to think critically and independently about how that information affects their past, present, and future.
APRIL LACOMBE | Portland, OR
Teaching truth is still allowed and supported where I teach in Beaverton and I am horrified and terrified at the injustice of not being able to.
Melody Weiler , PA
Samantha Le Vine Schmidt | Germantown, TN
The truth is everything
Tameka Brown | Charlotte, NC
Courtney Keith | Gulf Breeze, FL
I want my child to learn truth, not the propaganda of white supremacy.
Rita Verdín-Bergen | Tucson , AZ
My children and my students deserve to know the truth of how our nation was created.
Miriam Purefoy
It is important that we teach our children and everyone the truth about the atrocities that happened to our black brothers and sisters.
Rob E | Vernon Hills, IL
transparency and truth matter.
Kali Blakeslee | Winsted, CT
Silence is violence.
Mary Layman , AZ
Anna Kuperman | Providence, RI
Hannah Resseger | Providence, RI
This is outrageous and goes against everything I stand for and teach.
Ned Marshall , WV
Although I am retired I wish to show my support for honesty and thoroughness in history education. The whole truth.
courtney Burrows , NV
if we do not learn from the past we will repeat it
Elizabeth Sadhu Farwell , OR
I believe that all humans should know the full and complete history of all humans.
Shyanne Wymer | Fort Worth, TX
LIEING IS NEVER OKAY EVER!! THE BIBLE CLEARLY STATES THAT A LIAR IS A FALSE WITNESS, WHICH ARE WORKS OF THE ENEMY! AS AN EDUCATOR, I WILL NOT EVER LIE TO MY STUDENTS ABOUT OUR HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. EVEN IF A LAW IS PUT INTO PLACE. SORRY NOT SORRY!
Tanishia Johnson | Chandler, AZ
The TRUTH must be told. What is unfolding in Arizona is horrific and based on lies, fear, racism, racist systems, and white privilege (to name a few) and its is disgusting. In order to heal, we MUST FIRST, start with telling the TRUTH of this country's history. Our current and future generation of life long learners DESERVE IT; my generations and generations prior had to seek TRUTH because many of us were taught lies in many classrooms across this this country. It's time for the American educational system..it's time for America to right this wrong. It is hundreds of years overdue. TRUTH and JUSTICE matter!!
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.