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Five Ways to Participate in the June 12 Day of Action

On Saturday June 12, educators and allies will pledge to teach the truth in actions across the country. In the face of right-wing attacks on the teaching of history and antiracism, we are coming together to say we won’t lie to children and we will teach the truth. Here are five ways to participate:

#1: Join an Action

In less than two weeks, teachers have organized June 12 actions in more than 20 states and territories, including Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin, and many more.

Find an Action Near You and Show Up

#2: On Your Own Pick an Historic Site, Take a Photo, Share to #TeachTruth

No event in your area? You can still participate on your own or with a small group of friends or family. Find an historic site (history is everywhere!). Take a photo with one of our signs or make your own. Post to social media with #TeachTruth.

Download Signs from Day of Action Page

#3: Amplify #TeachTruth Events on June 12

Actions will take place across the country in more than 20 states on June 12th! You can help boost the influence of those actions by sharing, liking, retweeting, and reposting #TeachTruth content all day long. Change your profile picture to show up in solidarity!

Download Social Media Images from Day of Action Page

#4: Learn More and Join the Resistance

Our children deserve to be taught authentic, connective histories. Tamara Anderson, Black Lives Matter at School Steering Committee

‘Children deserve to be taught’: Teachers in 22 cities are planning protests over laws restricting racism lessons in schools by Alia Wong and Erin Richards, USA TODAY

Read more about the bills that sparked the Day of Action and find ways to combat the attack on education in your own community.  The GOP Bills List of the GOP bills by state prepared by the Zinn Education Project (Also see Education Week map.) Four States Have Placed Legal Limits on How Teachers Can Discuss Race. More May Follow by Sarah Schwartz in Education Week, May 17, 2021 Critical Analysis of the GOP Attacks on Teaching History  Right Wing Legislators Are Trying to Stop Us from Teaching for Racial Justice. We Refuse by the editors of Rethinking Schools State GOP lawmakers try to limit teaching about race, racism by Bryan Anderson in Associated Press The fight to whitewash US history: ‘A drop of poison is all you need’: At least 15 states are trying to ban schools from teaching critical race theory and the 1619 Project. The reactionary movement stretches back to the 1920s and the KKK by Julia Carrie Wong in The Guardian May 29, 2021

#5: Pledge to Teach the Truth

Sign the pledge to resist efforts by lawmakers across the country to pass legislation that would require teachers to lie to students about the role of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and oppression throughout U.S. history.

Sign the Pledge

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