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DESCRIPTION:Classrooms are a primary battlefield for the current attacks on Critical 
 Race Theory (CRT) and the teaching of truth. In recent months, lawmakers in 
 over two dozen states have attempted to regulate how teachers can discuss 
 racism, sexism, and issues of equality and justice.\n\nWhether you’re an 
 educator, a student, a parent, or an organization — your support is 
 critical.  AAPF has teamed up with Black Lives Matter at School and other 
 partners to bring you #TeachTruth National Day of Action/Year of Purpose in 
 honor of George Floyd’s birthday on October 14th through our #TruthBeTold 
 Campaign.\n\nJoin our National Teach-in on October 14 beginning at noon PT 
 (3 PM ET).\n\nWhen: Birthday of George Floyd on Oct. 14, 2021 @ noon 
 PT\n\nRegister here: 
 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtc-6oqjksHdNOBl-ni2WkCtu7JCEF9cOT\n\nPROGRAM:\n\nProfessor 
 Kimberlé Crenshaw on What’s Behind the Attacks on CRT\n\nPanel on 
 Faculty Senate Resolution Campaign with Professors Emily Houh, Jennifer 
 Ruth, \nand Valerie Johnson\n\nBreakout Sessions:\n\nA. Exposing the 
 Disinformation Grift about Academic Freedom and “Viewpoint 
 Diversity”\nB. Get Your Laws Off My Syllabus: Using Shared Governance to 
 Fight Back\nC. Doing DEI on Campus Using a CRT Lens\nD. Know your Rights to 
 Teach Truth in K-12 
 \n_____________________________________________________________\n\nTHE 
 #TruthBeTold CAMPAIGN\n\nhttps://www.aapf.org/truthbetold\n\nAfter 
 unprecedented global protests for racial justice that followed the killings 
 of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, right-wing groups across America 
 instigated and intensified well-funded, orchestrated disinformation 
 campaigns against critical race theory, intersectionality, and other forms 
 of racial and gender justice discourse. \n\nStarting with Donald Trump’s 
 Equity Gag Order banning federal agencies, contractors, and grant 
 recipients from conducting trainings and programs that address systemic 
 racism and sexism, this campaign has now morphed into a full-on war against 
 racial and gender justice itself. \n\nAs of September 2, 2021, twenty-seven 
 states have introduced some form of gag order measure with respect to 
 racial justice, critical race theory, and the teaching of racial injustice 
 in American history, with fourteen states having fully passed some version 
 of them.\n\nTwenty-four states have introduced some form of gag order with 
 respect to teaching concepts related to gender justice and equality among 
 sexes. Seven states have introduced legislation to specifically ban 
 teaching the New York Times’ 1619 Project, and six have introduced bills 
 either imposing “patriotic education” or demanding access to public 
 schools for “patriotic youth societies.”\n\nFollowing the blueprint of 
 Trump’s EO 13950, eleven states have introduced equity gag orders that 
 prohibit equity trainings for government entities, workforces, contractors, 
 and grant recipients. Meanwhile twenty-six states have introduced equity 
 gag bills targeting public schools (many of which also apply to 
 universities and colleges). West Virginia and Montana have even gone as far 
 as to make teaching “divisive concepts” related to systemic racism 
 grounds for human rights complaints.\n\nAcross the country, this moral 
 panic over what and how we learn about history has led to teachers being 
 fired and courses canceled. Parents have been deceived, tensions have been 
 stoked, and over a half century of efforts to amend the misleading 
 narratives about our history are being reversed. 
 \n_____________________________________________________________\n\nTRUTH BE 
 TOLD: A CALL TO ACTION\n\nK-12 EDUCATORS\n\nWe invite K-12 educators to 
 join us in A Day of Action and the kick-off to BLM at School’s Year of 
 Purpose by uploading a lesson about structural racism that you will teach 
 on October 14th. We also invite educators to take the pledge to teach the 
 truth. And show your support for our October 14th Call to Action by 
 completing our endorser form.\n\nGo to: 
 https://www.aapf.org/truthbetold-call-to-action\n\nPledge: 
 https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/pledge-to-teach-truth\n\n\nEDUCATORS in 
 HIGHER EDUCATION\n\nWe invite Higher Ed educators to read and sign our 
 Higher Ed Faculty Open Letter. We encourage you to review the examples of 
 faculty senate resolutions, engage in using the senate resolution template, 
 and consider adopting similar language at your own university.\n\nGo to: 
 https://www.aapf.org/truthbetold-call-to-action\n\nTo sign the Open Letter, 
 please use this form: 
 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSep4pM60lpguxRtTGXlmv1SMOG9qOWHflT_0wu-gv6I0Z7t4Q/viewform\n\nExamples: 
 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CXnJrfIs7cGOuNdu5DCK9WIybmyVFRDb/view\n\nTemplate: 
 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XbYF3KscDXmJyckjPc0CZIocJxk1hJd7/edit\n_____________________________________________________________\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/10/07/18845497.php
SUMMARY:#TeachTruth: National Teach-in for Truth About Systemic Racism & Sexism in U.S. Curricula
LOCATION:Online teach-in via Zoom
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/10/07/18845497.php
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