Teach Truth Rally Day of ACTION
June 8th 2024
Teach Truth Rally
Day of ACTION
Saturday, June 8, 2024 • 11am - 2pm
Cleveland Main Library, Louis Stokes Wing, 525 Superior Avenue, Cleveland
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Hosted by the NAACP Cleveland Branch
In partnership with the Zinn Education Project, Cleveland Teachers Union,
and Honesty for Ohio Education
Cleveland Main Library, Louis Stokes Wing, 525 Superior Avenue, Cleveland
Share on Facebook | Download flyer
Hosted by the NAACP Cleveland Branch
In partnership with the Zinn Education Project, Cleveland Teachers Union,
and Honesty for Ohio Education
Join us at the beautiful Cleveland Main Library for the Teach Truth Rally Day of Action! The NAACP Cleveland Branch is participating in the Zinn Education Project National Teach Truth Day of Action campaign to unite Cleveland-area communities in the fight to TEACH THE TRUTH. This year, more than 90 Teach Truth events will happen across the country!
This full day of action will feature an incredible line-up of civil rights and education activists, a flash reading mob, FREE banned books, and ways to TAKE ACTION in your community.
Honored Guest
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, decorated American civil rights activist and Freedom Rider arrested in Jackson, Mississippi
Joan will be accompanied by her son, Loki Mulholland • Learn about Joan Mulholland HERE
**SPECIAL NOTE** The public is invited to attend a special post-event reception for Joan Mulholland on June 8 at 5:30 pm at the Black-owned ThirdSpace Action Lab, 1464 East 105th Street, Cleveland.
Local Speakers
- Honey Bell-Bey, 2020 Poet Laureate, Cuyahoga County
- Kayla Blake, Student, George Washington University
- Ohio House Representative Juanita Brent, District 22
- Shanti' Coaston, 2024 Ohio Teacher of the Year, District 11
- Julia Finley Mosca, Author (banned books: The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague, The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: The Story of Dr. Patricia Bath)
Important Event Information
- Parking: Parking is available in nearby parking garages on Rockwell between East 6th and East 9th, the corner of East 9th and Superior, and across the street from the Cleveland Main Library.
- Flash Reading Mob: Banned books will be available for your reading pleasure during the 30-minute Read-In.
- Refreshments: Boxed lunches and bottled water will be provided.
🤩 MORE Teach Truth Events Across Ohio 🤩
- Kent: June 7, 1 pm - Outdoor tour of the May 4 National Historic Landmark Site at Kent State University
- Euclid: June 8, 12-4 pm: Book Swap & Teach-In at Euclid Library, 631 East 222nd Street, Euclid
- Youngstown: June 17-21 - Freedom School for youth at St. John's Church, 323 Wick Ave, Youngstown Learn More
Find more Teach Truth events HERE
About the National Teach Truth Day of Action
The Zinn Education Project held the first national Teach Truth Day of Action back in 2021 in an effort to unite students, educators, and communities against a sweeping surge of classroom censorship, book bans, and attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in K-12 public schools and college campuses. Zinn called on local groups and communities to hold large and small events protecting the importance of honest education and why educators must TEACH TRUTH. The next year, Zinn transformed the Day of Action into an annual rallying cry for honest education by coordinating local rallies, marches, press conferences, book fairs, info tables, and more across the nation.
YOUR VOICE MATTERS: Since the first Teach Truth event, extremist attacks on honest education and public schools have escalated to crisis levels. At least 44 states have introduced legislation or taken action to restrict teaching about systemic racism, sexism, transphobia, and other forms of oppression and resistance throughout U.S. history. Books by Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian American, and LGBTQ+ writers are being banned in record numbers by the same forces passing laws to censor education and suppress voting rights. These laws and policies endanger the well-being of students, staff, and communities AND threaten our democracy. We must show up, speak out, and TAKE ACTION against these attacks!
Learn more about the Zinn Education Project Teach Truth campaign HERE.
The Zinn Education Project held the first national Teach Truth Day of Action back in 2021 in an effort to unite students, educators, and communities against a sweeping surge of classroom censorship, book bans, and attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in K-12 public schools and college campuses. Zinn called on local groups and communities to hold large and small events protecting the importance of honest education and why educators must TEACH TRUTH. The next year, Zinn transformed the Day of Action into an annual rallying cry for honest education by coordinating local rallies, marches, press conferences, book fairs, info tables, and more across the nation.
YOUR VOICE MATTERS: Since the first Teach Truth event, extremist attacks on honest education and public schools have escalated to crisis levels. At least 44 states have introduced legislation or taken action to restrict teaching about systemic racism, sexism, transphobia, and other forms of oppression and resistance throughout U.S. history. Books by Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian American, and LGBTQ+ writers are being banned in record numbers by the same forces passing laws to censor education and suppress voting rights. These laws and policies endanger the well-being of students, staff, and communities AND threaten our democracy. We must show up, speak out, and TAKE ACTION against these attacks!
Learn more about the Zinn Education Project Teach Truth campaign HERE.