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2016 Samantha Smith Challenge Participants and Student Reaction
Nine schools and more than 700 students participated in the 2016 Samantha Smith Challenge (SSC). Middle Schoolers from around the state of Maine gathered at
Greensboro AWTT Exhibit Media Kit
“AMERICANS WHO TELL THE TRUTH” CULTURAL, HISTORIC AND EDUCATIONAL TRAVELING ART EXHIBIT TO VISIT GREENSBORO, NC DURING MULTI-CITY TOUR (Exhibit on Display at Int’l Civil
Greensboro, NC Students Contribute to and Learn from the AWTT Exhibit
A large, wide-ranging exhibit of artist Robert Shetterly’s Americans Who Tell the Truth (AWTT) portraits (from Samantha Smith to Sojourner Truth) opened on Nov. 14th at
Announcing the First Winner of “The Shetterly Prize” for Socially Engaged Art
This year, 2015, the MyHero Project and Americans Who Tell the Truth created “The Shetterly Prize”. Entries were solicited from people of all ages and from anywhere.
Grants Support AWTT’s Samantha Smith Challenge
On November 20, 2015, Americans Who Tell the Truth received two grants from the Maine Community Foundation (MCF) to help with the success of this year’s Samantha Smith Challenge educational project. These
History, Advocacy, Portraiture: A Curriculum Created for North Carolina AWTT Exhibit
To support the big show of AWTT portraits set to open in Greensboro, North Carolina on November 14, 2015 at the International Civil Rights Center and Museum and at
A Public Conversation in Asheville, NC with Robert Shetterly and Rev. Dr. William Barber II
On September 20, 2015, Robert Shetterly and Rev. Dr. William Barber II participated in a public conversation about courage, activism, and social justice. In Part
My Hero Project and AWTT Create “The Shetterly Prize”
Together with the California-based My Hero Project, Americans Who Tell the Truth has created “The Shetterly Prize.” Anyone from professional artists to students are invited
Press Release: 1st Annual Samantha Smith Challenge Assembly, June 1, 2015
Press Release 1st Annual Samantha Smith Challenge To Convene June 1, 2015 at Hall of Flags, Augusta Ten Maine middle schools and nearly 700 Maine