AWTT News from Philadelphia
This fall has been a busy time for Americans Who Tell the Truth. After a very successful conference at Thomas College for over 100 Maine educators, AWTT traveled to Philadelphia to attend, exhibit, and present at the National Council for Social Studies Conference (NCSS), December 2-4. With nearly 5,000 educators in attendance at the conference, […]
At Maxwell, George Washington Finds Company
Maxwell School explains the significance of the AWTT exhibit surrounding George Washington’s statue at the school’s north entrance.
Students Teach Shetterly Important Lessons
AWTT artist Robert Shetterly is busy visiting schools this fall, engaging with students about what if means to be a “good citizen.
AWTT “Truth, Hope, and Creativity” Conference Reprise
AWTT education director Connie Carter offers a summary of the AWTT conference for educators, help in early November 2022.
Honoring Military Veterans
For Veterans Day, AWTT highlights those in the portrait gallery who served in the U. S. armed forces. We honor them for their military service to the country, as well as for their perspectives on warfare and institutional corruption. As veterans, they bring valuable insights to the realities of war. And they have all been […]
Is it worth it to vote?
AWTT portrait subjects behind the right to vote.
Kimmerer joins AWTT’s gallery of MacArthur Fellows
Kimmerer named MacArthur Felllow
AWTT at Jefferson Community & Technical College
Jefferson Community & Technical College models how an educational institution can enrich its offerings through an AWTT exhibit and related activities.
Portraits of Earth Justice
New Village Press is releasing the second of AWTT’s themed portrait book series – Portraits of Earth Justice – on September 20, 2022. From the publisher: ” . . . The crisis of climate change and environmental degradation is the greatest crisis humanity has ever confronted, and the people in this book diagnose the truth […]
How Frances Perkins Changed Life in America
Frances Perkins, acting as the first female Secretary of the U.S. Department. of Labor, inspired and drafted the original Social Security Act in 1935.