Did the Truth Tellers documentary on PBS inspire you to promote truth-telling in your school or community?

Here’s an easy first step:

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Learn more about our educational vision!

Yes, Truth Tellers shares many amazing stories of the people I have painted. But all of us at AWTT hope you will delve deeper into the remarkable educational programs that my portrait subjects have inspired.

Thousands of students from around the country have explored art and activism through our Samantha Smith Challenge. Is your school interested in participating this year?

AWTT visits schools and other community-based venues with unique programming that encourages people of all ages, in all walks of life, to find their voices. Most recently, I visited Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, to join John Alston and his Chester Children’s Chorus for an afternoon of magical music. Also AWTT partnered with the town of Orono, Maine, in hosting a month-long program Queer Stories Tell the Truth, that included panels, narrative workshops and portrait exhibits in multiple venues. Perhaps your school or community would like to create its own Truth Teller event or series, based on these – and many other – community models.

Let your inspiration lead you to action. NOW!

Love, Robert Shetterly

Americans Who Tell the Truth uses the power of art to illuminate the ongoing struggle to realize America’s democratic ideals and model the commitment to act for the common good. We are dedicated to the belief that a profound understanding of citizenship is the only safeguard of democracy and the best defense of social, racial, economic, and environmental justice. Working with our portraits and narratives of courageous citizens, AWTT crafts collaborative educational and community experiences that illuminate the ongoing struggle to realize America’s democratic ideals and model the commitment to act for the common good.