Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration in Bangor, Maine

Singer/songwriter Reggie Harris will be the featured performer at the Martin Luther King Day celebration at 3 p.m. on Sunday, January 18, 2026, at the First Methodist Church in Bangor, Maine.

Speaking to the Anxieties of Children

Many adults—teachers, parents—are overwhelmed, angry, and fearful with what is happening in the world.  The wars, the environment, the political rancor, the outright cruelty being modeled by people in positions of power, the corruption and celebration of greed, the dishonesty. Anger and fear are appropriate responses. The checks and balances of our institutions have failed, […]

AWTT Portraits Visit Hampden Academy

Four AWTT portraits travel to Hampden Academy for School Partnership Program.

Because Democracy Depends on It

AWTT will attend the 105th NCSS (National Council for the Social Studies) Annual Conference, in Washington, D.C., December 5-7, 2025.

AWTT Brings Immersive Experience to NJEA Convention

AWTT staff are excited to be attending the New Jersey Education Association’s annual convention again this year – in Atlantic City, November 6-7, 2025.

Samantha Smith Challenge Launch

AWTT welcomed middle-school and high-school students and their faculty sponsors for the 2025-26 Samantha Smith Chellenge kick-off event at Orono High School on November 13, 2025. In 2025-26 the Samantha Smith Challenge is getting a redesign. Instead of ending the SSC year with a big celebration of student projects—as AWWT has done in past years—we’re flipping the script, starting […]

AWTT Portraits and McKibben Book Event

See AWWT portraits at the Paul Smith’s College VIC during the month of November 2025 and meet Bill McKibben on his book tour on Nov. 21.

One College, One Exhibition: Inaugural Event

Seton Hall University and the South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) are bringing Americans Who Tell the Truth to South Orange, New Jersey for the month of October 2025.

Environmental Justice Truth Tellers

The South Parkersburg Library in Parkersburg, West Virginia, is hosting an exhibit of ten AWTT portraits from October 18 to November 17, 2025.

How Bad Is It, Doc?

When I was a kid, I loved cowboy movies. In a frequent motif, the handsome sheriff, wounded in a duel with a nasty desperado, whom he had killed, limped into the town’s saloon and wincingly asked the tipsy doctor, “How bad is it, Doc?” A pretty woman of sketchy repute, who worked in the saloon […]