AWTT Mission
Robert Shetterly’s Americans Who Tell the Truth portraits and narratives highlight citizens who courageously address issues of social, environmental, and economic fairness. By combining art and other media, AWTT offers resources to inspire a new generation of engaged Americans who will act for the common good, our communities, and the Earth.
AWTT Blog
- Voting for the Lesser of Evils
- The Museum of Liberation
- The Million Women’s March January 21, 2017
- A Public Conversation in Asheville, NC with Robert Shetterly and Rev. Dr. William Barber II
- Rob's Report From Bozeman
- Commercializing The Christmas Truce: Spinning Hay into Dollars
- Torture: A modest (satirical) proposal
- A Symphony of Courageous Action
- The Myth of Accountability and the Death of Michael Brown
- Nature's Common Core: Why Rachel Carson should be taught in schools
The Samantha Smith Challenge & engagEd
The 2017/18 Samantha Smith Challenge Celebration, an intiative of AWTT and MAMLE, convened on June 4, 2018 at Thomas College in Waterville, Maine. This year's theme was "Social Justice Through the Arts". Learn more here.
Introducing a new, in-development project, engagEd. Lessons plans from the AWTT Truth Tellers that will help teach your students to engage the world and its challenges.
Events
Belfast, Maine
Surry, Maine
Emlen Hall, Bay School, Blue Hill, Maine
Bagaduce Music Lending LIbrary, Blue Hill, Maine
Mahaney Gymnasium, Thomas College
Bagaduce Lending Library, 49 South Street, Blue Hill, Maine
South Royalton, Vermont
Danville, Kentucky
106 High St, Belfast, ME 04915
The Bay School, Blue Hill, Maine
News
Noam Chomsky will turn 90 in December. Here are a few highlights from his work this month (September):
Roy Bourgeois responds to recent disclosures about Pennsylvania priests:I am convinced that if the Catholic Church had women priests, the Church would not be in the crisis it is in today.
The Wendell Berry Farming Program is up and running again after a two-year hiatus, precipitated by the unexpected closing in 2016 of St. Catharine College in Springfield, where the program was based.
CODEPINK and Global Exchange cofounder Medea Benjamin is still out in the world making noise and taking action - seemingly everywhere.
“I don’t care how many times you tell me you love me, if you put coal ash in my water you don’t love me."
Erika Allen:We use urban farming as a way to heal communities in terms of trauma and the violence that a lot of our youth and their families experience.Also as a recovery from the historic impact of structural racism that manifested through the agric
Cornell Chronicle reporter Linda Glaser reviews the Phoenix Players Theater Group's production of "The Strength of Our Convictions: The Auburn Redemption" at the Auburn Correctional Facility.[The show] gives attendees a hint of what it&
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha's compelling story is now in print. What the Eyes Don't See: The Story of Crisis, Resistence and Hope in an American City.
The transgender activist behind a landmark "restroom of choice" case is marking another historic first.
July 31, 2018 Update: The U.S. Supreme Court denied the government's "emergency" motion.
Most Visited Portraits
Testimonials
" I teach at one of the schools which Samantha Smith attended.Because of this, when I heard about this Samantha Smith Challenge (click to sign up your students) I was excited to learn more."
"I know my time with my students will have been worthwhile if, at the end of our class, each child has grown as a citizen. I want my students to learn to be aware, empathetic, and active.The Samantha Smith Challenge fits right into this approach."
"Robert’s Americans Who Tell the Truth has become a distinctive and profound way of teaching American History and American Thought...His work will help us advance towards common understanding and tolerance."
"I want the young adults I’m teaching to gain a true understanding of not only what happens during times of injustice, but most importantly, why these events are allowed to unfold. "
"We had a "dinner party" with students sharing their biographies with each other as if they were the person they studied. It was fantastic to "see" Zinn sitting next to Chomsky sitting next to Mother Jones sitting next to Woody Guthrie!"
"Robert Shetterly's portraits cut to the chase in a compelling way. Students could access the profound sentiments that these portraits represent."
"Finally, I was shown people of all backgrounds who had made a difference; finally, I found people who were so normal, who I could relate to, and yet were so profound. Suddenly, there was no more excuse."