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Saturday, June 8, 11am, Cleveland Public Library [Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium], 525 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

Join us at the beautiful Cleveland Main Library for the Teach Truth Rally Day of Action! The NAACP Cleveland Branch is participating in the Zinn Education Project National Teach Truth Day of Action campaign to unite Cleveland-area communities in the fight to Teach the Truth. This year, more than 90 Teach Truth events will happen across the country!

The Cleveland rally will include a powerful line-up of civil rights activists and education advocates, a flash reading mob, free banned books, and ways to Take Action in your community.

Honored Guest: Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, Freedom Rider and decorated civil rights activist

Local Speakers:

• Honey Bell-Bey, 2020 Poet Laureate, Cuyahoga County

• Kayla Blake, Student, George Washington University

• Ohio State Representative Juanita Brent, District 11

• Shanti’ Coaston, 2024 Teacher of the Year, District 11

• Julia Finley Mosca, banned book author

Show Up, Speak Out, and Take Action for honest education!

Learn more at honestyforohioeducation.org/teach-truth-rally.

Hosted by NAACP Cleveland Branch, in partnership with Zinn Education Project, Cleveland Teachers Union, and Honesty for Ohio Education

Hosted by Honesty for Ohio Education.

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Saturday, June 8, 2024 - 11:00am

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