Vermont-NEA 2025 adopted resolutions

SUMMARY

In 2025, the Vermont-National Education Association (NEA) Representative Assembly (RA) adopted resolutions that promote far-left positions and ideologies including the promotion of students participating on athletic teams based on gender identity, that “educators must acknowledge the existence of White supremacy culture as a primary root cause of institutional racism, structural racism, and White privilege,” and that the organization “recognizes the danger of white supremacist groups.”

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2025 ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS

White Supremacy Culture

The Vermont-NEA RA adopted a resolution titled “White Supremacy Culture” which states that the organization “believes that to achieve racial and social justice, educators must acknowledge the existence of White supremacy culture as a primary root cause of institutional racism, structural racism, and White privilege.”

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Hate-Motivated Violence

The adopted resolution titled “Hate-Motivated Violence” states that the “Association recognizes the danger of white supremacist groups and all media sources that promote hateful speech and actions, and the continuation of institutional racism.”

The resolution adds that the “Association recognizes the danger of any group that marginalizes anyone based on race, color, national origin, political beliefs, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, ability, size, marital status, or economic condition.” It continues: “Therefore, educators must take a significant role in countering the effects of such speech, actions, and racism on our students, families, and communities.”

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Gender Equity in Athletic Programs

The resolution titled “Gender Equity in Athletic Programs” states that the Vermont-NEA “believes that all should have the opportunity to play recreational sports in accordance with their gender identity, irrespective of gender assigned at birth, and to have their personal dignity respected.”

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Global Climate Change

The resolution titled “Global Climate Change” states that the Association “recognizes the scientific consensus that global climate change is largely caused by human activity, resulting in significant, measurable damage to the Earth and its inhabitants.” The Association “supports the continued development and implementation of environmentally sound practices that abate global climate change and its effects in partnership with the global community.”