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2025 Annual Meeting

Celebrate with us, connect with fellow ACLU-VT supporters, and learn more about our work at the 2025 Annual Meeting.
Oct 16, 2025 | 5:30 PM
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From the Courts to the Classroom: A back-to-school toolkit

With this toolkit, the ACLU seeks to provide greater clarity in the context of a shifting federal policy landscape ahead of the 2025-2026 academic year.
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A Vermonter’s guide to accessing accurate identification documents

No matter what happens in Washington, we should all be free to access identity documents that reflect who we really are. And, it’s why we encourage Vermonters who wish to get or keep their accurate state ID card to consider requesting or renewing it today.
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Why We Must Demand a Fair Share for Vermont

When tax policies disproportionately benefit the wealthy at the expense of essential public services, it impacts our most vulnerable communities and undermines the very foundations of a just society.

Press Releases

Sep 04, 2025

ACLU Urges Vermont Policymakers to Strengthen Key Immigrants’ Rights Protections

As federal government pursues extreme anti-immigrant agenda, state-level safeguards are more critical than ever.

Aug 29, 2025

ACLU of Vermont Issues New Guidance on Students’ Rights for Vermont Schools

Back-to-school toolkit for K-12 schools addresses privacy protections and free speech, LGBTQ+ and immigrants’ rights.

Jun 18, 2025

Statement on Supreme Court Decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti

Court ruling allows Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care to stand, though treatment remains available in Vermont.

Issues We're Monitoring

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Building a Firewall for Freedom

Vermont has some of the strongest protections for civil rights and civil liberties in the country, but there is more we must do to counter those who seek to turn back the clock on the progress we have made together.
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Featured Case

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A.V. v. Vermont Dept. for Children and Families; Copley Hospital; and Lund

The ACLU of Vermont and partners are suing Vermont DCF, Lund, and Copley Hospital for egregious constitutional violations against a pregnant woman, A.V. This case exposes DCF's grave pattern of surveillance, deception, and violation of Vermont's Reproductive Liberty Amendment.