Thread by @DeAngelisCorey

I just received a copy of the National Education Association's resolutions that they passed at their annual convention.

They kept them private this year.

The nation's largest teachers union adopted a business item "to defend against Trump’s embrace of fascism by using the term facism [sic] in NEA materials correctly characterize Donald Trump's program and actions."

The nation's largest teachers union passed a business item "to oppose any move to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education as an illegal, anti-democratic, and racist attempt to destroy public education and privatize it in the interests of the billionaires."

The nation's largest teachers union adopted a business item to "defend birthright citizenship and oppose the attempt to revert to pre-civil rights movement – Jim Crow – legal concepts of 'states rights' in order to deny citizenship to the children of immigrants."

The nation's largest teachers union adopted a business item supporting STUDENTS "dissenting and organizing against Trump’s policies."

They support STUDENTS organizing "against ICE raids and deportations."

The nation's largest teachers union adopted a business item in response to Mahmoud v. Taylor, a new Supreme Court ruling allowing parents to opt their kids out of gender ideology.

They will send out a "Know Your Rights" document and hold "Speak Up, Speak Out" LGBTQ+ conferences.

The nation's largest teachers union adopted a business item to support "affiliates in states where legislative bodies have taken or are taking actions that silence educators"

They list Arkansas and South Carolina as states with "extreme need."

I cannot see the text of the business items that were defeated.

Back in 2019, the teachers union DEFEATED a business item to "rededicate itself to the pursuit of increased student learning in every public school in America."

The nation's largest teachers union passed a business item supporting "the mass democratic movement against Trump's authoritarianism and violations of human rights."

The nation's largest teachers union adopted a business item to "not use, endorse, or publicize any materials from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)," an organization founded to fight antisemitism.

The nation's largest teachers union blocked me.