Vermont Declaration of Inclusion

Municipalities and Other Organizations That Have Adopted the Declaration

We’re on our way to our goal of a Declaration of Inclusion being adopted and implemented by each of Vermont’s 247 towns and cities!

As of April 23, 2024, 144 towns and cities, home to 75.8% of the population have adopted the Declaration of Inclusion.

AthensHinesburgShaftsbury
BakersfieldHollandSharon
Barre CityHuntingtonShelburne
Bellows FallsHyde ParkShoreham
BenningtonIsle La MotteShrewsbury
BerlinJamaicaSouth Burlington
BethelJerichoSouth Hero
BoltonJohnsonSpringfield
BrandonJohnson VillageSt. Albans City
BrattleboroLincolnSt. George
BrightonLondonderrySt. Johnsbury
BristolLudlowStowe
BrookfieldManchesterStrafford
BrooklineMarshfieldStratton
BurlingtonMendonSudbury
CalaisMiddleburySunderland
CambridgeMiddlesexSutton
CanaanMiddletown SpringsSwanton
CavendishMiltonSwanton Village
ChelseaMontpelierThetford
ChesterMoretownTinmouth
ChittendenMorristownTunbridge
ClarendonMount TaborUnderhill
ColchesterNewfaneVergennes
CorinthNorthfieldVernon
CornwallOrwellVershire
DanbyPawletWaitsfield
DanvillePittsfieldWalden
DorsetPittsfordWallingford
DoverPlainfieldWarren
DummerstonPlymouthWashington
DuxburyPomfretWaterbury
East MontpelierPoultneyWest Fairlee
ElmorePownalWest Rutland
EssexProctorWest Windsor
Essex Junction VillagePutneyWestminster
Fair HavenRandolphWeston
FairfaxRichfordWeybridge
FairleeRichmondWilliamstown
FaystonRiptonWilliston
FranklinRochesterWilmington
GeorgiaRockinghamWindsor
GloverRoxburyWinooski
Grand IsleRoyaltonWolcott
GuilfordRutland CityWoodstock
HancockRutland TownWoodstock Village
HardwickSalisburyWorcester
HartfordSaxtons River 
Hartland  

 

The Selectboards of several other towns have approved statements of inclusion which we applaud, but which do not conform to our guidelines and therefore are not listed above:

Craftsbury
Derby
Killington
Reading
Westfield

PARTNERS

  • NAACP of Rutland County
  • Social Equity Caucus (Vermont Legislature)
  • Vermont Chamber of Commerce
  • Vermont Council on Rural Development
  • Vermont Interfaith Action
  • Vermont League of Cities and Towns

ALIGNED AND SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS

  • Abundant Sun
  • Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Brattleboro Development Corporation
  • Burton Snowboards
  • Christ Church Presbyterian, Burlington
  • Edgar May Health and Recreation Center
  • First Baptist Church of Burlington
  • Guilford Community Church, United Church of Christ
  • Lamoille County Regional Planning Commission
  • Mount Ascutney School District
  • Northwest Regional Planning Commission
  • Rutland City Board of School Commissioners
  • Rutland Regional Planning Commission
  • Rutland Young Professionals
  • Stowe Area Association
  • The Queechee Club
  • Vermont Futures Project
  • Vermont Office of Racial Equity
  • Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity
  • Vermont Professionals of Color Network
  • Vermont Psychological Association
  • Vermont Student Anti-Racism Network (VSARN)

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