Virginia Education Association

06/04/2026

VEA is seeking dynamic presenters for the 2026 Summit on Educators of Color, November 6–7. This year's theme is "Be Empowered: Claim Your S.E.A.T. at the Table" (Solidarity, Empowerment, Action, and Transformation).

Share your expertise, inspire fellow educators, and help shape this powerful event. Proposal submissions are due June 14.

Get started here ⬇️
https://forms.veanea.net/view.php?id=1541702

06/04/2026

As fear and uncertainty among immigrant communities rise, educators and school staff are often on the front lines, navigating both their own anxieties and the fears of their students. Join us for an interactive, one-hour virtual workshop to provide a supportive space for educators and others who make up our school communities to connect, process these challenges, and translate concern into informed action.

Participants will ground themselves in community with colleagues, hear updates on immigrant rights within the school system, and leave equipped with actionable resources to ensure our worksites remain safe, nurturing communities for learning. This opportunity is open to members and non-members.

Register at https://forms.veanea.net/view.php?id=1549056

06/03/2026

Organize! Organize! Organize! Spots are filling up fast for VEA's 2026 Summer Organizing Institute, July 14-16, in Richmond. Learn new strategies and tools to grow membership and strengthen educator voices! Register here ⬇️
https://vea.link/soi2026

05/29/2026

Mark your calendars! George M. Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of All Boys Aren’t Blue, one of the most challenged books in our country, will be in Richmond for a Pride Storytelling event on June 6.

Learn more and RSVP here ⬇️
https://bbgbbooks.com/events/5434320260606

05/27/2026

Learn how to build the power of your local at VEA's 2026 Summer Organizing Institute, July 14-16, in Richmond! Learn more and register here ⬇️
https://vea.link/soi2026

05/27/2026

Shout out to Newport News EA member Mary Vause for her excellent Op-Ed placed in the Virginia Pilot this week! "I didn’t expect the first female governor of Virginia to stab more than a half million teachers and public servants in the back by vetoing our basic labor rights." Read the full piece:

Letter writers discuss collective bargaining veto, industrial-scale fishing and Trump anti-weaponization fund.

05/22/2026

Thanks to everyone who joined use yesterday. We will not stop until every public school employee has a voice at the table.

05/19/2026

If you're upset about Governor Spanberger's veto of the historic collective bargaining legislation, you're not alone. Now is the time to show up and speak out about this betrayal.

Join us in solidarity at 4 p.m. on Thursday May 21 in Richmond to march for workers' rights. This event is being organized alongside our union partners in the Virginia Public Sector Labor Coalition.

We will not be silent in the face of union busting.

Show your solidarity! Join us at 1111 E Broad St., Richmond, VA 23219 on May 21 at 4pm.

You can RSVP here:

https://www.mobilize.us/seiu-virginia/event/954834/

05/14/2026

Watch: VEA President Carol Bauer responds to Governor Spanberger's veto of the collective bargaining bill. ⬇️