The House concurrent resolution No. R-160 congratulates Mapenzi Selemani, a junior at Winooski High School, for winning the 2025 Poetry Out Loud Vermont State championship. This competition, which is part of a nationwide initiative supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, aims to enhance high school students' public speaking skills, boost their confidence, and educate them about literary history. This year, the competition saw participation from 3,200 students in Vermont and over 157,000 nationwide, culminating in an exciting state finals where Selemani impressed the judges with her recitations of Thomas Hood's "I Remember, I Remember" and William Wordsworth's "The World is Too Much With Us."

In addition to recognizing Selemani's achievement, the resolution commemorates the 20th anniversary of Poetry Out Loud. The General Assembly expresses its congratulations and directs the Secretary of State to send copies of the resolution to various organizations involved in the competition, including the Flynn, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Foundation, and the Vermont Arts Council.