Teri Leigh 💜 (@terileigh)

Minnesota passes the baton to Vermont. This is highly impressive! Especially for a town the size of Burlington.

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ICE Brutality in Burlington, VT

US Army veteran(11B), wildland firefighter, and thru-hiker. Staunch opponent of tyranny, fascism, and authoritarians. Activist. I believe that ALL HUMANS, EVERYWHERE deserve freedom, respect, dignity, human rights, unencumbered by tyranny.

Great news! Vermont may be ending it's prohibition against "offering or receiving of the body for indiscriminate sexual intercourse without hire." Come on up and visit.
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https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0052/S-0052%20As%20Introduced.pdf

Finding it hard to return to work today.

I feel like I aged a decade over the weekend.

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I am strong. I have hope. We will rise. ↗️

#vermontstrong #iamvermontstrong #resist

Just a good article from a great non-profit news outlet about how, as always, it was volunteer mutual aid teams that held Vermont together during the recent floods, including performing highly dangerous rescue operations.

I know a lot of these folks, and they're as solid as they come. So glad they're there.

🔗 "We knew this storm was going to be bad" - VT Commons

https://www.commonsnews.org/issue/724/swift_water_rescue

#VTFlooding #VTFlood23 #VTFloods #Vermont #VermontStrong

‘We knew this storm was going to be bad’

When he began his day on the morning of Sunday, July 9, Drew Hazelton was planning for 5 to 7 inches of water to fall on southern Vermont. Hazelton, the chief of operations at Rescue Inc., knew that the nonprofit's two swift water rescue teams would be called into service. The state provides equipment. In turn, "we agree to be there when we are needed," he says. And in this case, Hazelton adds, "we knew we would be called out...

‘We knew this storm was going to be bad’

A number of Vermont bookstores are participating in an event tomorrow where they will donate 20% of the proceeds from sales to help Bear Pond Books of Montpelier and Next Chapter Books of Barre, both of whom were seriously flood damaged.

If you want to help and get books in the process, shop at any of the participating bookstores tomorrow.

#BookstoresHelpingBookstores #VermontFlood #VermontStrong

https://vermontbiz.com/news/2023/july/26/bookstores-helping-bookstores-fundraiser-july-29th

'Bookstores Helping Bookstores' fundraiser July 29th | Vermont Business Magazine

As our news team continues to cover the impacts of #VTflood23, Vermont Public & the Vermont Community Foundation are working together to raise money for the newly-established VT Flood Response & Recovery Fund.

Learn more and donate: http://www.vermontpublic.org/recovery

#VermontStrong #VT #Vermont

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Vermont Conversation: Coming together and giving back in Waterbury

Residents and businesses lost so much when the waters of the Winooski River inundated parts of downtown, flooding some 40 homes and six businesses. But scores of volunteers came from everywhere to give so much back.

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The #VTFlood23 hashtag seems to maybe be the one we've settled on for the Vermont floods?

Here's a great crowdsourced resource for anyone in need of or looking to offer assistance: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZqJUO2ThkSebFryKL1UXuefQQM2LNs4A-NQ73go2KFw/edit​

I'm also going to put in another plug for the Stratton Foundation and their incredible work, especially in the hard-hit West River Valley: https://strattonfoundation.kindful.com/?campaign=1263758

#Vermont #VTFlooding #VTFloods #VermontFlooding #VermontStrong

Pleased to see Cold Hollow Cider donating doughnuts and cider to relief workers and volunteers in areas affected by flooding. If you're ever in the Waterbury, VT, area, check out Cold Hollow Cider.

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