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Hi — it’s Becca.

Last week, I got on a plane and went to Minnesota because people there were asking for help. Real people. Families. Neighbors who are scared and still speaking up. They weren’t asking for attention — they were asking for someone to show up, listen, and say out loud what they’re living through.

I sat in that hearing room and listened as one person after another told the truth about what’s happening. Immigrants, parents, young people, elders. Folks who are scared, yes, but still brave enough to put their names and faces out there. Some of them were taking real risks just to be heard.

Before I go any further, I want to be honest with you. I need your help. If you believe these folks deserve to be seen and protected, will you click here and chip in $5, $15, or whatever you can right now to help me keep showing up for them? I carry their stories with me, and I carry your support with me too. [[link removed]]

I told the folks there this: y ou are the center of America’s heartbreak right now — and you are also the center of America’s courage . Because what they’re doing in Minnesota, they’re not just doing for themselves. They’re standing up for all of us. For our rights. For our democracy. For the idea that no one’s life is worth less.

And I said something else that matters a whole lot to me.

As a gay woman, I want LGBTQ+ folks across this country to hear this: your lives are not worth less.

To immigrants: your lives are not worth less.

To people of color: your lives are not worth less.

No matter what anyone in power is trying to tell you. I’m not going to be intimidated into silence when people are being hurt.

Here’s what really got me: They’re trying to scare people into thinking they can’t speak up. That they can’t watch. That they can’t document. That they can’t warn their neighbors. But that’s not true. Peaceful protest is legal. Recording in public is legal. Speaking out is legal. Dissent is American.

What they actually want is for people to be afraid. And I refuse to accept that.

But I can’t push back against this alone. Showing up when communities ask for help takes a SOLID team, support, organizing, and the ability to move fast when people are in danger. It takes resources — and it takes knowing people like you are in this with me.

So I’m asking you, from the bottom of my heart: if you can give today, please do. Even $5 makes a real difference. It helps us keep showing up, keep protecting people’s rights, and keep fighting back when fear is being used as a weapon. [[link removed]]

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Vermonters were texting me while I was in Minnesota saying, “Thank you. We’re with them. And we’re with you.” And that meant everything to me. Because this fight is bigger than any one state. We either stand up for each other, or we don’t.

Thank you for being part of this with me. Truly. I won’t stop fighting — and I’m so grateful I don’t have to do it alone.

With a lot of love and a lot of grit,

— Becca

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