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Commitment, compassion, and determination
We must deliver the leadership of our communities to those who truly care about the people.
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Elizabeth Fountain
Solstice this year: fear and hope
We cannot know for sure what the rest of the growing season will bring; we can be prepared, ready to water and protect, nurture and support, in our…
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Elizabeth Fountain
Real strength in frightening times
Resisting the authoritarian theatrics that spark violence; following the voices of brave veterans.
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Elizabeth Fountain
Here comes the heat
Billionaires fiddle, our planet burns, and we try, nonetheless, to be part of the solution.
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Elizabeth Fountain
Love wins
Pride parades and festivals remind us that our only job is to take care of each other. If we do, when we do, love wins.
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Elizabeth Fountain

May 2025

Greed got us here.
We are either going to tip over into an authoritarian kleptocracy, or we are going to pull back from the brink and rebuild. Only compassion can build us…
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Elizabeth Fountain
The power of truth vs. the fragility of false narratives
Standing in truth is so powerful, they want to outlaw it. So stand in truth every day, and stand together.
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Elizabeth Fountain
Accidents of birth and borders
Had my great-grandmother’s parents kept their family in Pomerania, to wait out the crop failures and political unrest, they might have perished in one…
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Elizabeth Fountain
Stand together, or fall separately
A story from one community that needs diversity, equity, inclusion, and the rule of law more than ever. As do we all.
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Elizabeth Fountain

April 2025

Islands of sanity in a sea of chaos and confusion
Federal judges and others in the legal profession upholding their oaths of office are the line, now, that stands between this administration and its…
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Elizabeth Fountain
The marathon of resistance
We are still in its early miles, and have a long way to go. But so far, we are pacing the run for authoritarianism, and have a clear path to surpassing…
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Elizabeth Fountain
Our turn to be counted
Now is the time to stand, united, for the principles of democracy and universal human rights that our predecessors fought so hard to create and…
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Elizabeth Fountain
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