Erin Bailey

founder, momentum management
building impact driven brands + talent
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[Erin Bailey @erinkbaileyy]

Grateful for the feature @Adweek!

https://t.co/UBXSBtXjXw

[Carolina Forward @ForwardCarolina]

PSA: A large group of NC mental health therapists have volunteered to offer their services pro bono to folks impacted by Hurricane Helene.

If you need help, check this running list:
https://t.co/t1lNG2hmXo #wnc

[World Central Kitchen @WCKitchen]

Asheville, we are here. WCK is in North Carolina working to reach flooded communities and families stranded by Hurricane Helene. #ChefsForNorthCarolina

[Allen Mashburn @Mashburn4NC]

🚨🚨🚨🚨👇👇👇👇

This gentleman hiked 11 miles to check on his parents— read his story of what all he saw.

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My parents are ok but completely trapped. Yesterday, I hiked up to check on them. Brain spew coming; I'm still processing it all and was just locked in on go-mode yesterday.

Still not having heard from my parents in 48 hours, I was drowning in worry. My parents live in an absolute gem of the NC mountains -- the Little Switzerland, Spruce Pine, Burnsville area -- halfway between Asheville and Boone. Under normal circumstances, it's pleasantly very isolated.

Little did I know that up there, Helene has demolished roads, homes and utility networks. **This area is completely cut off from resources in every direction.** I tried multiple routes to drive up but had to settle on parking in Marion at the base of a closed road (Hwys 221/226) and hiking 11 miles and 2,200 feet to find my parents thankfully ok but surrounded by devastation. I have never been so relieved to see anyone ok.

Crews weren't even close yesterday. I can't tell you how many failing roads and deep mudslides I had to cross, how many fallen trees I had to take off my backpack for and navigate through. While hiking up 226A, I met multiple people trapped by devastation in both directions of the highway.

In this part of the mountains with steep terrain rolling off the Blue Ridge Parkway, not only did water rise, it RAGED to tear up roads, earth and homes. Then, the winds (I'm certain tornados in some places) have brought down up to half the tree canopy.

I'm still processing it all. I've never seen anything like it. Power is a couple weeks out. I cannot fathom how long it will take DOT to repair the curvy roads that hug steep mountainsides with the most amazing views. Most of all, I want my parents to have the same basic needs they always provided me -- food, water, shelter (house is mostly ok) and the ability to explore! But they can't even leave their home right now. The steep part of their gravel road has braided channels only 18" wide but up to 5' deep from rushing water.

It's just a waiting game now. If you are or you have family in the mountains, I feel for you. Know that crews are chipping away.

#helene #ncwx #wnc

[Brad Panovich @wxbrad]

Still, no hurricanes are heading to the Carolinas in the next 7-10 days. Even the chance of Gufl development has decreased to just 40% in the next 7 days. Please make sure you get your weather information from verified sources. We don't want needless worry or resources going to something that isn't happening right now. #ncwx #scwx #wncwx

[Eric Miller @EricMillerNews]

We're getting our first look at the devastation in Western NC, what officials are now calling "Buncombe County's own Hurricane Katrina."
County Emergency Management held a press conference this afternoon, calling the damage "biblical." Here's what we learned:

[Erin Bailey @erinkbaileyy]

@JWLevitt @AudreyRandall0 @BlackbellyCO @scottfaubs No clue what you’re talking about but Harry’s is my fav!

[Erin Bailey @erinkbaileyy]

@JWLevitt @RashelHariri Omg 🥰

[Josh Trebach, MD @jtrebach]

I’m an emergency medicine doctor. When you come to my ER, I will take care of you even if your beliefs are different than mine. My job is to take care of patients.

If you would deny a patient care because they have different beliefs than you, then you should not be in medicine

[Joe @JoeBosshard]

My heart

[Cori Bush @CoriBush]

Three years ago today, Breonna Taylor was murdered.

Say her name. Keep saying her name.

Justice is building a world where Breonna Taylor would still be alive today.

[Erin Bailey @erinkbaileyy]

@mauraball I’ve got a daily writing newsletter, would love for you to join! https://t.co/kzqOLnjmRA

[Erin Bailey @erinkbaileyy]

Do you think the house republicans know what the definition of insanity is?

[Erin Bailey @erinkbaileyy]

I’ve never watched so much @cspan in my life. #HouseSpeaker

[Erin Bailey @erinkbaileyy]

Hell yes.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Senator Raphael Warnock won re-election in Georgia on Tuesday. He beat Herschel Walker in the runoff to give Democrats a 51-49 Senate advantage, capping a grueling and costly campaign. https://t.co/Tak3vlGKNC

[Tristan Snell @TristanSnell]

BREAKING: Herschel Walker names Texas home as his primary residence on his tax forms to get a tax break, per new CNN story.

Legally, Walker lives in Dallas — not Georgia.

[Erin Bailey @erinkbaileyy]

@AlisonMDesir I was also asked to participate and didn’t feel like I was getting enough info on what I was actually backing. Modern day #gotmilk campaign coated in feminism? Felt weird.

[Jonathan Levitt @JWLevitt]

In today’s world, we can get mega corporations to make change by applying lots of pressure.

I’m asking @adidas and more importantly, anyone connected to the company, to make it clear that anti-semitism is not ok and that their silence around @kanyewest’s comments is 👎🏻.

[Cora Harrington @CoraCHarrington]

Sometimes I just think about how there’s absolutely no silver lining to Shein. The clothes are full of lead. The clothes are made in exploitative conditions. The clothes are contributing to pollution and global warming. The clothing designs are stolen. And the clothes fall apart.

[Bess Kalb @bessbell]

People are who they are in moments of extreme stress. Say what you will, but Nancy Pelosi is an Italian grandmother you do NOT want to fuck with. Clear-headed, resourceful, poised, seeking vengeance, in control, perfect blowout.