Kate O'Neill

Writer, sister, advocate.

[Kate O'Neill @okatherine]

If wishes were time machines I would go back to before my sister died—of a lethal combination of stigma & endocarditis from injecting drugs—knowing what I've learned this year about harm reduction. Let #harmreduction be our time machine going forward. https://t.co/SUu5nDQKsx

[Christopher Miller @cmwdc]

VT legislators have an opportunity to override @GovPhilScott veto of legislation piloting overdose prevention centers in VT. @okatherine op-ed in @vtdigger is a powerful first hand call to action to lawmakers to act and save lives. A must read!#VTPOLI https://t.co/OUgPr9Tox4

[Kate O'Neill @okatherine]

@JessanneWymanVT Sorry about that—her Instagram is private but she posted all the info on Facebook, as well. This should work 🤞: https://t.co/sSHDJMpcVF

[Kate O'Neill @okatherine]

This weekend was the 5th anniversary of my youngest sister's death while incarcerated. And it's the 4th anniversary of my middle sister's fundraiser for ppl like Maddie: ppl who are unhoused, have SUD, are caught up in the legal system.

[Sarah Fair George @SarahFairVT]

Please consider donating to this incredibly important and valuable collection for folks in our community who are in need. If you’d prefer to Venmo me at @SarahFGeorgeVT just indicate “VCJR” in the memo and I’ll make sure the money gets to Maura! 👇🏼

[Kate O'Neill @okatherine]

You can learn more here or let me know if you have questions. Thank you for reading and for your help. https://t.co/FdOg2j9Z0k

[Kate O'Neill @okatherine]

We are raising funds & asking for donations of outerwear for @V4CJR, which works w/ ppl leaving incarceration, many of whom have nothing. She'll pick up from you directly or you can donate $ to purchase snacks, socks, parkas & more (Venmo: @mojown; PayPal: mauraoneill@gmail).

[Kate O'Neill @okatherine]

@sarah_campion_ @Destinie1226 Me too!

[Kate O'Neill @okatherine]

@RepBeccaB Unprovoked?!? 🧐

[Kate O'Neill @okatherine]

@MAPLESYRUPSLUT @bbavt @UVMMedCenter @NSBVT I have also volunteered at shelters, as well as a syringe services program that has a drop-in day space where people can get out of the heat and cold. I’m sorry if you had a negative experience volunteering; when I’m in those places I have felt fellowship and grace.

[Kate O'Neill @okatherine]

.@bbavt opposes a warming shelter. A warming shelter for unhoused people in a city that is about to get very cold. This is just cruel. "Platinum" members of @bbavt include @UVMMedCenter, @hulabtv, @nsbvt--do y'all support this position? https://t.co/PIMgYtiSBB

[Kate O'Neill @okatherine]

@MAPLESYRUPSLUT @pacoccino @bbavt @UVMMedCenter @NSBVT I’m Burlington born and raised, live a block from the proposed shelter, and am a 4th-generation (at least) Vermonter…but empathy doesn’t require being from or living in a certain place. Try it! You can be compassionate from anywhere, I promise.

[Kate O'Neill @okatherine]

@algomeille @bbavt @UVMMedCenter @NSBVT I live in downtown Burlington. A block from where the warming shelter will be located.

[Kate O'Neill @okatherine]

@thevpo1 @bbavt @UVMMedCenter @NSBVT I literally can't believe anyone would oppose a warming shelter. I don't know why I'm shocked given #btv's inhumane response to unhoused ppl/ppl w/ SUD, but I am. @UVMMedCenter knows the actual medical consequences of living outdoors. And they're members of this org? WTF.

[Kate O'Neill @okatherine]

@farmerdarrell @selene_colburn I live downtown. When I see people sleeping outside or using illicit drugs, I am scared for them, not for myself. And Paula Routly isn't just some random wealthy white woman-she's a newspaper publisher with incredible power to shape opinions.

[Kate O'Neill @okatherine]

What's shocking about this piece is not syringes or a report of a public blowjob, it's the lack of compassion. When the publisher of VT's alt-weekly walks by people sleeping outside, her concern is for herself, not THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOWHERE TO LIVE.
https://t.co/2pJ3fK82ex

[Kate O'Neill @okatherine]

@MrVoT1313 @mktbtv I wrote some of them 😂 Which is how I know compassionate stories are published in spite, not b/c, of her. She didn't want me to write about ppl who lost their kids b/c of drugs, didn't want to feature someone fat on the cover, said so much biased shit about PWUD...I could go on.

[Kate O'Neill @okatherine]

The "damage to our beautiful burg" is not comments on a NYT article or your discomfort with poverty & mental illness, it's the suffering experienced by our neighbors. There are in fact solutions to this suffering, and you own a newspaper...🤔 But fear mongering gets more clicks?

[Kate O'Neill @okatherine]

@noisli Hey, @noisli, what's up?

[Kate O'Neill @okatherine]

@el_sabawi YES to this. Thank you. Would you be willing to share your data sources with me? They would be very useful for a book I'm writing.