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🎉 Wicked Giving Tuesday Starts NOW! 🎉

We’re kicking off the season of giving with something truly magical. ✨

From now through Giving Tuesday, December 2nd, every donation to If Not Us will be entered into a special raffle to win an autographed copy of Wicked by Gregory Maguire! 💚📚
🧵🌎🚨 ACTION ALERT: Speak Up for Endangered Species!

The Department of the Interior just released a proposal that would weaken the Endangered Species Act and make it easier to exploit federally owned lands — all under the disguise of “national security” and “jobs.”

Let’s be clear:
This is an attack
November 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🛑 Non-Compliance November 🛑

All month long, we’re sharing one act of resistance a day — small ways ordinary people can refuse to cooperate with authoritarianism.

Adapted from “45 Acts of Non-Compliance for Ordinary People” by How to Resist — remixed for our community and this moment.
November 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🛑 Non-Compliance November 🛑

All month long, we’re sharing one act of resistance a day — small ways ordinary people can refuse to cooperate with authoritarianism.

Adapted from “45 Acts of Non-Compliance for Ordinary People” by How to Resist — remixed for our community and this moment.
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
🧵🚨 Escambia Residents: We Need Answers! 🚨

This year, our fire taxes increased sharply, yet Ferry Pass is losing its critical ladder truck — not because the truck is gone, but because staffing & funding issues prevent it from being used.

District 4 Commissioner Hofberger says the issue is funding.
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🧵 🏗️ ESCAMBIA COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT: WHO’S REALLY PAYING THE PRICE?

Let’s talk about something most people only notice after the traffic gets worse, the schools get crowded, & the stormwater ponds overflow: Escambia County’s lack of development impact fees.

Right now, when large developers build
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🎁GIVING TUESDAY GIVEAWAY!🎁
If Not Us is kicking off the season of giving with something truly magical ✨

Between now and Giving Tuesday, December 2nd, every donation made to support our organizing work will enter you into a raffle for an autographed copy of Wicked by Gregory Maguire — a perfect gift
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
🧵🚨 Hey everyone — we need to talk about this. It’s big.

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing just raised a major alarm: the Department of Education is proposing a rule that could limit federal student loans for graduate-level nursing programs.
www.aacnnursing.org/news-data/al...
November 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
🧵 🌊🚨 GULF COAST ALERT

The Trump Administration just announced a plan to open NEW offshore oil drilling sites in the Gulf of Mexico — about 100 miles off Florida’s coast.
Even that far out, a spill could devastate our beaches, tourism, wildlife, & military training waters.

Here on the Gulf, we know
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
🛑 Non-Compliance November 🛑

All month long, we’re sharing one act of resistance a day — small ways ordinary people can refuse to cooperate with authoritarianism.

Adapted from “45 Acts of Non-Compliance for Ordinary People” by How to Resist — remixed for our community and this moment.
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
🧵 💙💗🤍 Transgender Day of Remembrance

Today, we honor the transgender and gender-nonconforming people whose lives were taken by anti-trans violence.

We hold space for their stories, their dreams, & the communities missing them tonight.

Remembrance is not passive. It’s a commitment — to show up,
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🧵 🚨 New Reporting on the Matt Gaetz Scandal —and Why It Matters for All of Us

The latest investigation from The New York Times outlines deeply disturbing circumstances surrounding Matt Gaetz — specifically how a homeless 17-year-old girl ended up vulnerable to exploitation by powerful adults in her
November 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🛑 Non-Compliance November 🛑

All month long, we’re sharing one act of resistance a day — small ways ordinary people can refuse to cooperate with authoritarianism.

Adapted from “45 Acts of Non-Compliance for Ordinary People” by How to Resist — remixed for our community and this moment.
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 AM
🧵 🏚️ Florida now has the highest foreclosure rate in the country — and families right here in Escambia & Santa Rosa are feeling it.
If you’re struggling to pay rent or a mortgage, please know you are NOT alone. There are local resources that can help before things spiral.

🏡 Mortgage Help:
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November 20, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I'm attending No Partisan Maps's event, “No Partisan Maps - House Redistricting Committee” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nopartisanma...

Email contactifnotus@gmail.com if you are interested in a caravan to the Capitol!
No Partisan Maps - House Redistricting Committee · No Partisan Maps
Florida voters have already spoken loud and clear: we do not want mid-decade redistricting, and we refuse to accept partisan gerrymandering that rigs our districts for political gain. Now, the Legisla...
www.mobilize.us
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🧵 🌊 The Trump Administration Is Trying to Shrink the Clean Water Act—Here’s Why It Matters

The Trump administration is trying to roll back Clean Water Act protections by narrowing what counts as “waters of the United States.” And while it sounds like legal fine print, the stakes couldn’t be higher.
November 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
📢 Florida Redistricting Hearing – December 4th, Tallahassee

Citizens from across Florida are coming together at the State Capitol to make our voices heard on redistricting! ✊

Who’s interested in joining a caravan to the Capitol? 🚗💨

If interested, please email us at contactifnotus@gmail.com a
November 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🛑 Non-Compliance November 🛑

All month long, we’re sharing one act of resistance a day — small ways ordinary people can refuse to cooperate with authoritarianism.

Adapted from “45 Acts of Non-Compliance for Ordinary People” by How to Resist — remixed for our community and this moment.
November 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Thank you for being part of this growing community committed to listening, leading, and taking action together.

Let’s keep going. Let’s keep growing. And let’s keep proving what’s possible when we choose each other. 💙

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November 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
🌟 It’s officially Wicked Giving Season! 🌟

We’re excited to announce our special Giving Tuesday raffle:
Every donation made between now and December 2nd enters you to win an autographed copy of Wicked by Gregory Maguire!* 💚📖

Your support fuels our community work, local action, & the movement we’re
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
🛑 Non-Compliance November 🛑

All month long, we’re sharing one act of resistance a day — small ways ordinary people can refuse to cooperate with authoritarianism.

Adapted from “45 Acts of Non-Compliance for Ordinary People” by How to Resist — remixed for our community and this moment.
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
🧵 Indiana University suspended a lecturer after sharing a “Pyramid of White Supremacy” graphic in a Diversity & Social Justice class — because one student said they felt uncomfortable & went straight to Sen. Jim Banks.

This sets a dangerous precedent.
Academic freedom can’t survive if
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
📚 We’ve got something new to share!
If Not Us has officially set up a Little Lending Library — a small community spot where anyone can take a book, leave a book, & stay inspired.

Our mission has always been to #ListenLeadAct, and this is one more way we’re creating spaces for connection, learning,
November 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
🛑 Non-Compliance November 🛑

All month long, we’re sharing one act of resistance a day — small ways ordinary people can refuse to cooperate with authoritarianism.

Adapted from “45 Acts of Non-Compliance for Ordinary People” by How to Resist — remixed for our community and this moment.
November 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM