Melissa Jun Rowley
@melissarowley.bsky.social
Climate & Gender Equity Activist, Media & Tech Entrepreneur, Writer, Filmmaker, Singer, Deep Breather, Cinefile, Compulsive Traveler, Warrior for Love
Thank you, #JaneGoodall, for making science tender, activism enduring, and wonder inseparable from responsibility. #RIP
October 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Thank you, #JaneGoodall, for making science tender, activism enduring, and wonder inseparable from responsibility. #RIP
How is harvesting cannabis worth a military-style raid? ICE arrested 200 farmworkers and teargassed protesters, including children. This isn’t about safety or justice. It’s about filling a quota. Support groups fighting for immigrant families like the national day laborer, organizing network.
July 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
How is harvesting cannabis worth a military-style raid? ICE arrested 200 farmworkers and teargassed protesters, including children. This isn’t about safety or justice. It’s about filling a quota. Support groups fighting for immigrant families like the national day laborer, organizing network.
Some things to keep in mind as we’re consuming information about war 👇
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When Propaganda Drops As Fast As Bombs
Yesterday, the U.S.
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June 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Some things to keep in mind as we’re consuming information about war 👇
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As #Juneteenth is marked across Slack channels, here’s a question biz leaders can ask:
- Where is justice still being delayed in my business & what will it take to stop the delay?
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- Where is justice still being delayed in my business & what will it take to stop the delay?
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Honoring Juneteenth And Why Justice Can’t Be Seasonal
Juneteenth marks the day freedom finally reached the last enslaved people in Texas—two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed.
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June 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
As #Juneteenth is marked across Slack channels, here’s a question biz leaders can ask:
- Where is justice still being delayed in my business & what will it take to stop the delay?
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- Where is justice still being delayed in my business & what will it take to stop the delay?
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The goal is to make him a dictator and dismantle the government, creating a country where the billionaires get richer and everyone else can “die” (to paraphrase Joni Ernst) 2/
June 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The goal is to make him a dictator and dismantle the government, creating a country where the billionaires get richer and everyone else can “die” (to paraphrase Joni Ernst) 2/
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If you listened to what he was saying on the campaign trail or read Project 2025/Agenda 47, everything the Trump Administration is doing is not shocking at all. 1/
June 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
If you listened to what he was saying on the campaign trail or read Project 2025/Agenda 47, everything the Trump Administration is doing is not shocking at all. 1/
June is for Justice, Joy, and Disobedience
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June is for Justice, Joy, and Disobedience
The month of June is chock-full of occasions to celebrate, honor, and protect what’s precious to us.
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June 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
June is for Justice, Joy, and Disobedience
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When @sanders.senate.gov walked on stage at Coachella he wasn’t just giving a speech. He was sounding an alarm. Festivals are more than escapism. They’re cultural accelerators where values get tested in real time and where the crowd becomes the chorus 🎶
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Bernie Takes The Main Stage
Because Culture Is The Main Show
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April 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
When @sanders.senate.gov walked on stage at Coachella he wasn’t just giving a speech. He was sounding an alarm. Festivals are more than escapism. They’re cultural accelerators where values get tested in real time and where the crowd becomes the chorus 🎶
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The greatest threat to free speech in America isn’t silence —it’s spin. open.substack.com/pub/melissaj...
The Real Threat to Free Speech Isn’t Silence—It’s Spin
On Saturday, April 5, 2025, millions of individuals participated in over 1,300 “Hands Off!” protests across all 50 U.S.
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April 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The greatest threat to free speech in America isn’t silence —it’s spin. open.substack.com/pub/melissaj...
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Why do YOU #Persist?
🎥 Watch this: bsky.app/profile/thep...
We’re asking our community to share your own “I Persist because…” stories in a video or comment.
We Persist because fired-up women change everything. 💥
@thepersistnetwork.bsky.social
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We’re asking our community to share your own “I Persist because…” stories in a video or comment.
We Persist because fired-up women change everything. 💥
@thepersistnetwork.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Why do YOU #Persist?
🎥 Watch this: bsky.app/profile/thep...
We’re asking our community to share your own “I Persist because…” stories in a video or comment.
We Persist because fired-up women change everything. 💥
@thepersistnetwork.bsky.social
🎥 Watch this: bsky.app/profile/thep...
We’re asking our community to share your own “I Persist because…” stories in a video or comment.
We Persist because fired-up women change everything. 💥
@thepersistnetwork.bsky.social
What #CoryBooker’s 25-Hr Speech Can Teach Us About Mastering Storytelling and Communications @booker.senate.gov
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What Cory Booker’s 25-Hour Speech Can Teach Us About Mastering Storytelling and Communications
𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: Booker didn’t just speak — he persisted.
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April 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
What #CoryBooker’s 25-Hr Speech Can Teach Us About Mastering Storytelling and Communications @booker.senate.gov
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YESSS!! @booker.senate.gov just broke the record!!!
Let’s remind everyone that the last Senator who spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes did so to stop the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
The last time someone spoke for over 24 hours on the Senate floor was to stop Black Americans’ right to vote.
Let’s remind everyone that the last Senator who spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes did so to stop the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
The last time someone spoke for over 24 hours on the Senate floor was to stop Black Americans’ right to vote.
April 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
YESSS!! @booker.senate.gov just broke the record!!!
Let’s remind everyone that the last Senator who spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes did so to stop the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
The last time someone spoke for over 24 hours on the Senate floor was to stop Black Americans’ right to vote.
Let’s remind everyone that the last Senator who spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes did so to stop the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
The last time someone spoke for over 24 hours on the Senate floor was to stop Black Americans’ right to vote.
Calling the war-focused content of Signalgate “sensitive,” not “classified" is the national security version of “we were on a break.”
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March 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Calling the war-focused content of Signalgate “sensitive,” not “classified" is the national security version of “we were on a break.”
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A North Dakota jury handed down a $660 million penalty against @Greenpeace for its role in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests.
If this ruling stands, it could bankrupt Greenpeace’s U.S. operations and set a chilling precedent for advocacy groups everywhere.
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If this ruling stands, it could bankrupt Greenpeace’s U.S. operations and set a chilling precedent for advocacy groups everywhere.
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If A Corporation Can Silence Greenpeace, Who’s Next?
A North Dakota jury just handed down a staggering $660 million penalty against Greenpeace for its role in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, one of the largest anti-fossil fuel demonstrations in US ...
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March 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
A North Dakota jury handed down a $660 million penalty against @Greenpeace for its role in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests.
If this ruling stands, it could bankrupt Greenpeace’s U.S. operations and set a chilling precedent for advocacy groups everywhere.
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If this ruling stands, it could bankrupt Greenpeace’s U.S. operations and set a chilling precedent for advocacy groups everywhere.
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Deregulation is being sold as a way to boost businesses and save money, but the truth is it will cost us much more in the long run—in terms of healthcare costs, lost productivity, and the inevitable toll on people’s lives.
#climate #environment #health #EPA
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#climate #environment #health #EPA
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How The EPA’s Environmental Rollbacks Will Make More Americans Sick—Literally
And what we can do about it.
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March 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Deregulation is being sold as a way to boost businesses and save money, but the truth is it will cost us much more in the long run—in terms of healthcare costs, lost productivity, and the inevitable toll on people’s lives.
#climate #environment #health #EPA
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#climate #environment #health #EPA
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The U.S. Institute of Peace, a think tank funded by Congress, was the scene of a hostile takeover by the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has tried to install new leadership at the institute.
DOGE staff entered the U.S. Institute of Peace with D.C. police help
The U.S. Institute of Peace, a think tank funded by Congress, was the scene of a hostile takeover by the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has tried to install new leadership at the institute.
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March 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The U.S. Institute of Peace, a think tank funded by Congress, was the scene of a hostile takeover by the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has tried to install new leadership at the institute.
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Let this sink in—the head of the EPA has now labeled climate science as “religion”, and reframed the purpose of the EPA to “lower the cost of buying a car… and running a business”—the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY!
That’s where we are now.
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That’s where we are now.
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March 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Let this sink in—the head of the EPA has now labeled climate science as “religion”, and reframed the purpose of the EPA to “lower the cost of buying a car… and running a business”—the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY!
That’s where we are now.
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That’s where we are now.
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See you in Austin! @sxsw.com @sierraclub.org
March 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
See you in Austin! @sxsw.com @sierraclub.org
“You don’t need a political title to leave. You just need a story that’s your own. Start telling it.”
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Real Leaders Still Exist (Even If Cowards Are Getting More Airtime)
I’ve been thinking a lot about leadership lately—or rather, the lack of it across the U.S.
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March 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“You don’t need a political title to leave. You just need a story that’s your own. Start telling it.”
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The President of the United States does not speak for all Americans.
March 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The President of the United States does not speak for all Americans.
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If you are boycotting complicit businesses (and you should be), please also tell them to delete your personal data and accounts, and remove any associated apps from your devices. All of these metrics are important to company valuations. #EconomicBoycott #Resist
February 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If you are boycotting complicit businesses (and you should be), please also tell them to delete your personal data and accounts, and remove any associated apps from your devices. All of these metrics are important to company valuations. #EconomicBoycott #Resist