Expose The Gap

10/28/2026

Election Day is November 3, and equity is on the ballot.

Our founder, Stephanie, already cast her ballot, and we hope you'll join her.

At Expose the Gap, we dig into the data behind injustice: who gets heard, who gets passed over, and who gets left out entirely.

But data only shows us the gap. The people we elect decide whether it closes.

That's why we're standing behind:

✅ Angie Nixon for U.S. Senate
✅ David Jollyfor Governor of Florida
✅ Victor Sims for Polk County School Board, District 3, a former foster kid who has spent his career fighting for children.

The injustice, inequity, and intolerance we're living through right now won't fix themselves. From classrooms to the Capitol, we need leaders willing to do the work.

And one day, when Expose the Gap is big enough to pull up a chair, we'd love to sit down with any candidate or elected official, of any party, to talk policy and the evidence behind it. The facts belong to all of us.

Haven't voted yet? Find your polling place through your county Supervisor of Elections, then go make it count.

See it. Cite it. Change it.

10/28/2026

We will be voting early tomorrow.

Are you?

If you already did let us know in the comments!



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10/03/2026

Had a great time at Bok Tower Gardens Rootstock plant sale today, but it is muggy out.

We had a nice picnic up at the tower, and came home with a few more friends to plant in our garden!

Drop your plant haul pics below!

10/01/2026

📣 Quick Rootstock update!

Bok Tower Gardens updated their pricing effective today, so non-member adult admission for Saturday's plant sale is now $25 (not $20 as in our original post). Kids are $10, 5 and under are free, and Bok members get in free.

Still 9 a.m.–4 p.m. this Saturday, October 3rd, and still worth it. There's also a new Paint a Pot & Plant Something New activity from 10 to 2, in case you need an excuse to go home with another plant.

See you there! 🌱

09/11/2026

A day that showed us both sides of what we're capable of.

25 years ago today, tragedy hit, nearly 3,000 lives lost in a single morning. And in the middle of it, something rare happened. Strangers became family, people ran toward danger to help, lines waiting to give blood wrapped around blocks. We were united by our grief and by the shared experience of our communities.

But that same event also pulled something that had been mostly disappearing back into the mainstream; a surge in hate crimes, surveillance, racist ideologies and xenophobia toward Muslim and Arab communities that hadn't been nearly as visible or as prevalent before, and many are still living with the effects of today.

In the years that followed, the losses didn't stop. Wars fought in response took hundreds of thousands more lives, soldiers and civilians alike, here and overseas. Grief that started in one place didn't stay contained to it.

The same tragedy and two completely different responses.

That's the part we don't talk about enough: unity isn't automatically “good.” A crowd can rally around compassion, love and kindness, or it can rally around fear, hate, and scapegoats.

History's shown us both, sometimes from the exact same moment.

So today isn't just about remembering what happened. It's about remembering we're the ones who decide what we build from it, good or bad, every single time.

Choose the version that builds people up.

09/10/2026

Today is World Su***de Prevention Day.

The gaps we talk about here aren't just about paychecks or promotions. They show up everywhere. In the wage a woman is paid less than a man for the same work. In the extra scrutiny a POC employee faces just to be seen as competent. In the safety a trans or q***r person has to calculate before they even walk into a room. In the accommodations a disabled or neurodivergent person has to fight for just to do their job like everyone else.

Every one of those gaps carries a mental health cost. Being underestimated, unseen, or unsafe over and over again doesn't just hurt in the moment, it accumulates, until "I'm just tired" becomes something heavier.

It's a good day to remember that the systems we're built inside of can wear people down long before anyone notices they're struggling.

If today is hard for you, you don't have to carry it alone, and you don't have to wait until it's "bad enough" to reach out.

📞 Call or text 988
(Su***de & Crisis Lifeline, 24/7)
988lifeline.org

💬 Text HOME to 741741
(Crisis Text Line)
crisistextline.org

🏳️‍🌈 The Trevor Project, for LGBTQ+ young people
call 1-866-488-7386
text START to 678-678
or chat at thetrevorproject.org

If someone in your life has been quieter than usual, or has been carrying a gap nobody's naming, today's a good day to check on them.

Not with "you okay?"
But with "I've been thinking about you. How are you, really?"

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The Trevor Project is a non-profit su***de prevention organization that provides 24/7 crisis support services, research, and advocacy for LGBTQ+ young people.

03/09/2026

Celebration without accountability isn't solidarity.
84¢ on the dollar. 1.4% of C-suites. 131 years to close the gap, at the current rate.
We wrote the full piece. It doesn't pull punches. Link in bio.