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YO! Social Media Postings for Disability History Week- #DHW2014 October 16th, 2014
It's Day 4 of Disability History Week. Have you been positing and spreading the word about it? Sometimes it helps to have examples of posts that can be made on your Facebook, Twitter or Instagram pages. Posting about Disability History Week, #DHW2014 educates new people about the campaign. You're welcome to use any of the posting examples below. We also encourage you to come up with your own social media posts, but we ask that you use #DHW2014 and #YODisabledandProud when you are posting.
Sample Facebook Posts
[Name of Organization] is proud to be honoring and celebrating Disability History Week (DHW). The second week of October is Disability History Week in California, as passed by the legislature in 2010. Disability History Week is about educating youth with and without disabilities on the many contributions people with disabilities have made throughout American History. Throughout the week of October 13 – 17, organizations and schools across California will engage in a wide variety of activities to celebrate and honor the disability rights movement. Our organization will be [activity/event] to demonstrate our commitment to Disability History Week. To learn more about Disability History Week go to, [organizations website].
How are you planning to implement Disability History Week? Held annually on the second week of October, Disability History Week aims to engage schools in educating students with and without disabilities about leaders and historic moments in the Disability Rights Movement. California’s Disability History Week was established by the California legislature and Youth Organizing (YO!) Disabled & Proud members in 2010. Learn more at, http://www.yodisabledproud.org/organize/disability-history.php.
Positive change has come out of the work of the Disability Rights Movement and many times those changes have impacted everyone in society. Did you know that [disability history fact] was made possible because of the disability community?
Sample Tweets
• Disability History Week is here! How are you honoring those who fought for our rights? #DHW2014
• October 13 – 17, 2014 is California Disability History Week. #DHW2014
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Sample Facebook Posts
[Name of Organization] is proud to be honoring and celebrating Disability History Week (DHW). The second week of October is Disability History Week in California, as passed by the legislature in 2010. Disability History Week is about educating youth with and without disabilities on the many contributions people with disabilities have made throughout American History. Throughout the week of October 13 – 17, organizations and schools across California will engage in a wide variety of activities to celebrate and honor the disability rights movement. Our organization will be [activity/event] to demonstrate our commitment to Disability History Week. To learn more about Disability History Week go to, [organizations website].
How are you planning to implement Disability History Week? Held annually on the second week of October, Disability History Week aims to engage schools in educating students with and without disabilities about leaders and historic moments in the Disability Rights Movement. California’s Disability History Week was established by the California legislature and Youth Organizing (YO!) Disabled & Proud members in 2010. Learn more at, http://www.yodisabledproud.org/organize/disability-history.php.
Positive change has come out of the work of the Disability Rights Movement and many times those changes have impacted everyone in society. Did you know that [disability history fact] was made possible because of the disability community?
Sample Tweets
• Disability History Week is here! How are you honoring those who fought for our rights? #DHW2014
• October 13 – 17, 2014 is California Disability History Week. #DHW2014
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