August 12 is a Disability Census Day of Action -  organized by many partners in the disability community including the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN), Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF), and The Arc of the United States, American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), Rooted in Rights, National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD), the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN).

Below are links to resources (such as graphics, videos, and factsheets) and sample posts for the Day of Action (and beyond!).

Social Media Toolkit: #DisabilityCounts2020 Digital Toolkit<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F11plpDM_4ZsiR4TXGoIbdq2widkwzpEsQocrtcQit70s%2Fedit%23heading%3Dh.tvxtygytzxrc&data=02%7C01%7CManning%40TheArc.org%7C1a37c0b0e1c1481452ad08d83986973c%7C1508d6ca4350484cbe3aea487e334b0e%7C0%7C0%7C637322597525907300&sdata=UASF%2BRgtLyTkZ%2B4GXNuGLqU9DbWJO4GuKEGreSj7038%3D&reserved=0>
Google Drive Account with Additional Resources: 2020 Census and Disability Community Resources<https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Fdrive%2Ffolders%2F16jrFE6Jxqo08-uPN3hoLdgzfDO-YOxEY&data=02%7C01%7CManning%40TheArc.org%7C1a37c0b0e1c1481452ad08d83986973c%7C1508d6ca4350484cbe3aea487e334b0e%7C0%7C0%7C637322597525897307&sdata=r%2FD41uy225Qd4XZv%2FV%2F5J3k8%2BpKJT7jaeeUIRfAv1EE%3D&reserved=0>

On August 12, we are asking partners to:

  1.  Post the graphic below and encourage individuals to post pictures of themselves from ten years ago, sharing what they want the NEXT ten years to be like.
     *   Sample post: The #2020Census impacts funding for TEN years into the next decade. The funding pays for important things for people with disabilities like housing, health care, transportation and more! Ten years is a long time! What were you doing ten years ago? What will you be doing ten years from now? Post a picture of yourself from ten years ago and share what you want the next ten years to look like! #DisabilityCounts2020 [insert graphic]
  2.  Use sample posts from the toolkit on social media throughout the day with the hashtag #DisabilityCounts2020.

Please feel free to share these materials widely! Thanks so much and please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions,

Claire

[Alt-text: Red white and blue graphic with #DisabilityCounts2020 as the title. What do you want the next TEN years to look like? Step 1: Go through those old albums and find a picture of yourself from around 2010! Step 2: Post the picture with the answer to one of these statements: - I'm completing the #2020Census because I want fill in the blank for the disability community over the NEXT ten years. #DisabilityCounts2020 - The #2020Census and the next TEN years matter to me because fill in the blank. #DisabilityCounts2020 - In 2010, I was fill in the blank. This year I'm completing the #2020Census, because I want to fill in the blank over the NEXT ten years. Step 3: Include the hashtags #2020Census and #DisabilityCounts2020 + follow along with other posts!]

[cid:image005.png@01D66BDD.6C5088D0]<https://www.thearc.org/?utm_source=signature&utm_medium=email>Claire Manning (pronouns: she, hers, her)
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