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# Social Media Toolkit

### Please join us in celebrating ACL's 10th anniversary!  You can download our graphics or use your own, and we've created some sample posts that you can use as they are -- or use them as idea starters for your own.  

 

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## **Hashtag: #ACL10**

                  - Congrats to @ACLgov on 10 years of advancing independence, integration, and inclusion for all people with disabilities and older adults!  Join us on 4/26 to celebrate. 1-2:30 p.m.  www.hhs.gov/live  #ACL10
                  - Congrats to @ACLgov on 10 years of advancing independence, integration, and inclusion for all people with disabilities and older adults!  Join us at 1 p.m. (EDT) to celebrate.  www.hhs.gov/live  #ACL10
                  - Happy birthday to the Administration for Community Living! Since its creation 10 years ago, @ACLgov has shown how much the aging and disability communities can accomplish by working together.  Join us at 1 p.m. (EDT) to celebrate.  www.hhs.gov/live  #ACL10
                  - For 10 years, @ACLgov has been chipping away at the barriers that force older adults and people with disabilities into institutions. Their vision of community living has never been more important!  Join at 1 p.m. (EDT) to celebrate.  www.hhs.gov/live  #ACL10
                  - Happy 10th birthday to the Administration for Community Living! We're proud to partner with @ACLgov to advance independence, integration, and inclusion for older adults and people with disabilities. Join at 1 p.m. (EDT) to celebrate.  www.hhs.gov/live  #ACL10
                  - We join @ACLgov in celebrating 10 years of advancing independence, integration, and inclusion for older adults and people with disabilities! Watch live at 1 p.m. (EDT).  www.hhs.gov/live  #ACL10
                  - For 10 years, @ACLgov has brought together federal aging and disability programs around a shared vision of community living for all - strengthening both communities in the process. Watch live at 1 p.m. (EDT).  www.hhs.gov/live  #ACL10
                  - Congrats to @ACLgov on 10 years of advancing community living for ppl w/disabilities & older adults!  This work has never been more important: 77M+ Americans are 60+, 61M have disabilities, and 2/3 of us likely will need help to live independently at some point.  #ACL10
                  - Congrats to @ACLgov on 10 years of advancing independence, integration, and inclusion for all people with disabilities and older adults! 
                  -                      - Community living is more important than ever, with more than 77 million people 60 or older, and 61 million people with disabilities living in the US, and growing. At some point, nearly all of us will either need or provide the help that makes community living possible. #ACL10 
                  - 10 years ago, @ACLgov was born out of a recognition that the vast majority of older adults and people with disabilities want to live in their own homes and communities. Their programs helped make this vision a reality for millions of Americans. #ACL10

### Tweeting from our anniversary celebration event?  Don't forget to mention our speakers!

                  - Henry Claypool: @claypoolhenry
                  - Kathy Greenlee:  @NCOAging and @ADvancingStates
                  - Grace Whiting:  @CGraceTweet                     - National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys:  @NAELANational 
                  - Ai-jen Poo: @aijenpoo                     - National Domestic Workers Alliance: @domesticworkers 
                  - Kevin Prindiville: @kprindiville1                     - Justice in Aging: @justiceinaging 
                  - Maria Town: @maria_m_town                     - American Association of People with Disabilities: @AAPD 
                  - Sec. Becerra: @SecBecerra
                  - Alison Barkoff: @AlisonBarkoff
                  - ACL:  @ACLgov
                  - HHS:  @HHSgov

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