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The purpose of the DDAWNY Public Relations Committee is to provide networking opportunities for the public relations/marketing staff of DDAWNY member organizations and to provide support to DDAWNY Committees when requested. We also provide professional development opportunities to committee members

For 2016, the DDAWNY PR committee meetings have been booked at the Museum of disABILITY History, 3826 Main Street, Buffalo for the rest of the year for the third Wednesday of each month from 10:30am-noon.

For more information or to join this Committee, please contact Chairperson Susan Barlow at Parent Network via Email at [email protected]

IMPORTANT EVENTS:

As you know, an important part of advocacy is building awareness around an issue. The #bFair2DirectCare Coalition is bringing together New York not-for-profit community-based organizations that support tens of thousands of people with developmental disabilities to advocate for Direct Support Professionals and other support staff to receive fair compensation for the vital work that they do.

We need every member of the developmental disability community to join our advocacy. A quick and effective way of doing this is by getting families, staff, self-advocates, volunteers, and organization leaders to join our social media and help expand our networks so that we can spread our message to the widest possible audience.

Please ask family members, staff, self-advocates, volunteers, and organization leaders to join us by doing three simple things:

1. Send an email to all of the audiences listed above and ask them to ‘Like’ thebFair2DirectCare Facebook Page and ‘Follow’ the bFair2DirectCare Twitter account. (click here to download entire message including templates)

2. Post to your organization’s social media accounts, asking your social media network to ‘Like’ the bFair2DirectCare Facebook Page and ‘Follow’ the bFair2DirectCare Twitter account.

3. Interact with the bFair2DirectCare social media accounts by liking, sharing and commenting on posts and tweets! … Please visit and interact with our social media accounts several times each week.

Click Here to download toolkit materials including draft e–mails that you can send to your employees and families, as well as social media posts that you can share on your organiza tion’s social media accounts. Feel free to use these drafts as is, or tailor them to your liking

New To Social Media?

Experienced But Need Advanced Training?

DDAWNY members (or your desi gnated staff representatives) are being offered the opportunity to participate in social media training. Sessions for beginners or more advanced users will be offered via videoconference in Rochester and Buffalo on the following dates:

Social Media 101: being offered on 8/1 and 8/9 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm

Social Media 201: being offered on 8/2 and 8/10 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm

Note: Trainings are all individual sessions. These are not two day trainings. You may register for one or both classes.

Click Here To Register for Social Media Training

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS:

Download the DDAWNY Consent to Photograph

2017 Meeting dates:

2017 DDAWNY PR MEETINGS
Date	Location
18-Jan	Parent Network	Room A, 1000 Main Street, Buffalo NY 14202.
15-Feb	Conference Call
15-Mar	Museum of Disability History	3826 Main St., Buffalo, New York
19-Apr	Conference Call
17-May	Museum of Disability History
21-Jun	Conference Call
19-Jul	Museum of Disability History
16-Aug	Conference Call
20-Sep	Museum of Disability History
18-Oct	Conference Call
15-Nov	Museum of Disability History
20-Dec	Conference Call

Meetings begin at 10:30 AM

COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES – Download minutes from:

1-20-16

6-11-15

Museum of Disability History

3826 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14226

Buffalo NY 14226

Conference Call Procedure:

Call 332-4112; password 1234# then push 1 and accept and you will be on the call.