Twitter Chat & Webinar: Bringing World Elder Abuse Awareness Day to Your Community

Every June 15th, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) serves as a call-to-action for individuals, organizations, and communities to bring attention to the issue of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

WEAAD 2016 is quickly approaching, but there’s still plenty of time for you to join the global movement and organize an event in your community.

Don’t know where to start? Here are some resources to help you along the way:

Twitter Chat Tomorrow: #WEAAD2016 Ideas and Innovation

Ideas and Innovation: Getting Ready for WEAAD 2016

Whether you organize a WEAAD event every year or are getting involved for the first time, follow #WEAAD2016 on Twitter tomorrow, Thursday April 21, at 2pm ET to learn about and share event tips and ideas.

Discussion questions include:

What activities has your community or organization done to commemorate WEAAD?
If this is your first WEAAD event, what questions do you have?
What is the biggest challenge you’ve overcome in hosting a WEAAD event?
What are some other unique and fun WEAAD ideas you’ve heard about?

Save the Date: Getting the Word Out Webinar

Creating Compelling Communications for WEAAD

May 11, 2016 - 2:00 PM Eastern

Get tips on how to effectively get the word out about your WEAAD event, from using a hashtag to answering questions from reporters.

Presenters include:

Ann Mosher, Public Affairs Office, Office of External Affairs, Administration for Community Living
Andrew Volmert, PhD., Director of Research, FrameWorks Institute
Ana Poblet-Kouttjie, MPH, Project Coordinator, National Center on Elder Abuse, University of Southern California

Webinar registration will be open within the next week and and a registration link will be sent out via ACL's Facebook page, Twitter account, and listserv.

Check out the WEAAD Tool Kit for even more resources to help you plan an event.