Transforming Our Pain To Power! #CripSolsticeChat on Twitter! Celebrate Crip Resilience

Our First Twitter Chat!!

Celebrate Solstice by celebrating crip/ disabled, resilience and solidarity with us at a Twitter Chat this SATURDAY, 12/21 at 1 pm PT - 2 pm PT/ 4 pm ET - 5 pm ET.

To join the conversation look for and use #CripSolsticeChat! Follow us on Twitter @HJCommons

Here's the questions we'll chat about:

Q1- How are you celebrating your crip resilience this holiday season?

Q2- As crip & disabled people we have mad #DisabledSkills, what are some that got you through 2019?

Q3- Solstice is about surviving the long night of winter, leaving behind what no longer serves you & gathering your gifts with the return of the sun. What do you want to leave behind and bring forth?

Q4-The #MedicalAbuseHotline is one way we're bringing our gifts to our communities. What are your hopes for the hotline & your gifts to share?

New to Twitter Chats? We Got You! Here’s Some Resources to Get Started:

Follow @HJCommons on Twitter for updates.

When it’s time, search #CripSolsticeChat on Twitter for the series of live tweets under the ‘Latest’ tab for the full conversation.

If you become overwhelmed by the volume of tweets and only want to see the chat questions so you can respond to them, check @HJCommon’s account.

Another way to participate in the chat is to use this app that allows you to pause the chat if the Tweets are coming at you too fast.

New to Twitter? Here’s a link on starting an account and how to use it.

Here’s an article about how to participate in a Twitter chat.

Check out this captioned explanation in ASL (American Sign Language) of how to participate in a chat by @behearddc.

Information based on previous work by Alice Wong of the Disability Visibility Project. You can follow Alice and Disability Visibility Project at @DisVisibility and @SFdirewolf.Looking forward to tweeting with you soon! Still have questions: Contact Us! Learn more about the #MedicalAbuseHotline! <3

[Image Caption: Five disabled people of color with canes, prosthetic legs, and a wheelchair sit on a rooftop deck, laughing and sharing stories. Greenery and city high-rises are visible in the background. White text with blue highlights: "Celebrate Crip Resilience! Solstice Twitter Chat. Saturday, December 21st. 1-2pm PT. 4-5pm ET. #CripSolsticeChat Hosted by @HJCommons"].

Photo by Disabled and Here @affecttheverb #DisabledAndHere https://affecttheverb.com/disabledandhere