Social Media Toolkit

If you identify as a survivor of gun violence and would like to participant in National Gun Violence Survivors Week, here is some information to get you started.

Primary Campaign Hashtag: #GVSurvivorsWeek

Landing Page (starting 1/18): MomentsThatSurvive.org/ngvsw 

Twitter Handbook: https://bit.ly/2To6f6A

Twitter Basics Training

Join us on 1/13, 6:30pm ET or 1/24, 6:30pm ET for the latest training on how to effectively use Twitter – an incredible platform for participating virtually in NGVSW. From basics to pro tips, there is something for everyone!

Best Practices

• Personalize your tweets by adding details about yourself to the sample; your social media is most powerful when it reflects your own, unique voice.
• Always include #GVSurvivorsWeek in your tweets to add it to the online conversation.
• Tag @Everytown in all of your tweets and @MomsDemand when possible.
• Mention your CITY & STATE — this helps to show the geographic diversity of the movement!

Sample Tweets

This National Gun Violence Survivors Week, I’m sharing my story to put a face on America’s gun violence crisis.

Read my story and uplift the voices of other gun violence survivors during #GVSurvivorsWeek. [INSERT MOMENTS THAT SURVIVE STORY LINK] @Everytown

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National Gun Violence Survivors Week is dedicated to honoring survivors of gun violence by amplifying our voices.

Today, I honor [SURVIVOR’S NAME] by sharing [his/her/their] story.

#GVSurvivorsWeek @Everytown [INSERT MOMENTS THAT SURVIVE STORY LINK]

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This National Gun Violence Survivors Week, survivors like myself will be sharing our stories to put a face on America’s gun violence crisis.

Read survivors’ stories and share your own at MomentsThatSurvive.org/NGVSW. #GVSurvivorsWeek @Everytown