September 27, 2020 #CripTheVote Chat: Coronavirus and the 2020 Elections

                

#CripTheVote Twitter Chat

Coronavirus and the 2020 Elections

Sunday, September 27, 2020

7 PM Eastern, 4 PM Pacific

The co-partners of #CripTheVote, Andrew Pulrang, Gregg Beratan, and Alice Wong, invite you to a Twitter chat on the impact of the coronavirus on the 2020 elections.

How to Participate

Follow @GreggBeratan @AndrewPulrang & @DisVisibility. When it’s time for the chat, search #CripTheVote on Twitter for the series of live tweets under the ‘Latest’ tab for the full conversation. 

If you don’t use Twitter, you can follow along in real time here: http://twubs.com/CripTheVote

If you might be overwhelmed by the amount of tweets and only want to see the chat’s questions so you can respond to them, check @DisVisibility’s account. The questions will be Tweeted approximately 5-6 minutes apart. 

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: http://www.tchat.io/

Here is a link for people who are new to Twitter on starting an account and how to use it: https://help.twitter.com/en/new-user-faq

Here’s an article about how to participate in a Twitter chat: https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/how-to-participate-in-a-twitter-chat/546805/

Check out this captioned ASL explanation of how to participate in a chat by @behearddc https://www.facebook.com/HEARDDC/videos/1181213075257528/

Introductory Tweets and Chat Questions

Welcome to the #CripTheVote chat on the coronavirus and the 2020 elections Remember to use the #CripTheVote hashtag when you tweet. If you respond to a question such as Q1, your tweet should follow this format: “A1 [your message] #CripTheVote

Q1. First of all, how are you doing? How are you dealing with the challenges of staying at home or going out, getting your needs met, and keeping safe especially if you are high risk and/or immunocompromised? #CripTheVote 

Q2.  What are your concerns about how the #Covid19 crisis will affect disabled people’s participation in #Election2020? #CripTheVote

Q3. Are you planning on voting? If so what method of voting do you prefer and is it accessible to you where you live? #CripTheVote

Q4. There have been a number of efforts across the country to expand mail in/absentee balloting even as the US Postal Service faces severe cutbacks. Are there reasons you feel in person voting must be kept available? #CripTheVote

Q5. Have you seen reason to be concerned about voter disenfranchisement & suppression particularly in communities of color? How has the #Covid19 crisis affected these efforts?” #CripTheVote

Q6. How has the the #Coronavirus reshaped #Election2020? Has it distracted us from the election or merely altered the issues we are focused on? Has it changed what the top issues are for you? #CripTheVote

Q7. What do you think of how the political parties shaped their conventions in response to COVID19? We’re they more or less accessible? Did it widen or narrow participation? #CripTheVote

Q8. How is the #COVID19 pandemic affecting local campaigns and voting procedures in your state and local area? #CripTheVote

This concludes our #CripTheVote Chat on ‘The Coronavirus and the 2020 Elections thank you all for joining us. Please keep the conversation going. A recap of this chat will be up shortly. For more: http://cripthevote.blogspot.com/

Please check our blog, the hashtag or our facebook page as we will be announcing more activities in the coming days before Election Day. #CripTheVote

5/17/20 #CripTheVote Chat on Coronavirus and Health Disparities

May 17, 2020 #CripTheVote Twitter Chat: Coronavirus and Health Disparities

Yellow graphic with black text, “#CripTheVote Twitter Chat, Coronavirus & Health Disparities, Sunday May 17, 2020, 7 pm Eastern, Guest hosts: @ADAPTanita and @NotThreeFiths. On the upper left corner is a black Twitter bird icon. On the upper right corner is a heart with a heartbeat line in the middle.

#CripTheVote Twitter Chat

Coronavirus and Health Disparities

Sunday, May 17, 2020

7 PM Eastern, 4 PM Pacific

The co-partners of #CripTheVote, Andrew Pulrang, Gregg Beratan, and Alice Wong, invite you to a Twitter chat on the coronavirus, health disparities, and the disability community with co-hosts Dustin Gibson and Anita Cameron.

Dustin is an abolitionist that creates he[art]work to address the nexus between race, class, and disability. He provides support in building peer support networks with people leaving institutions.

Anita is Director of Minority Outreach for Not Dead Yet. She has met with national and state policy makers and has written persuasively about opposition to a public policy of assisted suicide from the perspectives of communities of color who experience disparities in access to healthcare.

How to Participate

Follow @GreggBeratan @AndrewPulrang @DisVisibility @NotThreeFifths & @ADAPTanita When it’s time for the chat, search #CripTheVote on Twitter for the series of live tweets under the ‘Latest’ tab for the full conversation. 

If you don’t use Twitter, you can follow along in real time here: http://twubs.com/CripTheVote

If you might be overwhelmed by the amount of tweets and only want to see the chat’s questions so you can respond to them, check @DisVisibility’s account. The questions will be Tweeted approximately 5-6 minutes apart. 

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: http://www.tchat.io/

Here is a link for people who are new to Twitter on starting an account and how to use it: https://help.twitter.com/en/new-user-faq

Here’s an article about how to participate in a Twitter chat: https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/how-to-participate-in-a-twitter-chat/546805/

Check out this captioned ASL explanation of how to participate in a chat by @behearddc https://www.facebook.com/HEARDDC/videos/1181213075257528/

Introductory Tweets and Chat Questions 

Welcome to the #CripTheVote Twitter chat on #COVID19, health disparities, and the disability community with guest hosts @NotThreeFifths and @adaptanita. Remember to use the #CripTheVote hashtag when you tweet. If you respond to a question such as Q1, your tweet should follow this format: “A1 [your message] #CripTheVote

Q1 How are YOU doing so far? How are you dealing with the challenges of staying at home or going out, getting your needs met, and keeping safe especially if you are high risk and/or immunocompromised? #CripTheVote 

Q2 There’s a LOT happening everyday with this pandemic. What are some of the major issues that concern you politically as a disabled, sick, immunocompromised or older person? #CripTheVote 

Q3 How does systemic racism, ableism, and other forms of oppression result in health disparities and the disproportionate impact on Black, brown, and indigenous communities? #CripTheVote 

For some perspectives from Black disabled people on #COVID19, read this by @adaptanita http://notdeadyet.org/2020/04/anita-cameron-racial-disparities-in-the-age-of-covid-19.html this by @tinu https://www.ghlf.org/black-people-dying-covid-19-america/ and this episode of the @DisVisibility podcast w/ @DawnMGibson and @hwatkins927

https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2020/04/05/ep-74-coronavirus-and-caregiving/ #CripTheVote

Q4 Fat, older, disabled, and sick people, especially if they are people of color, face higher risks of exposure to the coronavirus and less access to care. What changes do you want to see addressing this at the local, state, and federal level? #CripTheVote

Q5 How has the response to the coronavirus changed your access to food, medications, treatments, procedures, and medical supplies that impacted your health? Please share if you are comfortable. #CripTheVote

Q6 Sites of confinement, like nursing facilities, prisons/jails, “detention” centers, institutions, group “homes” and other congregate settings are experiencing rapid #COVID19 outbreaks and deaths. What kind of actions are needed to save lives? #CripTheVote

Q7 What are some specific policy changes that are needed to address the systemic inequality in  healthcare? What kinds of infrastructure do we need in place to support all people? #CripTheVote

Q8 Depending on where you live, when will you feel safe during and after the pandemic? What needs to happen locally & nationally until you feel more confident resuming your usual activities? #CripTheVote

This concludes our #CripTheVote chat on #COVID19 & health disparities. Many thanks to everyone for joining us, especially our guest hosts @ADAPTanita & @NotThreeFifths! Please keep the conversation going. A recap of this chat will be up shortly. For more: http://cripthevote.blogspot.com/

For more perspective from people grounded in #DisabilityJustice work watch/read the “Grounding Movements In Disability Justice” webinar by @NotThreeFifths @ExploreDorian, @Azza_Alt, @TalilaLewis, @CyreeJarelle, & Nirmala Erevelles. https://www.dustinpgibson.com/offerings/groundingmovementsindj