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2020 Resilience Week Social Media Toolkit

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Thanks to everyone who participated in Virginia’s first Resilience Week! View our staff highlights below.

Resilience Week Feature: Southside TICN
Resilience Week Feature: Winchester Area TICN
Resilience Week Feature: Hampton Roads TICN

While Resilience Week is over, you can still share this content to encourage individuals in your community to practice resilience!

Tell us what your community is doing to build community resilience using the hashtag #Building Community Resilience and #ResilienceWeekVA and tagging VAKids on social media. Email chloe at va kids dot org or submit a story if you have examples of ways you’re uplifting issues that impact children and families.

1. Share our 2020 Resilience Week Promo Videos to get your followers excited!

2. All week long, tell us why you are Resilient!

Use this social media toolkit!
Record a video using the theme #ResilienceWeekVA
Post poetry, artwork, pictures, and videos using themes centered around resilience!
Simply write a status to engage and connect with your followers on the topic of resilience.
Share what you are doing to build resilience in your community.
Use our pre-drafted posts by copying and pasting it onto your social media platforms. You can also like, comment, and share our social media content!

3. Sample Posts

You can pull the 2020 Resilience week content and images from here to post with your status or tweet.

Sunday: #SanctuarySunday

Explore these 50 ways to celebrate resilience!

This #SanctuarySunday, my sanctuary is my (____).
- i.e. family, place of worship, gym, home, zen room, bed, favorite book…
Today, I celebrated #SanctuarySunday by (___).
- i.e. practicing my faith, helping someone feel safe, taking time to meditate…
For organizations: This 2020 #ResilienceWeekVA, our organization is creating a sanctuary for employees by *share what your organization is dong.*

Monday: #MindfulMonday

Explore these 50 ways to celebrate resilience!

This #MindfulMonday, I am most mindful when I (__).
- i.e. meditate, practice yoga, am with my mentor, sit still…
Today, I celebrated #MindfulMonday by (__).
- i.e. writing poetry, taking a moment of silence, writing down what I am thankful for…
For organizations: This 2020 #ResilienceWeekVA, our organization is practicing mindfulness this #MindfulMonday by *share what your organization is doing.*

Tuesday: #TraumaInformedTuesday

Explore these 50 ways to celebrate resilience!

I am #TraumaInformedTuesday, because (__).
- i.e. everyone should practice compassion each day, children and families should have access to resilience…
This 2020 #ResilienceWeekVA, I am #TraumaInformedVA, because (__).
- i.e. we need to meet children where they are, everyone should have their basic needs met, I am a member of my TICN,Instead of asking, “What’s wrong with you? I ask…What’s happened to you?”
For organizations: Today, my organization trauma-informed, because we *share what your organization is doing.*

Wednesday: #WhimsicalWednesday

Explore these 50 ways to celebrate resilience!

I am celebrating this 2020 #ResilienceWeekVA this #WhimsicalWednesday by (__).
- i.e. having a family night, blowing bubbles, letting my smile shine, making sure every child has access to a childhood…
This 2020 #ResilienceWeekVA, view my #WhimsicalWednesday activity and comment yours to join!
For organizations: Today, my organization is celebrating #WhimsicalWednesday by *share what your organization is doing.*

Thursday: #TranquilityThursday

Explore theses 50 ways to celebrate resilience!

This #TranquilityThursday, I find tranquility by (__).
- i.e. unplugging from technology, meditation…
This #TranquilityThursday, I am most tranquil when I (__).
- i.e. write poetry, practice deep breathing, start the day off with yoga…
For organizations: This 2020 #ResilienceWeekVA, my organization is celebrating #TranquilityThursday by *share what your organization is doing!*

Friday: #FriendlyFriday

Explore these 50 ways to celebrate resilience!

This #FriendlyFriday, I foster friendliness in my community by (__).
- i.e. #BeingtheChange, helping someone regulate their emotions, treating others the way I want to be treated…
This #FriendlyFriday, I am thankful for (__), who is always friendly to me.
- i.e. Shout out a co-worker that’s always thoughtful, one of your friends, acknowledge someone for what they do in the community, thank a public official for their work…
For organizations: Today, my organization is celebrating #FriendlyFriday by *share what your organization is doing!*

Saturday: #SelfCareSaturday

Explore these 50 ways to celebrate resilience!

This #SelfCareSaturday, I am taking care of myself by (__).
- i.e. Doing a task I’ve been procrastinating on (scheduling a doctors appointment), not being too hard on myself, doing something that makes me feel relaxed…
Today, I am celebrating #SelfCareSaturday *take a photo of the task and encourage others to comment a photo back of their task.*
For organizations: Today, my organization is fostering a self-care culture this #SelfCareSaturday by *share what your organization is doing.*