Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month 2016: #DearNextPresident

Presidential election years are a great opportunity for advocates to shape candidates’ positions on various issues. Social media platforms have proven to be effective in grasping the attention of candidates and getting a response. Help us grab the attention of the current presidential candidates.

Join us in asking the next President of the United States to make genocide and mass atrocities prevention a priority!

Facebook

 

Take a photo of yourself holding a #DearNextPresident sign and post the photo directly to your own page Facebook while tagging the candidate, and Jewish World Watch. You can also write up your own question on a blank sign! To tag something or someone on Facebook, type in @ before the candidate or page name.

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Twitter

Tweet directly at a candidate! We encourage you to attach a photo of yourself holding up the #DearNextPresident sign, and send a message to the candidates on Twitter. Make sure you use their Twitter handles below, the hashtag #DearNextPresident, and tag Jewish World Watch in your post by adding @jworldwatch. Some sample tweets can be found below.

 

Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton)

Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders, @BernieSanders)

Ted Cruz (@tedcruz, @SenTedCruz)

Donald Trump (@realDonaldTrump)

John Kasich (@JohnKasich)

 

You can use these sample tweets, and fill in the blank with a candidate’s Twitter handle to make sure they see your post.

#Dearnextpresident, _________ will you make preventing genocide & mass atrocities a foreign policy priority? @jworldwatch #genprev

#Dearnextpresident, _________ what will you do to make #genprev a priority in your administration? @jworldwatch

#Dearnextpresident, _________ the crisis in #Darfur #Sudan is still raging. What will you do about it? @jworldwatch #genprev