Everyone you know needs to be pushed and prodded until they pledge tomorrow! It is the 2nd Annual (first for UNO) Spread the Word to End the Word Day! It is a new movement created by a youth group with the Special Olympics to change conversation and end the use of the word retard in everyday language. The main website for it, r-word.org, is looking to get 100,000 pledges!
I am hosting an event at UNO for it. It will be outside Milo Bail Student Center from 10am-3pm. The first 50 people get a free shirt. All you have to do is sign a piece of paper saying you will implement a new r-word: Respect!
If you want to find more information on this movement, please visit r-word.org. They have great resources for you.
Also, here's a great video of Dr. Cox from Scrubs pledging to stop the use of the word retard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE_5_BbZlbI
Please be the voice for people with intellectual disabilities and speak out for them!
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