2024 Recruitment Toolkit

Help spread the word! Disability Lead is seeking Fellows and Members to join our Network, and we hope you will help us connect with emerging and established leaders with disabilities you know! Applications are open for the 2025 Institute. You can help spread the word by using the suggested message below

This media is a great tool to assist with creating and sharing information during the recruitment period. Thank you for investing in leaders with disabilities.  

Important Dates to Remember:

Final deadline: October 4^th

Early bird deadline: September 20^th  

Applications received by September 20^th are guaranteed an interview.

Sample Social Media Posts:

The following is the suggested language for communications. Please feel free to combine this language with any of the downloadable content included in the toolkit.

Facebook:

• Do you want to lead with Power, Influence, and Change? The application is OPEN for the 2025 Institute! Go to disabilitylead.org/apply for more info. Share this post to spread the word! #LeadWithDisabilityLead
• Do you want to be a Fellow? Or do you know of someone who should be a Fellow? The application is OPEN for the 2025 Institute! Go to disabilitylead.org/apply for more info. Share this post to spread the word! #WeAreDisabilityLead

• Are you a person with a disability who wants to help make the Chicago region a more equitable and just place by becoming more civically engaged? The application is OPEN for the 2025 Institute! Go to disabilitylead.org/apply for more info. Share this post to spread the word! #WeAreDisabilityLead

• Do you want to grow and develop your leadership skills? The 2025 Institute is a great way to hone these skills. The application is OPEN so go to disabilitylead.org/apply for more info. Share this post to spread the word! #DisLead #WeAreDisabilityLead  
• Do you want to build the pathway of leaders with disabilities in the Chicago region? The application is OPEN for the 2025 Institute! Go to disabilitylead.org/apply to submit an application today! Share this post to spread the word! #DisLead #WeAreDisabilityLead

LinkedIn:

• The application is open for the 2025 Institute! If you’re an emerging leader with a disability who wants to become more engaged in the Chicago region, please consider applying here: disabilitylead.org/apply #DisLead #WeAreDisabilityLead
• Are you a person with a disability who wants to help make the Chicago region a more equitable and just place by becoming more civically engaged? The application is OPEN for the 2025 Institute! Go to disabilitylead.org/apply for more info. Share this post to spread the word! #WeAreDisabilityLead

• Are you a person with a disability who wants to help make the Chicago region a more equitable and just place by becoming more civically engaged? The application is OPEN for the 2025 Institute! Go to disabilitylead.org/apply for more info. Share this post to spread the word! #WeAreDisabilityLead
• Do you want to grow and develop your leadership skills? The 2025 Institute is a great way to hone these skills. The application is OPEN so go to disabilitylead.org/apply for more info. Share this post to spread the word! #DisLead #WeAreDisabilityLead  
• Do you want to build the pathway of leaders with disabilities in the Chicago region? The application is OPEN for the 2025 Institute! Go to disabilitylead.org/apply to submit an application today! Share this post to spread the word! #DisLead #WeAreDisabilityLead

Twitter:

• #WeAreDisabilityLead 2025 Institute Application is OPEN! disabilitylead.org/apply  
• Join the 2025 Institute to become one of 200+ #PositiveDisruptors! The application is open: https://bit.ly/3tUKWZo
• Emerging leaders with disabilities unite! Apply for this exciting leadership program! disabilitylead.org/apply #WeAreDisabilityLead  
• Lead with Power, Influence, and Change when you become a part of #DisLead 2025 Institute! Apply now disabilitylead.org/apply #WeAreDisabilityLead

• Are you a person with a disability who wants to help make the Chicago region a more equitable and just place? The application is OPEN for the 2025 Institute! Apply now to lead tomorrow disabilitylead.org/apply #LeadWithDisability

Downloads:

The following are images and graphics to be used to supplement communication efforts along with the image descriptions. We encourage you to use these image descriptions alongside the images when posting to social media or when disseminating information amongst your own networks for accessibility. To obtain images or graphics: right click your mouse or d-pad, then click 'save image as', you can access the file you saved in your 'download' folder on your computer.

Image description: At the top are six pictures of disabled leaders speaking. The Disability Lead logo is at the top left under these pictures. Disability is bolded and written in purple with a “plus sign” between the “i” and “y” in Disability. Lead is bolded and written in orange. Below “Disability Lead,” sits the words, “Power. Influence. Change.” Below this is the text: “We seek aspiring leaders with invisible, visible, and acquired disabilities in the Chicago region to join our Network of 200+ Members and Fellows. Consisting of artists, entrepreneurs, politicians, corporate employees, and more, our network of positive disruptors lead with their disability identities to shape a more inclusive, just, and equitable society. Are you ready to lead? Join our network today!” On the right of the image are the “Fellowship Application” deadlines: “Early bird deadline: 9/20/2024” and “Final deadline: 10/4/2024”. Below this is the Membership Application information: “Applications are open year-round.” Below this is the application website: “DisabilityLead.org/apply” followed by the social media handles for LinkedIn “@WeAreDisLead”, Facebook “@Disability Lead”, and Twitter “@WeAreDisLead”.

Image description: The word “Announcement” in orange and bolded text at the top right with a colon. Under that written in purple and bolded text is “The 2025 Institute application deadline is October 4^th, 2024." Under that is the website link to apply to the institute www.DisabilityLead.Org/Apply. The Disability Lead logo is at the bottom. Disability is bolded and written in purple with a “plus sign” between the “i” and “y” in Disability. Lead is bolded and written in orange. On the right is a large image of the deadline date of October 4^th. The outline of the calendar is red with “October” in bolded and white at the top and a large 6 in bolded and black in a white square on the calendar.

‍Image description: A white background with four purple triangles at each corner of the rectangular image. In the center bolded and purple is the text “It’s your turn to build Power” with “Power” in the largest font size. At the bottom left in purple is the website for the application, www.disabilitylead.org/apply. The Disability Lead logo is at the bottom right. Disability is bolded and written in purple with a “plus sign” between the “i” and “y” in Disability. Lead is bolded and written in orange. Below “Disability Lead,” sits the sentence, “The 2025 Institute Application Is Open!”.

Image description: A white background with four purple triangles at each corner of the rectangular image. In the center bolded and purple is the text “It’s your turn to expand Influence” with “Influence” in the largest font size. At the bottom left in purple is the website for the application, www.disabilitylead.org/apply. The Disability Lead logo is at the bottom right. Disability is bolded and written in purple with a “plus sign” between the “i” and “y” in Disability. Lead is bolded and written in orange. Below “Disability Lead,” sits the sentence, “The 2025 Institute Application Is Open!”.

Image description: A white background with four orange triangles at each corner of the rectangular image. In the center bolded and orange is the text “It’s your turn to create Change” with “Change” in the largest font size. At the bottom left in purple is the website for the application, www.disabilitylead.org/apply. The Disability Lead logo is at the bottom right. Disability is bolded and written in purple with a “plus sign” between the “i” and “y” in Disability. Lead is bolded and written in orange. Below “Disability Lead,” sits the sentence, “The 2025 Institute Application Is Open!”.

‍Image description: The sentence “APPLY to our One-of-a-Kind Fellowship for Emerging Leaders with Disabilities. The word “APPLY” is bolded and in purple, orange, and light purple at the top of the image. “One-of-a-Kind Fellowship” is in orange while the rest of the sentence is in purple.  Near the bottom is a bar that is half purple and half orange. The purple half has the words “The 2024 Institute Application Is Open!” and the orange half has the application website www.disabilitylead.org/apply in white. The Disability Lead logo is at the bottom right. Disability is bolded and written in purple with a “plus sign” between the “i” and “y” in Disability. Lead is bolded and written in orange. Below “Disability Lead,” sits the sentence, “2025 Institute Applications Open!”.

Image description: Three photos of disabled leaders in the background with a white, rectangular banner in the center with text. Bolded, capitalized, and purple at the top are the words “THE INSTITUTE”. Below “THE INSTITUTE” is the text “A Leadership Program by Disability Lead. Now Accepting 2025 applications! disabilitylead.org/apply."

‍‍‍Image description: At the top left, the word Disability is bolded and written in purple with a “plus sign” between the “i” and “y” in Disability. Lead is bolded and written in orange. Below “Disability Lead”, sits the sentence “Become a leader in the 2025 Institute”. Below this sits the words “Early Bird Deadline (guarantees an interview): September 20” followed by “Regular Deadline: October 4th”. Below this is the application website as follows: www.disabilitylead.org/apply. Picture of five disabled leaders against a white background at the bottom.

Image description: At the top are the words “APPLY TO THE INSTITUTE”, bolded and capitalized. Below this is the tagline “The Nation’s Only Leadership Program for People with Disabilities”. Below this to the right, bolded and in purple, is the sentence “Now accepting applications for 2025”. Below this is the application website as follows: www.disabilitylead.org/apply and “Disability Lead” at the bottom. The word Disability is bolded and written in purple with a “plus sign” between the “i” and “y” in Disability. Lead is bolded and written in orange. At the bottom left id an image of two disabled leaders talking.

Image description: At the top left, the word Disability is bolded and written in purple with a “plus sign” between the “i” and “y” in Disability. Lead is bolded and written in orange. The words “It’s Your Turn to LEAD” are in large font sitting below “Disability Lead” with a purple triangle to the left and an orange triangle to the right. On the top right is the sentence “Apply to Disability Lead’s Leadership Program for People with Disabilities in the Chicago Region.” Below this sentence are the words “2025 Institute”. Below this is the application website, DisabilityLead.Org/Apply. Picture of five disabled leaders against a white background at the bottom.

‍Image description: A picture of multicolor shapes on the left side. On the right side is the sentence “THE 2025 INSTITUTE Application Is Now Open” in bold and purple. Below this is the application websitewww.disabilitylead.org/apply. The Disability Lead logo is at the bottom right. Disability is bolded and written in purple with a “plus sign” between the “i” and “y” in Disability. Lead is bolded and written in orange. The background of the image is white with an orange outline.  The background of the image is white with an orange outline.

Image description: A picture of multicolor shapes on the left side. On the right side is the sentence “THE 2025 INSTITUTE Application Is Now Open” in bold and purple. Below this is the application website “www.disabilitylead.org/apply. The Disability Lead logo is at the bottom right. Disability is bolded and written in purple with a “plus sign” between the “i” and “y” in Disability. Lead is bolded and written in orange. The background of the image is white with a purple outline.” and “y” in Disability. Lead is bolded and written in orange. The background of the image is white with a purple outline.

‍Image description: The sentence “It’s Your Turn to LEAD” in between a purple and orange triangle.  On the bottom left is the application website www.disabilitylead.org/apply and the Disability Lead logo is at the bottom right. Disability is bolded and written in purple with a “plus sign” between the “i” and “y” in Disability. Lead is bolded and written in orange. The background of the image is white with light gray lines. Below “Disability Lead,” sits the sentence, “2025 Institute Applications Open!”.Below “Disability Lead,” sits the sentence, “The 2025 Institute Application Is Open!”.

Image description: pink, purple, and orange triangles to the far right and a Disability Lead logo to the upper left corner. The text reads, "Become an Institute Fellow Today! Disability Lead is seeking Fellows and Members to join our network. Learn how to get involved at: disabilitylead.org/apply." There is additional wording at the bottom left that reads, "invest in leaders who are building influence, using power, and making change."

Image description: People with disabilities posing in-front of a Chicago skyline with text that reads, "Disability Lead is seeking positive disruptors. Becoming a positive disruptor - www.disabilitylead.org/apply."

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