Use of Cherokee Syllabary on Social Media sites

If a LANGUAGE is NOT used-- what happens? it DIES! We MUST use the language EVERYWHERE we possibly can-- and push to be allowed to use it even more Especially on social media sites-- if it is to not just survive but to also THRIVE! --------------------------------- This battle to use Cherokee Syllabary is real. I believe it will be pivotal in whether or not this current generation and perhaps even the next generation will be able to use syllabary on social media sites. --------------------------------- Try this-- change YOUR Facebook AND ALL your social media site profiles to use SYLLABARY for your name INSTEAD OF English letters. This will promote the languge. ===== It is NOT enough for FB to "allow" syllabary in posts! it MUST also "allow" it as a profile name if this language is to thrive! --------------------------- =======PSSSST! need help changing how you write your name from English into Cherokee? check this out http://www.native-languages.org/cherokee_names.htm ======= By the way, Apparently, Facebook does not believe there are enough Cherokee folks who care about the language enough to actually use it in their names. --------------------------- Although FB is a private company, its SHARES are traded PUBLICLY and negative media attention is something the FB folks would like to AVOID-- but they just DO NOT BELIEVE there are enough of us wanting to USE CHEROKEE for them to worry about us doing anything. --------------------------- I am working on getting a "grass roots" response to the idea FB has that Cherokee Syllabary is --not a "real" language --not used --------------------------- What we need to do / how everyone can help advance the use of Cherokee in Social Media: --------------------------- -- every organization that claims to be Cherokee in any form or fashion (whether a club, professional group, state recognized group, or a federal recognized group) needs to do three things (in this order): --------------------------- 1st--each entity needs to issue each member an id card with the member's name written in Cherokee Syllabary- whether its their legal name transliterated or whether it is their "used" name- does not matter but it must be a name that will identify them personally (why? because FB claims they will honor membership cards as a form of id IF it has the DOB (date of birth) AND if combined with a subscription label that shows the matching name) --------------------------- 2nd-- each entity needs to send MAIL thru the USPS with their member's name in syllabary on the top address line -- the rest of the address can and should be in English but the name on the mail must match the ID card in step one above (why? because fb claims they will accept a subscription label as a form of id if combined with a membership ID that also matches the name) --------------------------- Step 3-- to be completed ONLY when the first 2 above steps are taken-- each member of each entity should log onto Social media, switch their name to Syllabary-- and be prepared to upload a scanned JPEG format of the 2 above forms of ID to the social media site --------------------------- This battle to use Cherokee Syllabary is real. I believe it will be pivotal in whether or not this current generation and perhaps even the next generation will be able to use syllabary on social media sites. --------------------------- The pressure brought to bear on Facebook should work. --------------------------- As I stated at the beginning, although FB is a private company, its SHARES are traded PUBLICLY and negative media attention is something the FB folks would like to AVOID-- but they just DO NOT BELIEVE there are enough of us wanting to USE CHEROKEE for them to worry about us doing--------------------------- anything. Let's prove the social media sites wrong about that. --------------------------- Sgi! Gvyalielitsehi! ᏦᎭᎾ ᏣᏑᏰᏓ ᎻᎩᏍ ᏫᏍ