Friday, December 21, 2012, 9:30am EST | #momentforsandyhook
A web-wide moment of silence
for Sandy Hook
Join the web in observing a moment of silence to remember the victims of the Sandy Hook tragedy.
Yahoo.com shown above for demonstration purposes only
Have your website automatically "go silent"
during the national moment of silence
Simply install the following javascript in your website
to participate automatically in Friday's moment of silence.
The overlay includes an optional call-to-action link. This link allows you to direct readers to a follow-up page for more information or to take an action. This is configurable, and defaults to the Sandy Hook Campaign on Causes.com.
showText: set this to false to not display any call-to-action link.
text: the text of the call-to-action link.
url: the URL of the call-to-action link.
Frequently asked questions
<script> tag on your site, and at 9:30am ET tomorrow your site will automatically "go silent" with a respectful, thoughtful overlay.
<script> tag on your site, you can configure a link which will take people to more information.
By default, the text will link to this campaign on Causes.com where your visitors can sign up for further updates.
Here is a short list of some organizations working on issues related to gun violence. Please feel free to use this list as starting point when setting up your widget:
- #momentforsandyhook on Causes
- Mental Health America
- Mayors Against Illegal Guns
- Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
- Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence
If you want to remove that link entirely or change it to a different one, that's completely fine - we want this tool to feel right for everyone.
Many members from the tech community have come together to help bring focus to the events at Sandy Hook and the broader issue of gun violence in America.
This piece of the broader effort was organized by Causes with the support of Ron Conway.
Participating sites
Below is a partial list of sites that participated in the moment of silence: