Category: Awareness

Speeches from the front lines of #MillionsMissing: L.A. Cooper

Hello, and a very warm welcome to #MillionsMissing London. My name is L.A. Cooper, I founded and run Change For M.E. Change For Us. We are middle representatives of this global movement; Melbourne kicked things off at 12pm their time (which is around 2am, 3am GMT, I believe) and Canada and USA follow us later

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Support the #MillionsMissing in Belfast and Bergen

Belfast, Ireland and Bergen, Norway will be joining their voices to the #MillionsMissing protest this June. In Belfast, shoes will be displayed at the Chasing Competent Care conference on Monday, June 6 at 6 PM at the Stormont Hotel, 587 Upper Newtownards Road, BT4 3LP Belfast.  The shoes will be displayed down the side of

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#MillionsMissing Protest in 12 Locations all Over the World

On Wednesday, May 25, ME/CFS patients, caregivers and advocates in nine cities around the world gathered for a global day of action to demand equal treatment and an end to the stigma of the diagnosis of ME/CFS. Protesters demonstrated in front of Department of Health and Human Services offices in Washington D.C., Atlanta, Boston, Dallas,

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Speeches from the Front Lines of #MillionsMissing: Terri Wilder

My name is Terri Wilder and I’m a person living with ME. I was only diagnosed with ME about twelve weeks ago so it feels a little strange for me to be here today and introduce myself this way…… I typically introduce myself this way: “Good Afternoon, I’m Terri Wilder. I’m an AIDS Activist and a

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Speeches from the Front Lines of #MillionsMissing: Ron Davis

I’m Ron Davis and my son is missing… Linda Tannenbaum has really helped us a lot in raising funding. We have enough funding that we managed to assemble a very small team at the Stanford Genome Technology Center. This team is really excellent in doing research.  And we are making progress. Now, it is very

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Six ways you can take action today!

1) PUT YOUR SHOES OUT Put your shoes out on your front step, at the end of your driveway, or in a public place to symbolize a patient, a friend or a loved one missing because of ME; consider placing them with a sign to tell the story of just what that person – and

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UK: sign the petition close to forcing government response

A petition for more biomedical research funding for ME/CFS that was started in January is only 2,000 signatures short of the 10,000 needed to force the UK government to issue a response. The signatures must be gathered by 13 July. The petition is on the UK Government and Parliament Petitions site, where any of the

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Act now! Our #MillionsMissing Round-Up

Hello, everyone! It’s only three days until the #MillionsMissing protest, so it’s time to review what’s gone on so far, and discuss what you can do to help ensure we are heard by our governments! Locations: So, your protest has gone out into the world and is now in a dozen different locations. Locations now

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AIDS activist with ME speaks at CFSAC

An AIDS activist and member of ACT UP/NY who has been newly diagnosed with ME has criticized US government health bodies for repeating AIDS history by “doing nothing” for millions of ME patients. Terri Wilder, from New York, provided testimony at the CFS Advisory Committee (CFSAC) meeting on 18 May. Terri stated that her testimony

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