Category: Featured actions

UNREST: Best Practices for Hosting a Community Screening

This guide will provide you with ideas for hosting your own impactful screening of Unrest that will be well-attended, well-publicized and garner support from important institutions in your community for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME).   Community screenings of Unrest have taken place all over the globe. While all successful events can look differently, below is an

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Living w/ ME Support Group: November & December Schedule

Our November and December schedule for the Living w/ ME Support Group has just been announced. Sunday, November 12: Avoiding Crashes Sunday, December 10: Surviving the Holidays For those who want to get involved in shaping the future of this support group be sure to join our upcoming planning session: Friday, November 3: Planning Session

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Stanford Med X Conference offers grant for patients & caregivers

The Stanford Medicine X conference is offering a scholarship to attend the April 28-29, 2018 conference, and receive funding for airfare, hotel, and meals. The ePatient scholarship is open to both patients and caregivers who are engaged or empowered.  Applications are due Nov. 1 at 5 p.m. PT (8 p.m. ET). Apply now Ryan Prior talks

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How to Volunteer with #MEAction

Want to become a part of the global team of #MEAction volunteers? Interested in getting more involved in general or using a particular skill or expertise? Want to better understand how you can use our digital platform and global network for greater ME activism and advocacy? Join us for a live video call with community

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Need Help Recovering from Hurricane Irma & Harvey?

Let us know if you need help recovering from Hurricanes Harvey & Irma. We are planning to share the needs of hurricane victims with the ME community on our Facebook page. If you would like to make your needs known to the ME community, please fill out this form: Loading… If you have any questions,

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Invite Congress to experience UNREST film and VR!

#MEAction is teaming up with the Time for Unrest campaign and Solve ME/CFS Initiative to bring two new exciting opportunities to educate people on Capitol Hill about ME next week. On Wednesday, September 13, there will be a screening of the the Sundance award winning film, Unrest, directed by and featuring Jennifer Brea. Then on

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Explore the Science on ME

Leading scientists presented their research on ME/CFS at the day-long Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of ME/CFS* at Stanford on Aug. 12. The researchers spoke at length about the complicated biological processes involved, their study results and the limitations of their conclusions presented thus far. The amount of science on ME/CFS presented was overwhelming,

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3 Ways You Can Join in a #TimeforUnrest

Update: View a recording of the call here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQWgvK1UsdQ ————————— The September kickoff of the #TimeforUnrest campaign is just around the corner, and we at #MEAction couldn’t be more excited! Last week we recorded our first community call where we got to know the Unrest team, hear about the film’s release plan and got a sneak peek into the impact campaign and its

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Support Severe ME Day: Join the Silence Challenge

August 8th is Severe ME Day. It is a day of awareness raising for those suffering severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis as well as a day of remembrance. August 8th was the birthday of Sophia Mirza, a 32 year-old woman who died of ME. One way you can participate and raise awareness for Severe ME Day is

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