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Norway: Attend #MillionsMissing Shoe Exhibition, Performance, and Virtual Protest Tomorrow!

June 9, 2016 No Comments

#MillionsMissingBergen is a virtual demonstration to highlight the thousands of Norwegians sick and missing from society, and millions all over the globe. The #MillionsMissing protest in Norway has grown! Protesters will be displaying shoes from 2pm-4pm in central Bergen (Festplassen), after which the shoes will be moved to be an art installation at Gallery 3,14.

Respond to the NIH's Request for Information

June 6, 2016 3 Comments

On May 24th, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released the document Request for Information: Soliciting Input for New Research Strategies for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). An RFI, or Request for Information is “critical for identification and consideration of research areas and topics to be included in future efforts.” The Trans-NIH ME/CFS Working Group

Belfast: Make your voice heard at tomorrow's #MillionsMissing Protest!

June 5, 2016 No Comments

What is Chasing Competent Care? Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland have organized Chasing Competent Care as part of a campaign to improve medical care for the thousands of ME and fibromyalgia patients in Northern Ireland. The conference will be tomorrow, Monday, June 6 at 6 PM at the Stormont Hotel, 587 Upper Newtownards

Support the #MillionsMissing in Belfast and Bergen

May 29, 2016 No Comments

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

Six ways you can take action today!

May 25, 2016 No Comments

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

Act now! Our #MillionsMissing Round-Up

May 22, 2016 3 Comments

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

Donate to Columbia's Center for Infection and Immunity

May 20, 2016 No Comments

The Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at the Mailman School of Public Health in New York is internationally recognized as the world’s largest and most advanced academic center in microbe discovery, identification and diagnosis. Dr. Lipkin and Dr. Hornig and the CII team are thoroughly on the case of ME/CFS but they need our community support.

Donate to Marathon Runner to Support Invest in ME

May 19, 2016 No Comments

I’m running my sixth EU marathon in Stockholm, Sweden on June 4th for biomedical ME research projects via Invest In ME (UK) and would love to meet up with anyone able to come cheer me on or meet for photos and a chat. I’m running to try to help one of my oldest friends, Ian,

Tanya's life-saving fundraiser: an update

May 16, 2016 No Comments

Half-way point reached in two weeks

Send this personal appeal to healthy volunteers

May 16, 2016 2 Comments

Hi, everyone! This is more of an opinion piece, though it does have to do with #MillionsMissing. As you might imagine, we will really need healthy people to come out and support us: to help with setup and cleanup; to hand out water and food; and to raise their voices alongside our own. I wrote