May 2019 - Awareness Week including Millions Missing

https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news...e-square-event-aims-to-raise-awareness-of-me/

 

https://www.thecanary.co/podcasts/2...-the-millions-missing-jessica-taylor-bearman/

 

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It’s admirable people are using their and Energy.
I hope these events do reflect the stated purpose of the #MM. Both would be nice but I would rather see banners and chants for MRC to guarantee funding until the research field is established rather than educate the public because ultimately whilst it’s nice to have an understanding neighbour it’s better to have treatment. I don’t think a more aware public will translate into campaigning allies.

 

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https://twitter.com/user/status/1126896707944570882

 

Remember, if you have enough energy to get along to an event this weekend, this page, https://my.meaction.net/calendars/millionsmissing, can be used to find the closest event to you.

 

https://twitter.com/user/status/1126907556172128258

 

Any news from any events today? I seem to remember live links to events in U.K. and US in previous years.

I think there’s a live link to San Francisco at 3pm Pacific time on OMF Facebook page.

Have I missed others?

 

There was this from Global News in Canada:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1127212825825296384

 

Drop the quotes on humanitarian crisis, though. It is, plain and simple. The population of a mid-sized country is basically imprisoned in their own body and almost nobody gives a damn while those who should be helping are actually making things worse.

'Humanitarian crisis' for ME sufferers in Wales: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-48229907

 

@NelliePledge
I hope your event is going well and that you are not suffering too much from the extra work that it has involved. Thank you.

 

Read more at http://occupyme.net/2019/05/11/millionsmissing-2019/

 

@Ok. So yours is tomorrow. I wasn’t sure what is happening today and what tomorrow. I think both days are involved. Thanks and good luck anyway.

 

We submitted this to them as a completed article. They asked me for something last year after coming down on the day. A community journalist also came to MM last year to write an article and she interviewed a few people afterwards. So I combined the two. It took so long to get it finished that we decided to hold onto it and wait until this year’s MM to publish it.

 

Great poem/ piece of writing.
Expresses just how I feel at the moment. Thank you Jenny.

 

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/theres-many-abandoned-shoes-college-2857734

 

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I know that not all forum members are on Facebook or Twitter, so I thought this thread might be a good place to share some pictures and info on the Millions Missing events this year.

I helped organize a Millions Missing event in Gent, Belgium. We had a really cool location in the center of the city.





Unfortunately, I couldn't be there myself but from the video's, pictures and stories I've seen and heard, it seemed to be a great success. Laying out empty shoes with testimonies of ME-patients is a really powerful concept. People passing by seemed to be genuinely interested to learn what was going on.

Funny story: there were a lot of tourists in Gent and one of our Millions Missing volunteers managed to get the city guides to explain what was going on. So a little later a city guide was explaining to German tourists: "Auch in Berlin gibt er ein Millions Missing Manifestation..." Thought that was pretty cool.