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*January 2017 | *May 18, 2017 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Najd5O7usnQ Recording of Congressional Briefing on ME/CFS] ([http://solvecfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/InvisibleCrisis_wide_051817-print.pdf Slides of briefing]) | ||
*January 2017 | *January 2017 - [https://www.ted.com/talks/jen_brea_what_happens_when_you_have_a_disease_doctors_can_t_diagnose#t-826118 TED talk] | ||
*January 2017 | *January 2017 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4695rbOZIg&app=desktop Sundance Film Festival - Meet the Artist '17: Jennifer Brea] | ||
*January 2017 - [http://kpcw.org/post/sundance-reel-hour-one-january-20-2017#stream/0 Sundance Reel hour one - January 20, 2017 - Interview with Jennifer Brea and Omar Wasow about Unrest] (31mins in) | |||
*[http://jenbrea.com/media List of talks and interviews at jenbrea.com] | *[http://jenbrea.com/media List of talks and interviews at jenbrea.com] | ||
Revision as of 21:28, June 23, 2017
Jennifer Brea is an ME and CFS advocate while living with ME. She and Beth Mazur co-founded #MEAction. Jennifer is also founder of MEpedia and Thrive Show and director of Unrest, a documentary film about living with the illness.
Jennifer was initially misdiagnosed with "conversion disorder" instead of ME; she was permanently injured after a walk home from her Neurologist's office and should have been told to get complete bed rest for her best chance of recovery. [1]
"Unrest" Documentary
Jennifer directed and produced the film Unrest which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017.
Talks & Interviews
- May 18, 2017 - Recording of Congressional Briefing on ME/CFS (Slides of briefing)
- January 2017 - TED talk
- January 2017 - Sundance Film Festival - Meet the Artist '17: Jennifer Brea
- January 2017 - Sundance Reel hour one - January 20, 2017 - Interview with Jennifer Brea and Omar Wasow about Unrest (31mins in)
- List of talks and interviews at jenbrea.com
Awards
Learn more
- Wikipedia - Jennifer Brea
- 2016, Women vs. Hysteria No More…
- 2016, The story and stigma of a baffling illness: Jen Brea speaks at TEDSummit
- 2016, Women's Media Center with Robin Morgan
