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[[File:ME CFS awareness ribbon.png|upright=0.25|thumb|ME Awareness ribbon]] '''Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Awareness Month''' or '''ME/CFS Awareness Month''' is on May each year, with May 12th being [[International ME Awareness Day]]<ref name="May12-illnesses" /><ref name="CDC">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/features/cfsawarenessday/index.html | title = ME/CFS|last = CDC|first = | authorlink = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | date = 2020-05-11 | website = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|language=en-us|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref> ==ME Awareness Month theme== The color blue is used for [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] (ME) and [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] (CFS) awareness.<ref name="May12-illnesses">{{Cite web|url=https://www.may12th.org/illnesses/ | title = CIND Illnesses|last = May 12th International Awareness Day|first = | authorlink = May12th.org | date = 2015-04-29 | website = |language=en-CA|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref> ==Social media graphics== * Facebook * Twitter * Instagram * Profile pictures ==Millions Missing protests== The [[Millions Missing protests]] are held worldwide every May, in addition to one-off events on different dates in the year. The '''#millionsmissing''' events use the colors red, white, and black, which are the colors of it's founding organization, the [[The MEAction Network]].<ref name="CDC" /> Millions Missing originally began with worldwide protests on May 25th, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.meaction.net/reach/press-releases/pressrelease/ | title = Press Release - #MillionsMissing Day of Protest on May 25th|last = Millions Missing protests | first = | authorlink = Millions Missing protests | date = |website=#MEAction|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2020-05-18}}</ref> {{See also|Millions Missing}} ==History== ME Awareness Month was started in May 2006 by the British charity [[Invest in ME Research]].<ref name="IiMER">{{Cite web|url=http://www.investinme.org/IIMER-Newslet-1805-01.shtml | title = ME Awareness Month 2018|last = Invest in ME Research|first = | authorlink = Invest in ME Research | date = |website=[[Invest in ME Research]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2020-05-18}}</ref><ref name="Ldfme">{{Cite web|url=https://ldifme.org/may-me-awareness-month/ | title = May ME Awareness Month|last = Let's Do It for ME|first = | authorlink = Let's Do It for ME | date = 2019-04-27 | website = Let's Do It for ME|language=en-GB|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2020-05-18}}</ref> [[International ME Awareness Day]], May 12th, was already well established by 2006, with [[ME Awareness Week]] being the week of May 12th each year. ==Learn more == *[http://www.investinme.org/IIMER-Newslet-1805-01.shtml ME Awareness Month news] - [[Invest in ME Research]] *[https://ldifme.org/may-me-awareness-month/ May is ME Awareness Day] - Let's Do It for ME *[http://may12th.org May12.org] *[https://www.cdc.gov/Features/cfsawarenessday/index.html?deliveryName=USCDC_201-DM28478 ME/CFS Awareness Day] - CDC ==See also == * [[International ME Awareness Day]] * [[Severe ME Awareness Day]] * [[:Category:ME and CFS awareness images|ME and CFS awareness images (category)]] * [[ME Awareness Week]] * [[Millions Missing protests]] * [[Florence Nightingale]] ==References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Advocacy and fundraising initiatives]]
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