Millions Missing protests
The Millions Missing protests were first created in early 2016 by The MEAction Network with the first protests held in twelve cities around the world in May & June 2016. The protests took the form of an on-site physical protest where protestors placed empty pairs of shoes outside prominent government buildings, representing the millions of patients around the world. Protest also occurred online.[1]
September 2016 protests
Larger protests in a larger number of cities around the world are planned for September 27th 2016.
May 2016 protests
The protests took place simultaneously on 25th May 2016[2], with the Belfast (Northern Ireland) protest taking place on 16th June.
The protestors made specific demands including increased research funding and clinical trials.[3]
United States
- Photos from Washington D.C.
- Photos from Atlanta, Georgia
- Photos from Boston, Massachusetts
- Photos from Dallas, Texas
- Photos from San Francisco, California
- Photos from Seattle, Washington
Canada
Europe
Australia
Origin of the Millions Missing name
Online presence
- Website
- Twitter (and the hashtag #millionsmissing)
Featured in media reporting
Chronic Fatigue: Missing Millions (Carte Blanche DSTV)
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- 2016, Activists Meet With US Assistant Secretary of Health DeSalvo
- 2016, #MillionsMissing: Sea of empty shoes left outside Department of Health in global ME protest
- 2016, Millions Missing in the news
- 2016, Northern Ireland: Chasing competent care and #millionsmissing protest
- 2016, Canada: Open letter to government from family of #millionsmissing
- 2016, Millions Missing meets with government officials
- 2016, MillionsMissing holds largest ever protest for ME/CFS
- 2016, Speeches from the front lines of #millionsmissing: Terri Wilder
- 2016, Speeches from the front lines of #millionsmissing: Sonya Heller Irey
- 2016, Speeches from the front lines of #millionsmissing: Carol Head
- 2016, Speeches from the front lines of #millionsmissing: LA Cooper
- 2016, Speeches from the front lines of #millionsmissing: Ryan Prior
- 2016, Speeches from the front lines of #millionsmissing: Jennifer Brea
- 2016, Speeches from the front lines of #millionsmissing: Ronald Davis, Stanford University
- 2016, Leonard Jason's comments at Sept. 27th, 2016 #millionsmissing protest in Chicago
- 2016, US Millions Missing protestors to meet with DeSalvo at HHS
- 2016, THE #MILLIONSMISSING WITH ME/CFS ARE GETTING ORGANISED!
- 2016, US press release
- 2016, UK press release
- 2016, Updates from the first Millions Missing meeting