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==History== <nowiki>#</nowiki>MEAction began in 2015 with co-founders [[Beth Mazur]] and [[Jennifer Brea|Jen Brea]]. In 2016, [[Ben Hsuborger]] was hired as Advocacy Director, [[Jaime Seltzer]] was hired as Managing Editor, and [[Adriane Tillman]]. Seltzer worked at the Stanford Genome Technology Center under [[Ronald Davis|Dr. Ron Davis]] before returning in 2018 in the role of Director of Scientific and Medical Outreach, later Scientific Director. [[Laurie Jones]] was brought on as Executive Director, [[Holly Lanham]] as Social Media Coordinator, [[Erin Roediger]] as Programs and Campaigns Director, [[Steven Moloney]] as Video and Communications Manager, and [[Marynka Marquez]] as Development Coordinator.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.meaction.net/about/team/|title=Staff|last=MEAction|date=April 22, 2024|website=MEAction}}</ref> <nowiki>#</nowiki>MEAction began as a grassroots movement with the goal of making advocacy more accessible by leveraging technology that was not yet standard at the time, like videoconferencing software and Slack. In 2016, #MEAction formed the first #MillionsMissing protests. A 'test run' of #MillionsMissing ran in twelve cities worldwide in 2016; later in the same year, the protests expanded to include over a hundred events, local and virtual, to fight for better government research funding, accessible clinical care, and broader recognition of ME.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/reports/millionsmissing-campaign-me-595261|title=The important reason why people are leaving shoes around cities|last=Banach|first=Je|date=May 2018|website=Marie Claire}}</ref> MillionsMissing events continue today, with the 2024 efforts focused around medical education: the Teach ME, Treat ME initiative.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://millionsmissing.meaction.net/mm24/|title=Teach ME, Treat ME|last=MEAction|date=January 2024|website=Millions Missing}}</ref>
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