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{{NeedsImage}} '''Rivka Solomon''' is a writer and patient advocate for [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]] ([[myalgic encephalomyelitis|ME]]). She resides in Massachusetts. In 1990, while studying international relations at graduate school, Solomon became ill with [[myalgic encephalomyelitis]]/[[chronic fatigue syndrome]] (ME/CFS) and has remained ill since.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://msmagazine.com/2011/06/02/rivka-solomon-acts-up-chronic-fatigue-be-damned/| title = Rivka Solomon Acts Up, Chronic Fatigue Be Damned – Ms. Magazine|website=msmagazine.com|access-date=2019-09-10}}</ref> Her advocacy work includes coordinating protests and writing articles about [[ME/CFS]]. ==Articles, talks & interviews== *2011, [http://msmagazine.com/blog/2011/06/02/rivka-solomon-acts-up-chronic-fatigue-be-damned/ Ms Magazine - Rivka Solomon Acts Up, Chronic Fatigue Be Damned] *2015, [http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Chronic-fatigue-syndrome-recognized-at-last-6620617.php San Francisco Chronicle - Chronic fatigue syndrome recognized at last] by Rivka Solomon *2015, Interviewed for [[Forgotten Plague]] documentary<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1036289059735282&id=572661299431396| title = Forgotten Plague|website=facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2021-04-24}}</ref> *2015, [https://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2015/11/02/nih-chronic-fatigue-syndrome?fbclid=IwAR3OQnRNm0jRj8Rr0cHJOqpxBXVWUOi4x8hlxRKds08cBc-brz1rMVkRLzY Often Bedridden For 25 Years, Advocate Welcomes NIH Move On Fatigue Syndrome] for WBUR, Boston’s NPR news station<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2015/11/02/nih-chronic-fatigue-syndrome| title = Often Bedridden For 25 Years, Advocate Welcomes NIH Move On Fatigue Syndrome|website=wbur.org|language=en|access-date=2021-04-24}}</ref> *2016, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfG-FTFBUsM Rivka Solomon speaks] at [[Millions Missing protests|#MillionsMissing protest]] in San Francisco. *2016, [https://www.statnews.com/2016/05/24/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis/ Why we shouldn’t call it ‘chronic fatigue syndrome’] by Rivka Solomon *2017, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_XyN2eBHmg Rivka asks Senator Markey at Town Hall for NIH Funding] *10 May 2017, [http://msmagazine.com/blog/2017/05/10/mothers-day-fighting-womens-health-equality/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=SocialWarfare "This Mother’s Day, We’re Fighting For Women’s Health Equality"] in ''Ms. Magazine Blog'' *16 May 2019, [[Ronald Tompkins|Ronald G. Tompkins]], MD, ScD, has a candid conversation with patient and advocate, Rivka Solomon - [https://www.omf.ngo/2019/05/16/omf-conversations-increasing-understanding-of-me-cfs/ (Video)] *2021, Interview for ''Brief But Spectacular'', a PBS News Hour segment<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/brief/377889/rivka-solomon| title = Rivka Solomon, Disability Advocate | date = 2021-04-22 | website = PBS NewsHour|language=en-us|access-date=2021-04-24}}</ref> *8 May 2021, ''For years, my chronic illness kept me isolated. The pandemic helped me get closer to my community'',<ref>{{Cite news | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/chronic-illness-pandemic-isolation-mecfs/2021/05/07/315f3fec-ad21-11eb-ab4c-986555a1c511_story.html | title = For years, my chronic illness kept me isolated. The pandemic helped me get closer to my community | last = Solomon | first = Rivka | date = May 8, 2021 | work = The Washington Post | access-date = May 11, 2021 | authorlink = Rivka Solomon }}</ref> in The Washington Post, Health Perspectives section ==Books == *2002, Take That, Ovaries!: Bold Females and Their Brazen Acts (Editor) ::A collection of non-fiction female empowerment stories ==Online presence== *[https://www.linkedin.com/in/rivka-solomon-31888227 LinkedIn] == See also == ==Learn more== *[http://jwa.org/people/solomon-rivka JWA - About Rivka Solomon] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:People with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:Advocates or allies]] [[Category:American advocates or allies]] [[Category:Famous people with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:American famous people with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]]
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