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Rising Voices of Narcolepsy Story Sharing Series: Meet Black Belt Dr. Mindi McKenna

“That’s what people with narcolepsy do—we work it out.” This week, our Rising Voices of Narcolepsy Story Sharing live series continued on Sunday, March 29 with Dr. Mindi McKenna! Mindi shared her inspirational presentation and answered questions from live viewers. The Rising Voices of Narcolepsy Story Sharing Series invites viewers to gather online to watch a Rising Voices of…

Narcolepsy Story Sharing Series: Actor & Writer Anna Marr

The Rising Voices of Narcolepsy Story Sharing Series invites viewers to gather online to watch a Rising Voices of Narcolepsy trained speaker or writer present their story live via Project Sleep’s Facebook page. Project Sleep is proud to offer our monthly series as a weekly event for the next few months. At a time in which…

Tremendous Congressional Support for Sleep and Sleep Disorders

Project Sleep is thrilled to share the news that an unprecedented 41 members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed onto a bipartisan letter on March 17, 2020, supporting critical sleep and sleep disorders research and awareness. Importantly, 41 co-signers is considered a tremendous and impactful success by sign-on letter standards, with nearly 10% of…

Narcolepsy Story Sharing Series: Katie Mehin

Project Sleep presents its third month of the Rising Voices of Narcolepsy Story Sharing Series. Each month, viewers will be able to gather online to watch a Rising Voices of Narcolepsy trained speaker or writer present their story live via our Facebook page. On Sunday, March 1st, the live series will continued with a brand-new…

Join us in Nashville for Narcolepsy Event

On Saturday, April 25, 2020, please join Project Sleep in Nashville, TN for Innovations in Narcolepsy Awareness & Advocacy, a unique one-day narcolepsy event to empower the community with updates from the forefront of advocacy and awareness. The event will take place at the Scarritt Bennett Center (1027 18th Ave S, Laskey Great Hall, Nashville, TN 37212). Registration is…

Action Alert: Urge Your Representative to Join Critical Sleep Letter

Your Opportunity to Advocate Exciting news! An official Congressional Sign On Letter will be sent to the Appropriations Committee asking them to prioritize support for critical sleep, circadian, and sleep disorders awareness and medical research. To be effective, we need your Members of the U.S. House of Representatives to “sign on.” The more House Representatives…

Sleep Policy in Progress! Reporting Back from Washington DC

On Monday, Feb. 9, 2020,  Project Sleep and the Sleep Research Society co-hosted an Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill bringing together patient advocates and sleep researchers to urge Congress to support critical sleep research and awareness efforts. The following day, Project Sleep’s President & CEO, Julie Flygare, JD joined sleep researchers to discuss sleep research…

Rising Voices of Narcolepsy 2020: Now Accepting Applications

Raise Your Voice Project Sleep is proud to announce that we are now accepting applications for our fourth series of Rising Voices of Narcolepsy trainings, to take place online this summer of 2020. This leadership training program helps people with narcolepsy effectively share their stories through public speaking or writing with local communities, healthcare providers,…

Project Sleep’s Julie Flygare to Give TEDx Talk

UPDATE: Due to COVID-19, TEDx SDSU 2020 has been re-scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020. During this unprecedented and challenging time, we hope everyone is staying healthy and safe. We will provide further updates on TEDx SDSU as details become available closer to the fall. (Updated March 2020) We are thrilled to share the news…

You’re Invited! Sleep In 2020 is Coming to Your Bedroom

Calling All Sleep Advocates! Please join us for the international Sleep In 2020 (#SleepIn2020) over the weekend of March 13-15, 2020, to raise awareness about sleep and sleep disorders during Sleep Awareness Week (March 8-14). Our sixth annual Sleep In 2020 is an awareness and fundraising event taking place IN YOUR BED! We challenge YOU to stay in bed…
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