National Fibromyalgia Association launches weekly live podcast series

The first podcast in a weekly series to commemorate National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day 2009 can now be heard on BlogTalkRadio, the leading social radio network heard by over 2 million listeners each month.

Launched by the National Fibromyalgia Association, the special series on Awareness Day podcasts will be held each Tuesday at 12:00 pm PDT until May 12, 2009—Fibromyalgia Awareness Day.

In the first podcast, held last Tuesday, April 14, Lynne Matallana, president and founder of the National Fibromyalgia Association, introduced the NFA’s Awareness Day campaign, “Fibromyalgia Affects Everyone.” Matallana was joined by Sandy Bennett, the NFA’s Director of Communications, who described the organizations numerous activities planned for Awareness Day nationwide.

The NFA podcasts are held each Tuesday at 12:00 pm PDT. To listen to the podcasts online, visit www.blogtalkradio.com/fibromyalgia or call (646) 915-9615.

Schedule and topics of the upcoming live podcasts are as follows:

April 21 Raising fibromyalgia awareness through social media
Guests:
Kelley Fox, NFA Social media coordinator
Mel Tolwar, NFA’s MySpace founder and coordinator
Amanda Phelps, Fibromyalgia Awareness Facebook Group founder

April 28 Advocating for Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
Guests:
Jessie Jones, professor at Cal State Fullerton, fibromyalgia patient
Randy Wold, Founder, Purple Reign Racing, fibromyalgia patient

May 5 “500 miles for fibromyalgia” Awareness Day Roadtrip to Sacramento
Guests:
Rae Marie Gleason, NFA Executive Director
Support group leaders and patients from Sacramento

May 12 On-site broadcast of Awareness Day