Purple ribbons take over Washington DC

You may have noticed the purple ribbons now gracing the background on Living Well With Epilepsy. The ribbons went up just in time for Purple Day which, judging by the buzz across social media outlets, was a great success.

The ribbons will stay up all week through Saturday, March 31 when families from across the country will join together in Washington DC for the 6th Annual National Walk for Epilepsy. There is still time to participate. You can walk. You can donate. You can check out the pictures. Or you can spread the word.

Below are photos taken by Bryan Farley, an amazing photographer, who also happens to have epilepsy. He was kind enough to share a few images from last year’s walk here.

Tony Coelho at The Walk for Epilepsy – Images by bryan farley

If you have photos you would like to share from Purple Day or the Epilepsy Walk send them along to livingwellwithepilepsy@gmail.com with PURPLE in the subject line.

Jessica K. Smith Founder and CEO; Executive Director

Jessica Keenan Smith is a patient advocate and epilepsy community leader with more than 15 years of experience. As Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy and Executive Director of ASENT she bridges the gap between the scientific and patient communities, with a particular focus on the needs of the epilepsies. Jessica Keenan Smith is Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy, an award winning online resource for people affected by epilepsy to share stories and access in-depth information on the disease. Since 2009, Living Well With Epilepsy (https://livingwellwithepilepsy.com) has been featured in Forbes, Wired, NBC, NPR and the cover story of Epilepsy Advocate Magazine and has partnered with companies such as UCB, Lundbeck, Sunovion, Eisai, and more. Ms. Smith is also the Executive Director of the American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics (ASENT) (https://asent.org), an organization that brings together leaders from industry, academia, government and advocacy who are engaged in bringing drugs and devices to market across all neurologic disease states. In this role she is responsible for leading a successful scientific journal and annual scientific conference with speakers from all over the world.

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