This month we invite you to join us in exploring resources about Arab American Heritage Month.

This month we invite you to join us in exploring resources about Women’s History Month.

This month we invite you to join us in exploring resources about Eating Disorder Awareness.

This month we invite you to join us in exploring resources about Interrupting Racist Conversations.

This month we invite you to join us in exploring resources about Palestine.

This month we're talking about anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.

This month we're talking about Decolonization

This month we're talking about Latinx Heritage Month (also known as Hispanic Heritage Month).

This month we're talking about Fat Liberation Month.

This month we're talking about Disability Pride Month.

This month we're talking about LGBTQ Pride Month.

This month we're sharing about Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

This month we're sharing some pieces about anti-racism in arts and entertainment.

This month we're sharing support for Transgender People of Color.

This month we're highlighting how some of the organizations we've partnered with in the past are celebrating Black History Month by sharing resources that educate, enrich, and promote allyship while centering black voices.

This month we are discussing various perspectives on the practice of Land Acknowledgements. Land acknowledgements are written or verbal statements recognizing and honoring those who are indigenous to the places we live and work.

Each month, we will be featuring educational resources on the NAAFA Community Voices Blog. Some resources will be historic information about systemic racism. Others will be resources on doing the internal work of understanding ourselves and how we play a part in that system. This month’s Anti-Racism Resources focus on Indigenous People in honor of Indigenous Heritage Month.

This month we are looking at anti-discrimination and/or anti-rasicm legislation that has passed and those that are currently pending in the 117th Congress, which will end January 3, 2023. For the pending legislation, there is a link to information about who sponsored it, the actual text, and actions taken. It’s important to be aware of our rights and how legislation can support us in our work to end racism. If you have questions or comments about a specific resolution, bill or act, you can contact your representative via email.

The annual Weight Stigma Conference (WSC) is an international interdisciplinary gathering of scholars, advocates, community leaders, and others whose work addresses weight stigma (bias against people who are considered “overweight” in their cultures). Founded by British scholar and activist Dr. Angela Meadows in 2013, the conference has been held in Birmingham (UK), Canterbury (UK), Reykjavik (Iceland), Vancouver (Canada), Prague (Czchek Republic), Leeds (UK), and London (UK). Although the conference was founded in 2013, COVID-related delays made this year the 8th offering of the in-person conference, with a commitment to adding more virtual elements in 2023 and a fully hybrid conference in 2024. 2023 and 2024 locations are yet to be announced.

NAAFA has supported the conference as a sponsor for many years. This year, for the first time, we sent an official delegation. Board Chair Tigress Osborn and Board Member-at-Large Elaine Lee traveled to Berlin in July to represent NAAFA at the conference and learn from fat community leaders from sixteen countries.

July is Disability Pride Month! Multiple marginalizations can equate to not being seen and recognized on one hand and the potential of hate and violence on the other. This month’s resources look specifically at the intersection of BIPOC and disability.