Anti-Racism Resources - April 2024

Each month, we feature educational resources in the NAAFA Newsletter to support our community in working to dismantle racism. Resources may include historical information, tools for personal reflection, or information about how to get involved and make change. Many of the resources we suggest will be introductory resources, and this information is never intended to be full coverage on the complex and nuanced topics that are chosen each month.

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

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NAAFA Chronicles #99

The NAAFA Chronicles are electronic versions of the NAAFA Newsletter from our earlier days and reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history.

CONTENT WARNING: Some articles featured in the NAAFA Chronicles may refer to stigmatizing events or use stigmatizing language.

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Another Year of Impact at the IMPACT Conference

The IMPACT Conference is the largest annual student activist conference in the USA. Last year, Team NAAFA sponsored the first-ever fat liberation workshop in the conference’s history. This year, we returned for their 40th Anniversary Con at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas to meet new students and deepen our impact!

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Tigress OsbornMarch 2024
Anti-Racism Resources - March 2024

Each month, we feature educational resources in the NAAFA Newsletter to support our community in working to dismantle racism. Resources may include historical information, tools for personal reflection, or information about how to get involved and make change. Many of the resources we suggest will be introductory resources, and this information is never intended to be full coverage on the complex and nuanced topics that are chosen each month.

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

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NAAFA Chronicles #98

The NAAFA Chronicles are electronic versions of the NAAFA Newsletter from our earlier days and reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history.

CONTENT WARNING: Some articles featured in the NAAFA Chronicles may refer to stigmatizing events or use stigmatizing language.

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Who is Actually Advocating for Fat People’s Health?

Patients’ Bill of Rights documents were created in the 1970’s to help healthcare clients better understand what they could and should expect from ethical caregivers. Since then, many organizations and advocates–including NAAFA– have created Healthcare Bill of Rights documents focused on the needs of particular communities or demographic groups. The new Ob*sity Bill of Rights claims to aim for better care for higher weight people, but what’s behind this push? NAAFA Executive Director Tigress Osborn revisits NAAFA’s Healthcare Bill of Rights and considers why the “obesity care” industry is forwarding a new patients’ rights narrative.

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Tigress OsbornFebruary 2024
Anti-Racism Resources - February 2024

Each month, we feature educational resources in the NAAFA Newsletter to support our community in working to dismantle racism. Resources may include historical information, tools for personal reflection, or information about how to get involved and make change. Many of the resources we suggest will be introductory resources, and this information is never intended to be full coverage on the complex and nuanced topics that are chosen each month.

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

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Darliene HowellFebruary 2024
NAAFA Chronicles #97

The NAAFA Chronicles are electronic versions of the NAAFA Newsletter from our earlier days and reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history.

CONTENT WARNING: Some articles featured in the NAAFA Chronicles may refer to stigmatizing events or use stigmatizing language.

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Darliene HowellFebruary 2024
Meet Our New Board Members!

We’re adding three new fantastic fat advocates to the NAAFA Board of Directors this month, and we can’t wait for you to get to know Jae’Lynn Chaney, Francisca Moreno, and Kat Redniss. Read a bit about our board search and these new team members.

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Tigress OsbornJanuary 2024
Anti-Racism Resources - January 2024

Each month, we feature educational resources in the NAAFA Newsletter to support our community in working to dismantle racism. Resources may include historical information, tools for personal reflection, or information about how to get involved and make change. Many of the resources we suggest will be introductory resources, and this information is never intended to be full coverage on the complex and nuanced topics that are chosen each month.

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

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Darliene HowellJanuary 2024
Fund Fat Forever!

At the end of 2023, we asked you to #FundFat by donating to help NAAFA build programming and do policy work that supports fat community, fat labor, fat freedom, and fat joy. And you answered the call! We raised thousands of dollars, connected with new donors, and saw deepened commitment from so many in our community. Read more about how the year end fundraiser went and why our community must continue to Fund Fat.

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Tigress OsbornJanuary 2024
NAAFA Chronicles #96

The NAAFA Chronicles are electronic versions of the NAAFA Newsletter from our earlier days and reflect a piece of fat acceptance/fat activist history.

CONTENT WARNING: Some articles featured in the NAAFA Chronicles may refer to stigmatizing events or use stigmatizing language.

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Darliene HowellJanuary 2024