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Massachusetts Posters and Pizza Get-Together with Bigger Bodies Boston

Monday, December 4, 2023

6:30PM ET

Duration: 90 minutes

[Image Description: The following text is on an orange background with blue and yellow outlines: “Join us in Boston this Monday! Dec 04 2023, 6:30-8pm. Massachusetts Posters & Pizza Get-Together. Come make posters and socialize with fat friends in support of MA H.1705/S.1108 - An Act Prohibiting Size Discrimination. Specific location to be announced Monday; accessible by public transit (near T stop). Uber vouchers available by request. Register at naafa.org/events for more info and to receive the address.” The logos for Bigger Bodies Boston and the Campaign for Size Freedom are shown, as is an illustration of a pizza.]

The The Campaign for Size Freedom is excited to support Massachusetts bill H.1705/S.1108 - An Act Prohibiting Body Size Discrimination, sponsored by Senator Rausch (@beccarausch4ma) and Representative Tram Nguyen (@team.tram). The bill is being heard in the Joint Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, December 5 at 1pm Eastern. Public testimony on the bill is welcomed by the Commonwealth, and we’ll be there!

If you live or work in MA, your opinion matters! You can testify in person, virtually, or in writing. Join the Campaign for Size Freedom and Bigger Bodies Boston on Monday, December 4, 2023 at 6:30pm in Boston as we gather for pizza, prep, and poster making. We’ll work together to make everyone’s testimony the strongest it can be and to make sure we are collectively representing the many aspects of size discrimination fat people face, and enjoy #fatjoy and #fatcommunity in preparation for the next day’s testimony!

Register for Monday night’s Pizza and Posters event here.

Visit naafa.org/sizefreedom-ma2023 for more info on testifying. Please note: If you want to testify virtually at the committee hearing, you must register for the hearing by 5pm on Sunday, December 3!

The location of this event will not be published. You will receive the address via email on Monday. The venue will be public transit accessible, and Uber vouchers up to $30 are available upon request.

This event is supported by the Campaign for Size Freedom, NAAFA, and Solovay Law’s FLARE Project. NAAFA is a 501(c)3 charitable organization with a mission to change perceptions of fat and to end size discrimination through advocacy, education, and support. NAAFA’s virtual and IRL events are offered to the community free of charge thanks to the generosity of those who give to NAAFA. To support this and other NAAFA programming, visit naafa.org/give.

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Image Description: Logo for Bigger Bodies Boston

Bigger Bodies Boston started as a solo project in 2021, but is growing to become a collection of New England-based fat liberation activists. BBB is an all-volunteer community-building and social justice organization dedicated to creating fat community, fighting anti-fat bias, and promoting fat liberation. Learn more at biggerbodiesboston.com or follow @biggerbodiesboston.

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