NAAFA Community Connect - Austin
Monday, July 21, 2025
6:30pm
Duration: 90 minutes
[Accessibility description: This flyer for the NAAFA Community Connect Durham event includes the NAAFA logo and the logo for the Campaign for Size Freedom on a pink background. Polaroid-style photographs of Tigress Osborn and Jeff Jenkins are shown. A small image of a KN94 face mask is also shown. Text on the flyer is printed in blue, white, and black. Text reads: NAAFA Community Connect Austin. Hosted by Tigress Osborn (she/her) @naafaofficial. Special Guest Jeff Jenkins (he/him) @chubbydiaries. Come learn about the world’s longest operating fat rights org, hear from Tigress & Jeff about fat representation and fat travel, and make new fat friends! Free! Please mask (KN94 masks provided). register at NAAFA.org/events. Accommodation requests by 7/20. naafa.org/events]
Attention fat folks and friends in Austin, TX!
Come meet and greet fat and fat friendly folks with the director of the world's longest running fat rights organization! Join Tigress Osborn on Monday, July 21 at the Ruiz Branch of Austin Public Library with special guest Jeff Jenkins of National Geographic's acclaimed travel adventure show, Never Say Never.
Whether you already know NAAFA or you’re brand new to our work, come learn more about what NAAFA’s up to, hear from Tigress and Jeff about fat travel and Jeff's thoughts about fat representation on TV, and make new fat and fat-positive friends! Please plan to wear a mask (KN94 masks provided). See you there!
GUEST BIOS:
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Jeff Jenkins (he/him) is an award-winning Travel/ Food Blogger, speaker, podcast host, and Influencer based out of Austin, Texas. Jeff most recently is proud to add Host and travel documentarian to his list of adventures as he stars in “Never Say Never with Jeff Jenkins” a show that explores diverse cultures, locations and overcoming fears, backed by National Geographic. Find Jeff @chubbydiaries and chubbydiaries.com.
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Tigress Osborn (she/her) is the Executive Director of NAAFA. She previously volunteered as NAAFA’s Board Chair and Director of Community Outreach. In addition to overseeing NAAFA’s day-to-day operations, Tigress hosts and produces the NAAFA Webinar Series, which features a wide variety of activists, scholars, and artists from fat community. Tigress has been featured on CNN, ABC News, and NPR. She is the co-editor of Weight and Wisdom: Reflections on Decades of Working for Body Liberation. In 2024, Tigress was named to the Time Health100 list for her civil rights work with NAAFA and the Campaign for Size Freedom. Prior to working with NAAFA, Tigress founded Full Figure Entertainment in Oakland, CA, and co-founded the PHX Fat Force in Arizona. She is a two-time women's college graduate with degrees from Smith College and Mills College. She lives near Phoenix with her awesome mom. Follow Tigress @iofthetigress on your favorite social media.
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