NAAFA Community Connect - Phoenix

Saturday, August 1, 2026

11:00am

Phoenix Fat Babes Headquarters at First Studio

Downtown Phoenix

Duration: 1 hour

Attention fat folks and friends in Phoenix, Arizona!

Whether you’re brand new to fat liberation or a seasoned advocate who wants to connect with local community, come connect with us!

This is a free event for fat and fat-positive folks of all ages. See you there!

Please come prepared to mask! (KN94 masks will be provided.)

Please reach out to us at naafa.org/contact if you need any accessibility accommodations no later than Thursday 7/30!

GUEST BIOS:

[Image Description (provided by guest): A photo of Julia “JEWLIEAH” Sena, a fat filipina woman with light brown skin, wearing an all black outfit to the Asian Chamber of Commerce Gala.]

Julia Sena (she/her) also known as JEWLIEAH online, is a social media content creator, plus size model & body inclusivity advocate from Phoenix, AZ. Across her platforms, she has an online reach of over 500,000+ people & uses her pages to share & shed light on important issues in her own unique way, as a proud pansexual pinay.

Follow her @jewlieahofficial

[Accessibility Description: Headshot of Tigress Osborn]

Tigress Osborn (she/her) is the is the Executive Director of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) and co-founder of the Campaign for Size Freedom. She is the co-editor of Weight and Wisdom: Reflections on Decades of Working for Body Liberation (Pearlsong Press 2025). Tigress founded Full Figure Entertainment, a plus-size event production group, in Oakland, CA in 2008. Seen most recently debating Jillian Michaels on the YouTube series Surrounded, Tigress is a 2024 Time Health100 honoree for her advocacy to end systemic size discrimination.

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