12:00 PM - 01:00 PM EDT

MON01 - Challenging Weight Stigma and Discrimination on the Journey to Body Liberation Weight stigma, also known as anti-fat bias, and discrimination are the corner stones of the problematic manner in which fat/larger bodied individuals are treated within society. From loved ones to friends and healthcare, housing and employment, they are used to shame people with the hopes of eradicating fatness. Body liberation is an important goal for larger bodied individuals to reclaim and begin to, for the first time, or perhaps once again, trust their bodies. This talk is political in that... Chevese Turner

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM EDT

MON02 - #SizeFreedom: The Fight to Outlaw Weight Discrimination Anti-fatness shows up in every aspect of American life, yet across the US, there are very few laws that explicitly prohibit discrimination based on body size. The Campaign for Size Freedom is working to change that. In this session, Tigress Osborn, long-time fat activist and Executive Director of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, will present an overview of the current legislative landscape and will discuss what the future holds for passing more laws to ban height and weight di... Tigress Osborn

12:00 PM - 01:30 PM EDT

TUES01 - Food Justice for ALL of Us? How Weight Stigma & Anti-Fatness Keeps the Movement Exclusionary During this session, attendees will gain insight into how the food justice movement, rooted in Black liberation, has evolved to promote supremacist thinking and colonialist ideology. Attendees will learn how bodies and food can be used to uphold systems of oppression, including how social identities and their proximity to systemic power shape these beliefs. After expanding on the various pillars of food justice, Patrilie, the session facilitator, will guide session participants through a histori... Patrilie Hernandez

03:00 PM - 04:30 PM EDT
TUES02 - Pleasure, Sex, and Fat Bodies Dawn Serra, RCC (student) CE Credit Hours: 1.00     Live Interactive Webinar

03:00 PM - 05:00 PM EDT
TUES-MR - Research Roundtable - Invite Only By invitation only

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM EDT
WED01 - Weighing in on "Why They Don't Really Care About Us": Analyzing Diet Culture, Weight Stigma and Therapeutic Approaches through the lens of Michael Jackson's song Angela Denise Mensah nee Prater, Ph.D. CE Credit Hours: 1.00     Live Interactive Webinar

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM EDT
WED02 - Behind Philly FatCon: An Origin Story Learn more about Philly FatCon and how three women from different backgrounds came together to plan a first-of-its-kind, fat-focused convention in Philadelphia. Adrienne Ray, Donnelle Jageman, and Kenyetta Harris will tell the story of how they came together and what fat community means to each of them. Philly FatCon

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM EDT

THURS01 - For Us, By Us: Creating an accessible and inclusive retreat center The fat and disabled communities are underserved in so many ways, including lack of access to community-centered event spaces and spas. The Appalachian Retreat and Spa is a project built from the ground up to center the needs of people whose bodies are marginalized in every way. Let's talk about the need for spaces like this, the process of making it happen, the specific challenges related to creating this kind of space for fat and disabled folks, and how we are making it happen! Laura Burns

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM EDT

THURS02 - The History of Health at Every Size® and the Association for Size Diversity and Health Angel will discuss the history of ASDAH and Health at Every Size® and explain why it was needed. Angel will talk about how whiteness shows up in HAES® and “the Movement”, and explain the oppression and exclusion of fat, Black folks in HAES®. The presentation will close out by explaining ways that those in attendance can change their commitment to care. Angel Austin

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM EDT
FRI01 - Fat Queer Media as Political Self-Making: Implications for Clinicians Caleb Luna CE Credit Hours: 1.00     Live Interactive Webinar

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM EDT
FRI00 - Virtual Yoga Chair yoga - Please have a sturdy chair with no wheels and no arms. Laura Burns

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM EDT
FRI02 - Wellness or Weight Stigma: Getting What You Want, Need and Deserve in the Healthcare System Wendy Oliver Pyatt, MD, FAED, CEDS CE Credit Hours: 1.00     Live Interactive Webinar