ORGANIZATIONS RELATED

TO BIG FOLKS

We have been on since September 05, 1997
(Last updated: July 28, 1998)

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• The Southern California Size Acceptance Coalition - SCSAC. Mission Statement: "We, the members of the Southern California Size Acceptance Coalition, aim to break down stereotypes that promote size discrimination in our society. It is our goal to enlighten others through education and advocacy. We strive to provide support to each other by establishing a sense of community among fat people and allies regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, physical ability, race, religion, sexual orientation, or marital or socioeconomic status."



• ISAA's mission Statement: "The MISSION of the International Size Acceptance Association (ISAA) is to promote SIZE ACCEPTANCE and fight SIZE DISCRIMINATION throughout the world by means of advocacy and visible, lawful actions.

  ISAA's primary purpose is to end the most common form of size discrimination and bigotry--that against fat children and adults; ISAA will strive to defend the human rights of members affected by other forms of size discrimination as well.

  ISAA defines SIZE DISCRIMINATION as any action which places people at a disadvantage simply because of their size. ISAA defines SIZE ACCEPTANCE as acceptance of self and others without regard to weight or body size. " 
  



• The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance: NAAFA is a non-profit human rights organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for fat people. NAAFA has been working since 1969 to eliminate discrimination based on body size and provide fat people with the tools for self-empowerment through public education, advocacy, and member support.
  
  
• Largesse, The Network for Size Esteem: Largesse, the Network for Size Esteem, is an internationally recognized feminist resource center and clearinghouse for size diversity empowerment, founded in 1983. With a computer database of up-to-date resources, extensive library of archival and research materials, and connections to all areas of the growing non-diet and size rights communities worldwide, we link activists, professionals and organizations with information and with each other:
  
  
• This organization is a women's collective of fat feminists and their allies, dedicated to activism and support.

We seek to:
- empower fat women
- educate the public on issues germane to fat liberation
- be effective allies to groups fighting oppression in all its forms
- increase the participation of people of all sizes, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, nationalities, classes, sexual orientations, ages, religions, and abilities in SeaFATtle and in the greater size acceptance movement
- have BIG fun! 



• National Organization for Lesbians Of SizE
A Support, Social, and Networking Group for Women who identify as Lesbians and who are fat, or fat positive.


• Classes and Seminars dealing with Fat Issues and Fat Discrimination: Fat Discrimination is Illegal (Michigan) - 38 million Americans are significantly overweight, and face social bias because of their size. Studies show that fat people are discriminated against in employment, housing, public accommodations, medical service, and more. Fat people are stigmatized, ridiculed, ostracized, and the victims of tasteless jokes, despite evidence that 95-98% of diets fail within 3 years. Our thin-obsessed society has had open season on fat people, but that is going to change. Michigan is the only state in the USA which specifically forbids discrimination against fat people. The Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act #453 guarantees fat people the opportunity to obtain employment, housing and other real estate, and the full and equal utilization of public accommodations, public service, and educational facilities. It is as much illegal to discriminate against a person because of his weight as it would be to discriminate based on race. This seminar will help fat people know their civil rights, and enlighten institutions to the susceptibility to multi-million dollar law suits. (Michigan has unlimited compensatory damages.)

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