GOALS FACTS & FIGURES INDD's ORIGIN TOP TEN REASONS TO GIVE UP DIETING TAKE THE PLEDGE! PUBLICIZE IT! SLOGANS INDD PROCLAMATION LINK TO INDD SIZE-POSITIVE BOOK LIST SIZE-POSITIVE GROUPS & ORGANIZATIONS SIZE-POSITIVE PRINT PUBLICATIONS SIZE-POSITIVE VIDEOS LINKS INDD HOMEPAGE LARGESSE HOMEPAGE

Ideas for INDD Events and Activities Film screenings Poetry and book readings Discussion groups Information displays, bulletin boards, literature tables Educational presentations to schools Classroom projects examining advertising for size-negative messages, false claims and stereotyping Public celebrations and media events (dinners, rallies, picnics, etc.) Speakers and programs on the dangers of dieting, diet drugs, and the "rehabilitatation" of the diet industry Size-positive movement and dance programs Body image workshops and support groups Seminars for health professionals Theatre and street theatre Scale smashings or recyclings Picketing of diet establishments and weight-loss surgery centers Art shows/exhibitions Size-friendly fashion shows Spring cleanings--donating clothes that no longer fit to battered women's shelters Candlelight vigils honoring the victims of weight-loss surgery and eating disorders Collecting signatures on petitions to add "size and weight" to civil rights legislation Support for "Truth in Dieting" legislation Comedy skits and routines Group sing-alongs Diet-free dances This information is a public service of Largesse, the Network for Size Esteem [http://www.largesse.net/] and may be freely copied and distributed in its entirety for non-commercial use in promoting size diversity empowerment, provided this statement is included.