Fat- Positive Organizations

(Addresses are U.S. unless otherwise indicated)

About-Face
P. O. Box 77665
San Francisco CA 94107
Phone: 415-436-0212
Email:
info@about-face.org
Website:
http://www.about-face.org/
Questions and satirizes negative images of women in our culture and promotes alternatives through education and action

Abundia
P. O. Box 252
Downers Grove IL 60515
Phone: 708-897-9796
Email: Erdman@cdnet.cod.edu
Annual summer retreat for large women

ANRED (Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders)
P. O. Box 5102
Eugene OR 97405
Phone: 503-344-1144
Website: http://www.anred.com
Advocacy and support, eduational materials

Big As Texas
P. O. Box 363
Sour Lake TX 77659
Phone: 409-753-3451
Email:
BigAsTexas@juno.com
Web site:
http://members.tripod.com/bigastexas/
Annual weekend convention with activism workshops and social events for large people and their friends

Body Image Task Force (BITF)
P. O. Box 360196
Melbourne FL 32936-0196
Email: bitf@yahoo.com
Political action around body image issues

The Council on Size & Weight Discrimination
Miriam Berg, President
P. O. Box 305
Mt. Marion NY 12456
Phone: 914-679-1209
Email:
Miriam@cswd.org
Website: http://www.cswd.org/index.htm
Information, referrals, advocacy

Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center
International Eating Disorder Referral Organization
2923 Sandy Pointe, Suite 6
Del Mar, CA 92014-2052
Phone: 858-481-1515
Fax: 858-481-5143
Website:
http://www.edreferral.com
Information about, and treatment resources for, all forms of eating, exercise, and body image disorders

EDAP (Eating Disorders Awareness & Prevention)
603 Stewart Street, Suite 803
Seattle WA 98101
Phone: 206-382-3587
Fax: 206-292-9890
Website:
http://www.edap.org
Annual Eating Disorders Awareness Week (EDAW), support material

Gurze Books
Box 2238
Carlsbad CA 92018
Phone: 800-756-7533
Email:
kelli@gurze.net
Website:
http://www.bulimia.com
Books on eating disorders and body image, articles and handouts, newsletters

HUGS International
Box 102 A, RR #3
Portage La Prairie, MB
Canada R1N 3A3
Phone: 204-428-3432
Fax: 204-428-5072
Email:
linda@hugs.com
Website:
http://www.hugs.com/
A support network for getting off the diet roller coaster; Hugs Club News, material and workshops for teens

The INNER IMAGE Program for Eating and Body Image Concerns
Women's Therapy Service for Eating and Body Image Concerns
460 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite 307
Montclair, New Jersey 07042
Director: Barbara Reese, LCSW, ADTR
Phone: 973-783-2292
Email:
Barbarareeseb@netscape.net
Website:
www.WomensTherapy.net
Service offers size-friendly therapy and counseling for individuals, couples, and adolescents. The INNER IMAGE PROGRAM offers groups and workshops for body and size acceptance, using supportive therapy and dance/movement therapy, to empower large people to live full lives and fight size discrimination.

Largely Positive, Inc.
Carol Johnson, Director
P. O. Box 170223
Glendale WI 53217
Phone: 414-299-9295 (voicemail)
Email:
positive@execpc.com
Website:
www.largelypositive.com
Size-positive support group, educational handouts, "On A Positive Note" newsletter, chapters around the US

National Center for Overcoming Overeating
Carol Munter and Jane Hirschmann, Directors
P.O. Box 1257
Old Chelsea Station
New York NY 10113-0920
Phone: 212-875-0442
Website:
http://www.overcomingovereating.com/
Anti-diet support group; workshops, educational material, centers in several areas, e-mail list

NEDIC (National Eating Disorders Centre)
CW1-211/200 Elizabeth Street
Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4
Canada
Program Coordinator: Karin Davis
Phone: 416-340-4800 x.8114
Email:
karin.davis@uhn.on.ca
Website:
http://www.nedic.ca/
Non-dieting support material, workshops; sponsor of EDAW and INDD

NOLOSE (National Organization for Lesbians of Size)
245 Eighth Avenue #107
New York NY 10011
Phone: 201-843-4629
Email:
NoLoseLass@excite.com
Website:
http://www.nolose.org/
Support and advocacy for lesbians of size, annual conference; sponsor of INDD

For online organizations not listed here, see our links page.

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