The New York City radical fat political group “Fat and Queer” [FAQ] is
organizing a one day conference in February entitled ” ‘Fat is
Contagious:’ Political Fat Queer Visibility and Action in the Era of
the ‘Obesity Epidemic .’ ”

The event will occur in Manhattan on Saturday February 23, 2008 at the
University Settlement House, a wheel-chair accessible space in the
Lower East Side at Bowery/Houston.

The keynote address will be given by Marilyn Wann, author of Fat!So?:
Because You Don’t Have to Apologize for Your Size.

Following that, we will have two sessions of workshops, with three
workshops in each session. In the evening we hope to have a cabaret
performance and dance party and are still negotiating space for that
event.

We are currently issuing a call for proposals for workshops on the
topic of political fat queer visibility and action in the era of the
‘obesity epidemic.’

We specifically seek workshop proposals which are action-oriented and
are on the following themes, however all submissions will be considered:

Building Fat/Social Activist networks
Fat studies/fat theory
Weight loss and fat activism
Health at any size
Trans and fat
Fat and sexuality
Allies
History of Fat activism
Fat activism within social justice movements and creating solidarity
with other social justice movements
Guerrilla art/action
Childhood obesity
Medical self advocacy

If you are interested in submitting, please send your workshop
proposal to: NYC.FAQ @gmail.com by January 20, 2008.

If you would like to be kept up to date on FAQ events, join our
listserve: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEastFatQueerCommunityOrganizers/

To help organize the conference and other FAQ events, join our
organizers’ listserve:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEastFatQueerCommunityOrganizers/

More details about the specifics of the conference will be forthcoming.

X-posted all over. Please forward and keep spreading the word!

xoxo,
FAQ