[Nolose-announce] Call for proposals!

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*Fat and Queer: Call for proposals*
CALL FOR PROPOSALS

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/
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEastFatQueerCommunityOrganizers/>**<http://community.livejournal.com/f_and_q/>
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
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