regional programming

(Affectionately known as "Small Projects Across the Land")

>> 2009 grants awarded!

NOLOSE realizes that a giant conference every 18 months only goes so far, and wants to help support people's efforts at the local level. Toward this end, we offer seed money to support projects that expand the reach of fat queer activism in people's own communities.

Click here to read about exciting events in the works for 2009.

SPAL projects from 2007 included an inspired Zine-making party in London, a fabulous Roller Skating party in Philadelphia, and the very successful Fat & Queer mini-conference in New York. We loved supporting those projects because they were creative, fun, informative, and community-based.

Although we are looking for programming to strengthen the fat LGBTQ community at the local level, we will also consider programming that networks with other allied organizations. Want to co-sponsor something with bears? Interested in planning a plus-sized clothing swap with your local LGBTQ or NAAFA chapter? We hope that next year, you submit a proposal!

We prioritize projects that:

• Support NOLOSE's mission:

Who we are
What we're about

• Create visibility for fat queers, fat queer issues, and fat queer activism.
• Explore intersections between all of our different identities in the world.
• Provide information, resources, access, and/or voice to groups that are marginalized within fat activist communities.
• Provide information, resources, access, and/or voice to under-resourced regions with less visible fat activist communities.
• Are challenging, weird, boisterous, empowering, and FUN.

Our hope is that funded projects will be able to return the seed money back to NOLOSE (or even make a profit), but we understand that not all projects will or should be money-earning ventures. Ability to put money back in the pot for other projects will be one factor (of many) in our funding/grantmaking decisions. In general, the larger the funding request, the more important the ability to repay the seed money will be.

If you have additional questions, or need to submit a proposal through other means/media, feel free to email us at SPAL@nolose.com.