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October 2006

OCTOBER 1
WHO: Peggy Elam, PhD
WHAT: Book signing, Queen Size Diva Dance Weekend & Joy of Movement
Celebration
WHERE: Global Education Center, 4822 Charlotte Ave, Nashville, TN
CONTACT: (615) 292-3023

WHO: Nomi Dekel, MFT
WHAT: Launch of a new website, VoluptuArt: Art & Gifts for Celebrating
Your Body™
WHERE: www.voluptuart.com/

OCTOBER 2
WHO: National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
WHAT: Launch of new website and new 5-year goals for fat civil rights
WHERE: www.naafa.org/
CONTACT: (916)558-6880

OCTOBER 5
WHO: Sandy Schaffer, certified fitness trainer, and Rochelle Rice, MA,
certified fitness coach and author of Real Fitness for Real Women
WHAT: Workshop on "Core Success for the Overweight"
WHEN: 1:15pm
WHERE: IDEA Personal Trainer Conference, New York City, New York
CONTACT: (800) 999-4332

WHO: Marilyn Wann, author of FAT!SO?—Because You Don't Have to
Apologize for Your Size!
WHAT: Weight diversity training
WHEN: 4:10pm-7pm
WHERE: San Francisco State University Women's Health course, San
Francisco, California
CONTACT: (415) 516-1474

OCTOBER 5-OCTOBER 18
WHO: Veronica Cook-Euell
WHAT: Two-part interview with Deb Burgard, PhD, licensed psychologist
and Health At Every Size advocate, Size Matters Radio Show (on-line)
Part I, "Fat & Feminism," airs 10/5-11, Part II, "Fat Civil Rights,"
airs 10/12-18.
WHERE: www.sizematterstoo.com
CONTACT: (330) 668-9778

OCTOBER 9
WHO: Judith Matz, LCSW and Ellen Frankel, LCSW, Authors of The Diet
Survivor's Handbook (2006)
WHAT: Full day workshop, Beyond a Shadow of a Diet: The Treatment of
Compulsive Eating,
WHEN: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
WHERE: Renfrew Center Foundation Conference for Professionals,
"Feminist Perspective and Beyond: Maximizing Change in the Treatment
of Eating Disorders." Philadelphia Airport Marriott

OCTOBER 10
WHO: Marilyn Wann, author of FAT!SO?—Because You Don't Have to
Apologize for Your Size!
WHAT: Weight diversity training
WHEN: 4pm
WHERE: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
CONTACT: (415) 516-1474

OCTOBER 16
WHO: Marilyn Wann, author of FAT!SO?—Because You Don't Have to
Apologize for Your Size!
WHAT: Weight diversity training
WHEN: 7pm
WHERE: University of Texas, Austin, Texas
CONTACT: (415) 516-1474

OCTOBER 18 (Love Your Body Day)
WHO: Peggy Elam, Phd
WHAT: "Love Your Body Day" public lecture on "The F-Word: Why Loving
Your Body, Fat & All, Is Good for your Health."
WHEN: 12:15 p.m. Followed by Q & A
WHERE: Backdoor Playhouse, Tennessee Technological University,
Cookeville, TN
CONTACT: (931)372-3850

WHO: Anne Kaplan, PhD, CPCC
WHAT: Teleworkshop, "Love Your Fat Body, Love Your Whole Self…No
Matter What `they' have to say."
WHEN: Two one-hour sessions, choose either one: 11am EDT or 7pm EDT
WHERE: Attend via telephone from anywhere, number provided on registration
CONTACT: LYBDworkshop@amplealiveness.com

WHO: Queen Bee Productions
WHAT: Theatrical performance of "For Beauty's Sake."
WHEN: 10 am
WHERE: Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio
CONTACT: queenb@queenbproductions.com

OCTOBER 19-21
WHO: Jon Robison Phd, MS
WHAT: Workshops on HAES and HUGS, Keynote speaker, "Low Carb, Low Fat,
Normal Eating…What's That?" and "The War on Obesity"
WHERE: Eating Disorder Education Organization (EDEO) Conference,
Beyond Beauty. Fantasy land Hotel, Edmonton
CONTACT: (780) 944-2864

OCTOBER 27-8
WHO: Ellyn Herb, PhD
WHAT: Continuing education course, "The Psychology of Obesity: Health
At Every Size"
WHERE: John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, California
CONTACT:(800) 696-5358

OCTOBER 28
WHO: Paul Ernsberger, PhD, Department of Nutrition
WHAT: "Covering Obesity in Your Community" workshop
WHERE: Association of Health Care Journalists regional conference,
hosted by Case Western University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
CONTACT: Christy Stretz, (573) 884-5606

OCTOBER 31
WHO: Glenn A. Gaesser, PhD, University of Virginia
WHAT: "Obesity: Beyond the Headlines" lecture
WHERE: Dairy Council of Arizona nutrition conference, Tempe, Arizona
CONTACT: (434) 924-3543

Coming in November…

NOVEMBER 5-11
WHO: Green Mountain at Fox Run in concert with Joslin Diabetes Center,
Harvard Medical School
WHAT: Living Well: A Women's Healthy Lifestyle Program for Mastering
Type 2 Diabetes & Prediabetes
WHERE: Green Mountain at Fox Run, Ludlow, Vermont
CONTACT: (800) 448-8106

The Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH) is an
international professional organization composed of individual and
organizations members who are committed to the principles of Health At Every Size (HAES). The mission of the Association for Size Diversity and Health is to promote education, research, and the provision of services which enhance health and well-being, and which are free from weight-based assumptions and weight discrimination.
CONTACT for ASDAH: Marilyn Wann, mailto:info%40haes.org

HAES experts listed in this press release are members of ASDAH.


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