CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Dear present and former members of Chicago NAAFA,

Chicago NAAFA will officially cease to be a working chapter at the end of December 2008. The hotline number will be discontinued some time in the first quarter of 2009, but the website will continue to be updated occasionally.

The last holiday gathering of Chicago NAAFA will be the upcoming event on Saturday, December 6 from 2 to 5 PM at Lalo’s Mexican Restaurant, located at 3011 S. Harlem Avenue, Berwyn, IL. Lalo’s has an adjacent free parking lot. Please RSVP to the Chicago NAAFA Hotline, (708) 802-0860, with the number of people in your party by Wednesday, December 3, 2008. Please call Lalo’s if you have any questions about directions or accommodations, (708) 484-9311. Sue has generously offered to let the party continue at her home nearby afterwards, so plan accordingly if you would like to attend.

The outgoing officers would like to thank the membership for the opportunity to serve this year, and look forward to future informal social gatherings with our regional size-acceptance community. We will continue using the Yahoo! listserv to communicate with you, so if you are not already on the mailing list, please send an email to ChicagoNAAFA@yahoo.com to be placed on the list.

Becky Jedlicka, President
Dave Jedlicka, Treasurer
Kathleen Madigan, Secretary
Sandy Dixon, Health and Wellness Committee

Welcome to the official Chicago NAAFA website. The Chicago Chapter of NAAFA was formed in 1975 in conjunction with the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, Inc.

We members of size, like our parent organization, try to provide social outlets, address activism concerns, and inform on related issues.

Our PURPOSE is to promote dignity and respect for fat people, help fight discrimination and provide a mutually supportive environment where people of all sizes can come together locally in an environment of acceptance and friendship.

The purpose of Chicago NAAFA is to:

Work towards providing equal opportunity for large-size people wherever obstacles and/or discrimination exist.

Disseminate information about the sociological, psychological, legal, medical, & physiological aspects of being large-size. Advocate & sponsor responsible research about the various aspects of being large-size. Empower large-sized people to accept themselves, to live more fulfilling lives & to promote acceptance of large-size people within society. Serve as a forum where issues affecting large-size people can be discussed in an unbiased setting.

Chicago NAAFA Who we are:

A local chapter dedicated to size acceptance & better lives for both plus-sized & supersized people.

What we do:

Dedicated to healthy living without dieting, we celebrate ourselves as we are. We have social activities, meetings & get-togethers. Our goal is to provide a supportive local environment in which to grow, learn, teach, & have some fun.

Why you should join:

If you think our ideas about size acceptance are RIGHT, then joining is how we can support each other to work to further the cause of size acceptance. Nothing will change if WE don’t make it happen.

Contact Chicago NAAFA:

Chicago Chapter of NAAFA
c/o 1816 Chestnut Hill Road
Plainfield, IL 60586

Chicago NAAFA Hotline:

(708) 802-0860

For any further information / questions please email us at:

ChicagoNAAFA@yahoo.com

 

Updated on September 26, 2008

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