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About-Face
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About-face.org
P.O. Box 77665
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 436-0212, http://www.about-face.org/feedback.html
About-Face is a media literacy organization focused on the impact mass media has on the physical, mental and emotional well being of women and girls. Through practical and activist methods we challenge our culture's overemphasis on physical appearance. By encouraging critical thinking about the media, and personal empowerment, About-Face works to engender positive body-esteem in girls and women of all ages, sizes, races and backgrounds.
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Body Image Task Force
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Home.earthlink.net/~dawn_atkins/bitf.htm
PO Box 360196
Melbourne,
FL 32936-0196, bitf@yahoo.com
The Body Image Task Force is dedicated to promoting the concept of positive body image for all people, and the right of all people to live and work free from institutionalized discrimination based on body shape, height, weight or physical appearance. BITF will fight looksism in all its forms, affirming that all people have their own unique beauty, and work to bring that understanding to the larger society.
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Council on Size & Weight Discrimination
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Cswd.org
P.O. Box 305
Mount Marion, NY 12456
914-679-1209, info@cswd.org
The goal of the Council on Size and Weight Discrimination is to influence public opinion and policy in order to end discrimination based on prejudicial standards of body weight, size or shape.
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Little People of America
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Lpaonline.org
Box 745
Lubbock, TX 79408
(888) LPA-2001 (English and Spanish), LPADataBase@juno.com
Little People of America, Inc., is a nonprofit organization that provides support and information to people of short stature and their families. LPA offers information on employment, education, disability rights, adoption of short-statured children, medical issues, clothing, adaptive devices, and parenting tips.
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National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
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Naafa.org
PO BOX 188620
Sacramento, CA 95818
(916) 558-6880, naafa@naafa.org
NAAFA is a non-profit human rights organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for fat people. NAAFA has been working since 1969 to eliminate discrimination based on body size and provide fat people with the tools for self-empowerment through public education, advocacy, and member support.
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