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Celebrate 25 years of The Body’s Positive’s world-changing work with our first annual Be Body Positive Week! From November 1-5, we’re offering FREE, interactive, virtual workshops and inspiring talks with practical tools that shine a light on our 5 evidence-based Competencies of our Be Body Positive.
There will be fun giveaways, insightful learning practices, and a supportive community to celebrate being in our bodies and having gratitude and love for the skin we are in! Bring a friend and join us for one, some, or all of our virtual workshops and community activities!
If you’re ready to sign up now, fill in the form below to participate in this special week of free workshops, dancing, entertainment, giveaways, and much more!
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Gala
Your Ticket Includes VIP Access to our virtual awards Gala! Celebrate with us on Friday, November 5th at 4:00pm PT/7:00pm ET. It will be a night of entertainment, awards for Body Positive Trailblazers, and a commemoration of our founders’ vision, 25 years in the making, helping over 1 million people across 26 countries! Fill out the form above to get your ticket today. See the full week’s schedule below.
Honored Speaker
Megan Jayne Crabbe
Bestselling Author, Digital Creator, and Presenter
Featured Performances
Jenn Johns
Vocal Artist, Activist
Lia Rose
Vocal Artist
LaWhore Vagistan
Drag Queen, Aunty
Body Positive Trailblazer Awards
Gloria Lucas
Founder, Nalgona Positivity Pride
Dr. Lindo Bacon
Speaker, Writer, Scientist
Dr. Sabrina Strings
Professor, Author
Megan Jayne Crabbe
Bestselling Author, Digital Creator, and Presenter
Dr. Kareem Khubchandani
Professor, Author
Aysha Upchurch
artist, instructor, education consultant
Johanna Kandel
Founder, Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness
Association for
Size Diversity & Health
A Tribute to Our Founders
Connie Sobczak & Elizabeth Scott, LCSW, CEDS-S
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Enormous Thanks To Our Be Body Positive Week Sponsorship Partners…
PRESENTING PARTNER
FRIENDS OF THE BODY POSITIVE
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The Body Positive is Born!
The Body Positive gained nonprofit status through a fiscal sponsor and conducted its first fundraiser in San Francisco.
First Teen Peer Leadership Training
Received a grant from The California Wellness Foundation to launch The Body Positive’s teen peer leadership program that continues today.
Produced First BodyTalk Video
Produced BodyTalk: Teens Talk About Their Bodies, Eating Disorders, and Activism. This video included only the voices and stories of teens, and won a gold medal in the 1999 Questar Excellence in Videos competition.
Developed Training and Curriculum for Community Organizers
Received a $376,000 grant from the California Endowment to work with professionals and develop new Body Positive educational curriculum.
Published BodyAloud!
BodyAloud! Helping Children and Teens Find Their Own Solutions to Eating and Body Image Problems was the first publication of The Body Positive’s curriculum for schools and youth organizations.
Produced Second BodyTalk Video
BodyTalk 2: It’s a New Language, was created for pre-teen audiences in the voices of their peers, and was distributed to elementary and middle schools worldwide.
Produced Third BodyTalk Video
BodyTalk 3: My Special Body, was developed for children ages 5-9 to round out The Body Positive’s video series for grades K-12.
Interview with Peabody award-winning Channel One News Program
Channel One News filmed The Body Positive’s youth leaders for a segment on teens and body image that was viewed by more than one million students.
Alterations Art Exhibit
The Body Positive commissioned artist Birgit Gehrt to create “Alterations,” an art installation that explored the relationship between clothing, fashion, and body image issues, asking the viewer to “alter” their perspective.
Established the Be Body Positive Model
After 10 years of participatory action research, the Be Body Positive Model was complete with its 5 Core Competencies.
Be Body Positive College Program Launched
A pilot training of The Body Positive’s college program was created and conducted with a group of student leaders.
Discover Your Healthy Weight Video Wins Gold Award
The Discover Your Healthy Weight video, created for adult audiences to expand their views about weight and health wins gold award in education category at Berkeley Video & Film Festival.
First Wide-Scale Public Leadership Training
First public training for educators, students, and professionals was conducted at Saint Mary’s College.
The Body Positive Becomes its Own 501(c)(3)
The Body Positive left its fiscal sponsor and started its own nonprofit organization.
Launched This Is Beauty Project
Through videos, photographs, poems, and stories, This Is Beauty invites people to participate in the radical re-imagining of what beauty is.
Stanford University Research Study
Stanford University research indicated that the Be Body Positive Model significantly reduced shape/weight control beliefs, body surveillance, and internalization of the thin ideal, while also significantly increasing body satisfaction. All changes were sustained by participants at 8 months post-intervention.
Connie’s book Embody Published by Gürze Books
Embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body (and quiet that critical voice!) was released to the public with a party at Stanford University.
Founders Connie and Elizabeth Named Badass Women of 2015
La Repubblica Magazine of Italy Includes Connie Sobczak and Elizabeth Scott on Their Top 25 List of Badass Women of 2015 for their role in contributing to The Body Positive Movement worldwide.
First Public Training for Treatment Professionals
The Body Positive created a training to teach treatment providers how to use the Be Body Positive Model in clinical settings. Professionals came from across the U.S. and Canada for the first training in San Francisco.
Be Body Positive Community Leadership Summit
This 3-day Leadership Summit included a day of community participation with leaders like Sonya Renee Taylor, author of Your Body is Not an Apology.
The Body Positive Institute Launched Online
Created The Body Positive Institute online and shared the Be Body Positive Fundamentals as the first course to help people embody The 5 Competencies.
Cornell University Research Published
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Launched Be Body Positive Facilitator Online Training
This new online facilitator training helped to expand The Body Positive’s reach in more countries around the world.
Created Certified Be Body Positive Schools Program
In addition to having unlimited access to training and resources, Be Body Positive Certified Schools receive tailored, ongoing support from The Body Positive to ensure the success and sustainability of their programs.
Created Be Body Positive Certification Program for Treatment Centers
This certification program trains staff to implement a comprehensive Be Body Positive program in their facility, equipping them with powerful resources to support their clients’ positive embodiment and relapse prevention.
Celebrating 25 Years of Life-Transforming Work Worldwide!
Since 1996, The Body Positive has trained more than 4,000 Be Body Positive Leaders (educators, students, and treatment professionals) who have reached more than 1.1 million people in 26 countries and 45 states in the U.S. Millions more have been reached through educational videos and media engagements. And we’re not done yet!