Fat Bias & Fat Stigma: Why they’re both a BIG deal!

In this webinar, attendees will receive definitions for important terminology related to the topic of fatness. It will include the internalized and micro ways in which discrimination against people in fat bodies is experienced, as well as the macro ways it is also experienced. Attendees will also receive content around the systemic ways in which sizeism affects fat people. Legal policies meant to protect fat people will also be shared. Better practices when working with fat individuals will also be shared. This webinar will end with a review of the ongoing fat liberation movements and suggestions on how we can all be a part of what many have referred to as one of the most acceptable discriminations. Please note, though this is a webinar, attendees will be encouraged to individually reflect on the ways fat discrimination is a part of their personal and professional lives. Please come prepared with pen/paper, or whatever means you need, to complete these reflections. Lastly, this webinar is open to all people, regardless of your size!

About the Presenter

Shari L. Robinson, MSW, ACSW

Shari L. Robinson (she/her) is the sole proprietor for The Traveling Diversity Professor which, for nearly three decades, has developed and provided strategic and equity-based knowledge and skill building educational opportunities for non-profit organizations across the United States. With educational training in social work and anthropology, Shari was a professional social worker working, primarily, with older adults which included a private practice before retiring from direct practice. She also has decades of experience in higher education which includes full time and adjunct faculty roles developing and teaching social work and anthropology focused courses on anti-oppressive clinical practices, TBLGQIA+ and older adults. Additionally, she has held positions in faculty development, curriculum design, critical community service-learning, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Inclusive Excellence at universities and colleges across Michigan, Massachusetts and Minnesota where she now resides. In her, spare but rare time, Shari enjoys cooking and eating spicy dishes followed by ice cream, though she often enjoys dessert first. She also enjoys growing plants and vegetables, watching British detective mysteries, reading, traveling, and consuming all things Star Trek and Afro-futurism.