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Our sponsors collaborate with us to help keep the Take Up Space experience alive. Donations and benevolence are a big part of the resources that enable us to provide a quality experience for Black and Brown women of size. Would you like to support?
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Community Sponsors
Fellow Black and Brown women of size who choose to support the Fat Women of Color™ experience personally or through their own businessess
Sonalee Rashatwar (she/they) LCSW is a clinical social worker and sex therapist based in Philadelphia, specialized in treating sexual trauma, internalized fatphobia, and complex racial or queer identities. She is popularly known as TheFatSexTherapist on instagram and co-owns the Radical Therapy Center.
Nalgona Positivity Pride (NPP) is a xicana-indigenous body-positive organization that provides intersectional eating disorders education and community-based support for people of color who are struggling with troubled eating and poor body-image.
The Society of Fat Mermaids reminds the world that FAT PEOPLE and FAT MERMAIDS are sexy, powerful, intelligent, capable, beautiful, free-spirited, fun-loving and worthy.
I’ve had a love for holistic healing and Ayurveda from a very young age. I owe most of it to my Caribbean upbringing, where I was raised by strong women who taught me the importance of telling stories. Not only has his business has been my way of reclaiming what comes naturally, but I want this platform to be used to celebrate the beauty of black culture.
Dr. Joy Harden Bradford is a Licensed Psychologist, Speaker, Media Personality, and the host of the wildly popular mental health podcast, Therapy for Black Girls. Her work focuses on making mental health topics more relevant and accessible for Black women. She has been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, Forbes, Bustle, MTV, Huffington Post, Black Enterprise, Refinery29, Teen Vogue, and Essence.
Holistic Alchemy is a healing company providing conversations, consultations, coaching, and other services to promote positive, liberating and sustainable self-care practices.
Allied Sponsors
Friends of the community who are not Black and Brown women of size, but value the vision of Fat Women of Color™ and choose to support the resources and experiences we offer.
Dr. Deb and Ashley, our co-founders, believe that women of all sizes deserve a comfortable, luxurious, versatile, and sustainable cotton underwear that they can wear all day every day, no matter their size or where their busy lives take them.
HER Initiative serves as a conduit of resources and health information for black women and girls to equip them to lead empowered, healthy and whole lives.
Summer Innanen is a professionally trained coach specializing in body image, body positivity, self-worth, and confidence. She helps women all over the world to stop living behind the numbers on their scales through her private and group coaching. She is the best-selling author of Body Image Remix and host of Fearless Rebelle Radio, a podcast dedicated to empowering women to live life on their own terms.
Why Become A Sponsor?
It’s important that we support the causes that we believe in. If you believe in the value of safe spaces that facilitate healing and empowerment for Black and Brown women of size, then sponsorship is a great way to put actions behind your belief.
- You can BE the change in the world. Rather than just talk about what needs to change, you can activate change through sponsorship
- You can use your resources for good. If you are a business owner or a person who has access to resources, you can give share what you have and help others
- You can set an example. By choosing sponsorship you can show others around you how rewarding it is to support a valuable cause