Full Name:  The Fat Rights Coalition (FRC)

Other Incarnations/Names:  Coalition of Fat Rights Activists (COFRA)

Established:  November 2007

Founder:  Paul McAleer

Websites/Internet Presences:

http://www.fatrights.org/
http://www.bigfatblog.com
http://www.facebook.com/#/group.php?gid=8144066395
http://twitter.com/bigfatblog
http://fatactivistnestwork.ning.com/group/thefatrightscoalition

Contact Email:  carrie@fatrights.org

Membership fees:  None, donations are welcome.

Organizational Hierarchy:

Carrie Padian – President
Michaela Null – Secretary
Rachel Richardson – Media Contact

Mission Statement:  “The Fat Rights Coalition seeks to establish and defend equal rights and opportunities for all people regardless of weight or body size.”

Current Focus:   The FRC is the organization behind the website Big Fat Blog. This is a site is a multi-authored collaboration that allows the writers and readers to come together to focus on different aspects of the size acceptance movement such as issues related to the movement, current issues that affect fat people and to plan grassroots activism.

Other Notes:  One of the more unique aspects of the Fat Rights Coalition is its Think Tanks. For those who do not know, a think tank is a group of people with a common interest who discuss issues and strategies to resolve these issues. In the FRC Think Tanks, common issues related to fat acceptance are discussed by “smart folks (who) come together to discuss what the movement and Fat Rights can do.”

The FRC also has several photo/video oriented public projects that look to dispel negative media stereotypes of fat people. These sites are:

Here Come the Fat Brides!:  http://www.flickr.com/groups/fatbrides/
Athletes at Every Size:  http://www.flickr.com/groups/athletesateverysize/
Love My Parts:  http://www.flickr.com/groups/lovemyparts/