Bringing body confidence education to US schools

Dear GlobalGiving Funders,

I hope this email finds you and yours healthy and well. We have all been living through a crazy year in 2020. Here's hoping 2021 will be a year of healing and repair!

Here is an update from our last three busy months:

1. EDUCATION

• Profession Development has gone virtual: we sent the Body Confident Schools flyer to 49 states professional development cooridnators
• Education BIG TABLE:  I am presenting an hour-version of Body Confident Schools with a professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health  to a number of education organizations, starting with the National Association of School Psychologists on December 9th
• NEDA Network: I am on the NEDA Network advocacy committee, working on Education and Access to Care issues

2. MATERIAL: We are increasing depth in the following areas with reserach from our interns and partners:

• Appearance Anti-bias: An intern from the University of Chicago has reserached the intersection of race and body image
• Nutrition: An intern from Northeastern University is creating a BE REAL nutrition resource for high school kids 
• Coaching: A school counselor and Body Positive Facilitator is creating more coaching material for our Body Confident Schools workshop

3. CURRICULUM CREATION: We have submitted proposals for partnership to create a High School Body Image and Anti-Bias curriculum to:

• Dove Self Esteem Project
• Chicago Public Schools
• Chicago Women's Foundation

I'd love to hear from you. Please reach out to me with anything!

Sending my best,

Denise Hamburger

Executive Director, BE REAL USA

Denise@berealusa.org