All Means All: A Seat for Every Body at the Table

Nossa Familia Coffee

We invite you to join us at Nossa Familia Coffee at the Seven Corners Collaborative for a panel discussion on promoting body size diversity, equity and inclusion. Panelists will explore how an intentional approach to organizational culture and physical layout and design can make room for every body in a space. We'll discuss how this type of approach must be considered, especially in retail café, restaurant, and customer-serving environments, in order to create a thoroughly welcoming and comfortable space for everyone and every body.
This will be an intimate event and our capacity is 25 participants. Registering through Eventbrite does not guarantee admission. There may also be an opportunity to view the conversation in a video webinar format, and if there is more interest than capacity we may look at hosting a second event. Please use the registration form to express interest in attending and we will let you know if: A) you'll be able to attend in person; or B) you can view the online recording. 
Our goal is to elevate the voices of marginalized perspectives or identities as well as those who may have a role to play in influencing space design. If filling out the interest form presents a barrier for you in any way, or you need assistance, please feel free reach out to us directly at general@nossacoffee.com.
If filling out the application presents a barrier for you in any way, or you need assistance, please feel free reach out to us directly at general@nossacoffee.com.
Our goal is to elevate the voices of marginalized perspectives or identities as well as those who may have a role to play in influencing space design. Therefore we will pay particular attention to these two groups in the application process:
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<LI>Participants from underrepresented or marginalized identities or backgrounds.</LI>
<LI>Space design influencers - those who currently possess an ability or power to influence space design decisions. This may include, but is not limited to, retail and business professionals; architects and interior designers; activists or outspoken individuals; journalists or media influencers; customers who can influence the places that they patronize.</LI>
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Our Panelists include:
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<LI>Shilo George (she/her) Shilo George is a superfat femme Cheyenne warrior causing mischief, cracking jokes, and doing anything to pissing off the patriarchy. She is an international speaker and owner of Łush Kumtux Tumtum Consulting, which means “a great awakening of the heart and spirit” in the Chinuk Wawa trade language. Her workshops and presentations explore the intersections of race, sexuality, body size, and trauma (both individual and inter-generational) and seeks to educate on systems of oppression, trauma informed care, and proactive ways that businesses and organizations can create policies, practices, and environments that that promote inclusion, diversity, and healing. Shilo received her Bachelor of Science in Art Practices in 2012 and a Masters of Science in Adult Learning and Higher Education in 2017, both from Portland State University</LI>
<LI>Hannah Silver (she/her) Hannah Silver provides the bridge between design decisions and their impact at the personal wellness, community health, city form, and environmental scales. With a background in architecture and urban planning, and a passion for physical and mental health, she brings a social justice lens to the way we shape our built environment, indoors and out. She is currently teaching architecture at Portland State University and working for AllGo, a review app where people of size rate the comfort and accessibility of public spaces so others can know what to expect. She operates from the conviction that when we truly design universally and accessibly, people of all abilities, ages, sizes, and backgrounds will have more opportunities to be their more expansive selves, and we will all be better off</LI>
<LI>SJ Thompson (they/them) SJ Thompson is a radical and innovative speaker, writer, Certified Body Trust® provider, eating disorder recovery coach, and consultant. Sarah is a thought leader in the Health at Every Size®, Body Trust®, eating disorder treatment and recovery, body image, and LGBTQIA+ communities. They have been featured on popular podcasts, such as, Food Psych, Do No Harm, Love Food, Reclaim, and Fearless Rebelle Radio. Sarah is a white, fat, queer, non-binary person who seeks to understand healing in our world. Author of the popular blog, Resilient Fat Goddex, they have been quoted in the New York Times, Blood + Milk, and SELF. Sarah is a Midwestern transplant currently living in Portland, Oregon who loves Grey’s Anatomy, bubble tea, and their friend’s animals</LI>
<LI>Carrie Fuentes (she/her/queen) Carrie Fuentes is a Queer Fat Xicana Femme whose work focuses on white sumpremacy, anti-Blackness in POC community, fatness and desire and all root causes of oppression. </LI>
<LI>Dan B (moderator) (she/they) Dan is passionate about trauma-informed, justice-enhancing body liberation. She pioneered the tenets of size diversity and physical accessibility for people of size from the larger body liberation movement at her workplace, Nossa Familia. As a result, she was tasked with ensuring the new 7 Corners (SE 20th and Division) location was accessible, comfortable, and welcoming to people of size, landing it on the AllGo©  “Hall of Fame.” She currently takes every opportunity to leverage her platform and privileges as a smaller-fat, white/straight-passing person to magnify messages of body liberation to the specialty coffee community and beyond. Dan has a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema and Media Communications and is the 7 Corners Cafe Supervisor for Nossa Familia Coffee.</LI>
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This event is a multi-perspective dialogue. We are committed to continuous improvement, and a culture of learning and growing as individuals and organizations. This is an evolving, vulnerable and difficult discussion and topic. We welcome a diversity of perspectives and ask that attendees approach this topic with respectful curiosity.
This event is supported by Oatly and hosted by Nossa Familia Coffee, with great thanks to the Seven Corners Collaborative for offering their space.
FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions
An application process? How is that inclusive? Great question! In this instance, because we need to limit the number of attendees due to physical space constraints, we’ve decided that an application process to attend would be more inclusive than traditional first-come, first-served registration process, which tends to preference people who find out about it first because they know the organizers personally and/or have a higher level of access.
Why can’t you just move the event to a larger space? We thought about moving the event, but we have already communicated and coordinated with our building managers and the speakers about the venue for this event, and it is fixed. There are also some important features of the building that we will be hosting the event (the Seven Corners Collaborative) that we would like to highlight in person. While we are not able to move the location of the event at this time, we may be able to record the talk and share it in a webinar format with those who register but may not be able to attend. We will not make this recording publicly available in respect for our panelists. If you are interested in this, please email us at general@nossacoffee.com or submit an application to attend the event.
I’m not a minority and I’m not sure if I’m a space design influencer, but I’m really interested in the topic. Should I still apply? OR I want to attend, but don’t want to take away a spot from a marginalized person. Should I still apply? Yes!  Please still apply. We are only doing the application process just in case we get interest from more than 25 people. Please communicate your interest in the topic in the application form. You can also indicate that you don’t want to take away a spot from a marginalized person/identity if you'd like. Even if you won’t be able to secure a spot in person we may be able to share a recording/webinar of the event with you, and you’ll be on our list to share if there are any follow up events or resources.
I can't attend the event but I'm interested in getting more information or attending a future event. How can I stay informed? Please fill out an application form to attend (and indicate that you won't be able to attend in person) or send us an email directly at general@nossacoffee.com and we can add you to a list to receive updates.