Vinny Welsby
“You are worthy, you always were, you always will be.”
Fat Activist & Educator
Through keynotes and education Vinny Welsby (they/them) empowers organizations to promote inclusion and creative thinking by challenging social norms around fat bodies. Inspiring and with high energy, Vinny leaves audiences motivated, curious and smiling.
Vinny is a fat activist and diversity, equity and inclusion leader. They are a world-leading expert on dismantling anti-fat bias and diet culture, a TEDx speaker, podcast host and best-selling author. Vinny is trans-non-binary and is dedicated to shifting how society views fat and queer bodies through kindness, education and humour.
What Our Clients Are Saying:
“It was hands down the best training I've taken in ages (and I take + give a lot of training). I loved Vinny’s facilitating style, how they centered Black activists and the anti-Blackness at the root of fat bias, how they answered our questions with so much insight and compassion, but also pushing us to think further. A+++++, I have no constructive critique!” - Mélissa, Plus Company
“Vinny brings a tremendous amount of enthusiasm, professionalism, humour, and heart to everything they do. We were thrilled to have Vinny come to visit our office twice.” - Shelly, Coast Mental Health
“I love how funny Vinny is. Laughing and learning makes the training so digestible, it's such a compassionate way to teach. It was clear everyone in the room felt really safe to answer nuanced questions.” - Tarzan Kay
Vinny is a fat activist and diversity, equity and inclusion leader. They are a world-leading expert on dismantling anti-fat bias and diet culture, a TEDx speaker, podcast host and best-selling author. Vinny is trans-non-binary and is dedicated to shifting how society views fat and queer bodies through kindness, education and humour.
What Our Clients Are Saying:
“It was hands down the best training I've taken in ages (and I take + give a lot of training). I loved Vinny’s facilitating style, how they centered Black activists and the anti-Blackness at the root of fat bias, how they answered our questions with so much insight and compassion, but also pushing us to think further. A+++++, I have no constructive critique!” - Mélissa, Plus Company
“Vinny brings a tremendous amount of enthusiasm, professionalism, humour, and heart to everything they do. We were thrilled to have Vinny come to visit our office twice.” - Shelly, Coast Mental Health
“I love how funny Vinny is. Laughing and learning makes the training so digestible, it's such a compassionate way to teach. It was clear everyone in the room felt really safe to answer nuanced questions.” - Tarzan Kay
I Am Fat: Be Confident and Love Your Body at Any Size
Keynote Presentation
Last year Americans spent $72 billion dollars on trying to become thinner. What if we spent less time, money and energy on the pursuit of thinness and instead focused on the things that actually matter? What if we could learn to love our bodies exactly as they are today? Fat, thin, tall, short, mullet sporting or leopard print thong wearing; we are all worthy and fabulous.
In this keynote, Vinny has audiences...
Training: Untangling Anti-Fat Bias From The Workplace
People of all body sizes are important parts of the employee population yet they are often overlooked and excluded often unintentionally. In this training learn about what anti-fatness is, how it harms everyone and how to make the workplace welcoming for people in larger bodies.
What we’ll cover:
- Terminology
- Stats around weight stigma in the workplace
- How anti-fatness supports many other systems of oppression
- Fat...
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