Open Membership
Join us if you support the Mission, Vision, and Values of ASDAH, and your work and/or personal life as a professional or advocate is in alignment with the Health At Every SizeⓇ Principles.
Please review this information prior to applying for membership to
confirm your commitment to promoting wellness in a manner that does not
judge, place value on, or use weight as a proxy for health.
Inclusive Membership
To reflect the organization's commitment to being inclusive and
eliminating barriers to participation, membership is not restricted by
capacity to pay. Membership fee payments are the predominant source of
funding for ASDAH’s work. The current requested 12month membership fee
is $100, and we encourage those who hold multiple privileged identities
(e.g. race, ability, SES, gender, etc.) to contribute at this level, or
higher as you are able. This will help expand the inclusivity of our
organization by supporting those who may otherwise not be able to join
our ASDAH community. If your current financial situation is such that
this $100 fee is prohibitive, please enter the amount you feel able to
pay at this time. If payment of any fee amount presents a barrier to
your joining, please contact the ASDAH Membership Director so we can make individual arrangements.
Vetting Process
The membership application process includes a manual review by the
Membership Director (or their representative) so there may be a short
delay between confirmation of payment and activation of membership.
ASDAH completes this review in an effort to ensure that individuals who
are not committed to size inclusivity in their work or advocacy do not
enter our ASDAH community. This process, in part, is to help avoid
disruption of ASDAH member interactions on the listserv & Facebook
group.
The following checks will be carried out on all prospective members:
- Website review (if applicable): For example, a website advertising
weight-based interventions such as body sculpting or dieting will be
discussed with the applicant and may lead to membership denial.
- Email review for any weight biased words/messages: For example, an email
address that directly promotes weight stigma such as
loseweightforhealth@hotmail.com will be discussed with the applicant and
may lead to membership denial.
- Application content review, with particular focus on the “Use of HAES® Principles in work/life” section.
If the reviewer has any concerns about the applicant in regard to the
above criteria, they will share these with the individual via email and
ask for clarification. If an applicant is denied membership for any of
the above reasons, we will try our best to provide them with resources
for further learning.
If you have any questions or concerns about this review process please do not hesitate to contact us at membership@sizediversityandhealth.org.
The information that you provide on this membership application will be
used only in our internal membership records and will be
password-protected. To maximize the security of your account we ask that
along with selecting a password you answer one of three "secret
questions" as noted below.