For more than 20 years, ASDAH has worked to challenge anti-fat bias, educate healthcare professionals, build community, and advocate for a future where people of all sizes, especially those most impacted by systemic oppression, can access equitable, barrier-free, and compassionate care. This campaign shares its name with ASDAH's 2026–2027 organizational theme, Building What We Need: Rooted in Care, Community, and Structural Change.

Throughout the coming year, you'll see this theme reflected in our education, programming, community gatherings, advocacy, and leadership development. This fundraiser is how we help make our vision possible.

What We're Building

Your gift helps us:

Expand community programming and educational opportunities.
Develop more trainings for healthcare professionals and organizations.
Build the reserves needed for long-term sustainability.
Prepare for future staffing and stronger organizational infrastructure.
Compensate marginalized leaders more fairly for the expertise, leadership, and lived experience they bring to this work.

We believe liberation work shouldn't depend on burnout or chronic underpayment. Communities deserve organizations led by people who have the support to lead sustainably.

Our Goals

By September 30, 2026, we want to:

Raise $15,000.00
Increase membership to 450 members
Add 100 recurring donors

Whether you become a member, make a one-time gift, become a monthly supporter, or simply share this campaign, you're helping build a future where fat people have greater access to care, community, and dignity, and where the people leading this work have the support to continue doing it.

Building Our Values Into Reality

We believe our values should shape not only what we teach, but how we operate.

Our Health at Every Size® Principles and Framework of Care, as well our Purpose, Vision, and Values, challenge us to create the conditions for equitable, barrier-free care while centering the people most impacted by systemic anti-fat bias.

Building those conditions requires more than ideas. It requires action from people like us and people like you. It requires structure, planning, and sustainability. It requires resources.

This campaign is how we get what we need to continue putting these commitments into practice.

Together with you, we know we can build what we envision. Your support is deeply appreciated.