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Spring 2019 Award Winners:
Elizabeth Byrnes
Estivaliz Castro
Phoebe Garcia
Ryan Golt
Amanda Graff
Isabel Janmey
Claire Lamneck
Jordan Levinson
Molly Rafferty
Jane Rho
Kendall Sharp
Lily Shay
Thamara Subramanian
Frances Tao
Bree Wilhite

Left to right: (back row, starting with second from the left) Thamara Subramanian, Molly Rafferty, Ryan Golt, Claire Lamneck, Amanda Graff, Lily Shay, Estivaliz Castro, Phoebe Garcia, (front row) Bree Wilhite, Jordan Levinson, Isabel Jamney, Frances Tao, (not pictured) Elizabeth Byrnes, Jane Rho, Kendall Sharp

Spring 2018 Award Winners:
Rohit Abraham
(Borna) Nazmim Bhuiya
Payal Desai
Ijeoma Ezeofor
Begum Kalyoncu
Anqa Khan
Leena Kulkarni
Jessica Oh
Nicolle Potvin
Alvin Tran

Left to right: (back) Rohit Abraham, Matthew Maiato, (middle) Jessica Oh, Nicole Potvin, Ijeoma Ezeofor, Leena Kulkarni, Payal Desai, Anqa Khan, (front) (Borna) Nazmim Bhuiya, Alvin Tran, STRIPED Director S. Bryn Austin, Begum Kalyoncu

Fall 2017 Award Winners:
Avanti Adhia
Katelyn Ferreira
Ali Greatsinger
Laura Hart
Jessica Huang
Tariana V. Little
Blair Robinson
Breanne Wilhite

Left to right: (back row) Breanne Wilhite, Ali Greatsinger, Tariana V. Little, Blair Robinson, STRIPED Director Bryn Austin, (front row) Jessica Huang, Avanti Adhia, Laura Hart, Katelyn Ferreira

Spring 2017 Award Winners:
Monica Kriete
Supriya Misra
Kuanysh Yergaliyev
Kimberly Yu

From left to right: Kuanysh Yergaliyev, Kimberly Yu, STRIPED director S. Bryn Austin, Monica Kriete, and Supriya Misra

Spring 2016 Award Winners:
Alice Lowy
Kajal Mehta

From left to right: Alice Lowy, STRIPED director S. Bryn Austin, and Kajal Mehta

Fall 2015 Award Winners:
Katie Cueva
Mary Gorski
Jill Ann Goslinga
Katherine Howe
Cindy Hu
Anvita Kulkarni

From left to right: Anvita Kulkarni, Jill Ann Goslinga, STRIPED director S. Bryn Austin, Katherine Howe, Katie Cueva, and Cindy Hu

Spring 2015 Award Winners:
Nadia Craddock
Katherine Heflin
Grace Kennedy
Jill Merrigan

From left to right: STRIPED director S. Bryn Austin, Katherine Heflin, Jill Merrigan, Nadia Craddock, and Grace Kennedy

Fall 2014 Award Winners:
Luke Allen
Nadia Craddock
Carly Guss
Stefanie Kraus
Jill Merrigan
Morgan Redman
Morgan Shields
Sonja Swanson
Alvin Tran

From left to right: (back row) Alvin Tran, Morgan Shields, Nadia Craddock, Sonja Swanson, STRIPED Collaborating Mentor Kendrin Sonneville, Luke Allen, Morgan Redman, Jill Merrigan, Carly Guss, (front row) STRIPED Director Bryn Austin and Co-Director Christina Roberto

STRIPED News

URGENT Call for Advocates: Help end body size discrimination in MA — Please email your lawmakers NOW! Click HERE to receive talking points on this Amendment and how to take action.

On July 15, STRIPED Director Bryn Austin and family advocate, Cherie Monarch, discussed the recent groundbreaking report on the social and economic cost of eating disorders on a Facebook Live Event with The Alliance for Eating Disorder Awareness. Watch the full recording of the Facebook Live event here.

STRIPED, in collaboration with the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) and Deloitte Access Economics, has conducted the most comprehensive examination to date of the social and economic burden of eating disorders in the United States. On Wednesday, June 24 at 5p ET, a press conference was held to release the results of this report. Click HERE to read the report and watch the press conference.

STRIPED is committed to working toward putting an end to weight stigma. To this end, we published a Roadmap, based on results of a Delphi expert consensus study with experts from the fields of eating disorders, fat activism, and public health to identify ideas and actions supported by high levels of consensus across fields. Check out our Roadmap here.

Exciting news! Massachusetts lawmakers heard your voice & voted in favor of H.1942. This means this important bill will move forward this legislative session, thanks to your powerful advocacy! The bill has been referred to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing and has been accompanied with a new draft (H.4783). Stay tuned for more updates for action alerts this summer.

Massachusetts youth surveyed nearly 500 of their peers across the state about weight-loss and muscle-building supplements. They uncovered alarming information on use of weight-loss & muscle-building supplements by minors. See the full results of the Massachusetts Youth Survey on Weight Loss and Muscle-building Supplements here and make sure to check out the press release on this youth-led survey.

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