Council Chronicle - Volume 33, Issue 3, 2024

Coauthored by Vera Naputi, AVID teacher and instructional coach at East High School (Madison, Wisconsin), and her students Jessica Ceballos, Randy Davis, Mahmoud Mahmoud, Gigi Rodriguez, Justin Russell, and Jamir Thompson

Disclaimer: Before you begin, we must warn you… We ain’t your traditional academics. We visionaries are birthing a new mindset where fat folx are unapologetically loved. We are Radical Black Love advocates, and we are transformational agents. We move with a moral imperative to create sanctuary spaces (Smith 2022) where fat folx can restore.