You're Invited to The Body Project's Upcoming Workshops

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The Body Project is a national initiative focused on breaking down unrealistic body standards and societal pressures that women face in pop culture. The Body Project is a workshop facilitated by women for women.

In these workshops, the trained peer leaders will address body image, appearance ideals, and health through different forms of written and oral participation. The peer leaders and participants will use these activities to face the issues surrounding "body talk" in our culture and help students cultivate positive and healthy relationships with their bodies.

Workshop Times

• 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, and Tuesday, Nov. 6, Maple Hill South (Parlor)
• 4-6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, and Sunday, Nov. 18, Multicultural Center (Arkansas Union, Third Floor)

Participants must attend both sessions of the set of workshops.

"TBP is a way for women to get together and support each other. We all have unique experiences regarding our bodies and levels of self-esteem, and this program gives women at the University of Arkansas the chance to build a positive and uplifting community," said Summer El-Shahawy, University of Arkansas Peer Leader.

The idea behind The Body Project is that if young women argue against the pressure to look like a "supermodel," they will be less impacted by the negative ideals that are promoted to them. The women who participate in The Body Project will walk away with a renewed and resilient sense of body confidence that will positively impact the way they view their bodies, according to event organizers. The Body Project's success is backed by two decades of research and evaluation. It provides a forum for women and girls to confront unrealistic beauty ideal. The Body Project was developed by researchers at Stanford University, the University of Texas at Austin and Region Research Institute.

More than 1 million young women around the world have participated, according to the National Eating Disorders Association, the organization that formed The Body Project.

The workshops are open to any female students enrolled at the University of Arkansas. The organizers encourage women to join in on this project.

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