Tulane For Every Body

Learning to love our authentic bodies

So, what is TU4EB all about?

Goal

Create a campus environment that supports students’ ​relationships with their bodies.

Mission

Tulane for Every Body is a student-led and staff-supervised initiative at Tulane University aimed at bringing awareness and advocating for the inclusion, acceptance, and support of all people regardless of body size and shape. Today’s society is infiltrated with messages surrounding food, body, and size, and rather than focusing on these superficial aspects of ourselves, the focus of this group is to draw attention to our true, authentic selves in a manner that steers away from our bodies and towards the qualities that make us valuable people.

Vision

Our vision is to hold space for conversation around health, body image, and size in a safe and welcoming space, while introducing the tools necessary to implement body respect and self-compassion practices in the everyday lives of students. Tulane for Every Body runs regular workshop sessions, events, and projects that dive deep into personal experiences surrounding these issues. Our goal is to encourage others to embrace all aspects of themselves in a society that tells them they are never enough.

Values

• Body Respect
  
• Self-Compassion
  
• Authenticity
  
• Intuitive Living
  
• Introspection
  
• Inclusivity
  

Get Involved

Fill out the member interest form to be added to ​the TU4EB email list and GroupMe.

Smash The Scale

Dinner with the Dietcian

Compliment Fest

Tabling Outreach

Learn more about the spectrum of body image experiences and engage in fun activities at our table on McAlister Drive. This is a great opportunity to get involved in our advocacy work, so grab a friend and stop by! Giveaway items including TU for Every Body keychains and uplifting stickers are usually available.

TU for Every Body Workshops

Being a workshop participant entails 60-minute, monthly meetings running throughout the semester. The group follows the “Be Body Positive” curriculum by The Body Positive Initiative, helping to guide you on the path of loving your own body. There is no limit to how many times you can join a workshop as a participant, and we encourage all students interested to join us. You can find the Interest Form below. If you want to see a schedule of our workshops or if you are a group and would like to request a private workshop for your organization, please folllow our instagram @tulane4everybody or reach out via email tu4everybody@gmail.com

We are people, not bodies

We are all people living in this world,

Not bodies living in this world.

We are all people thinking creatively.

Not bodies thinking creatively.

We are all people accomplishing out goals,

Not bodies accomplishing our goals.

We are more than just our bodies.

We are strong, loving, and beautiful people,

Living in this world…

Thinking creatively…

Accomplishing our goals….

And we deserve to love our authentic selves.

Choose to love.

Choose to live.

Choose to be free.

Meet the Team

Sarah Zins

Class: Junior (c/o 2026)

Position: Vice President

Hometown: North Brunswick, NJ

Hey I’m Sarah and I am really looking forward to this year’s opportunities. I hope to bring more confidence to those who lack it. My goals are to help others who may struggle with their body and food. Through personal experience, I aim to bring more awareness and promote fueling people’s bodies in order to get to a better place mentally and physically. Overall, this club means so much to me and I hope to help as many people as I can.

Nyla Hanna

Class: Junior (c/o 2026)

Position: Vice President

Hometown: Toronto, Canada

Hey I’m Nyla and I’m so grateful to be a part of the executive board for TU4EB. I hope that this year we can continue to raise awareness for those who have difficult relationships with food and try to create a safe space for people who have struggled with their eating and/or body image. I look forward to all of the events this coming school year and using personal experience to help people who have struggled.

Olivia Mahoney

Class: Junior (c/o 2026)

Position: Secretary

Hometown: Princeton, NJ

Hi everybody! I'm Olivia and I wanted to join TU4EB as being able to watch my friends grow more confident in their bodies is something I am passionate about. I am so excited to be on executive board again this year and I can't wait to have even more meaningful conversations and great events.

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Meet the Founders

Caroline Sawrey

Contact Caroline through LinkedIn

Hey y'all, I'm Caroline and I am a current junior studying Biochemistry and Spanish here at Tulane. I'm originally from Westford, Massachusetts where I live with my parents, older brother, younger sister, dog, and six chickens! In my free time, I love to weightlift, practice yoga, write poetry, and spend time with friends. I have a passion for changing the stigma around mental health, especially involving disordered eating.

Julia Harrison

Contact Julia through LinkedIn

As someone in recovery, I have become extremely passionate about this work because of how fortunate I have been to have met the most amazing, awe-inspiring people going through similar journeys. I hold them close to my heart and I have made it my life's goal to do as much as I can to support them and to change the system that has repeatedly failed us. This group offers me both; I am able to support those I care about through this incredible body-positive curriculum and I am offered the space to ignite change in our community.

Meet the Founders

Ariana DeFranc

Contact Ariana through LinkedIn

Hi everyone! My name is Ariana and I am a Junior studying Marketing and Management at Tulane! My love for helping others combined with a passion for health and wellness lead me to become involved with TU for Every Body. As a group facilitator, I am grateful that I get to be a part of reshaping the way young adults think of health, specifically in college. Outside of this group, my hobbies include dancing, reading, hanging out with friends, and as of recently, weight training!

Helena Orrego

Contact Helena through LinkedIn

Hi everyone! My name is Helena, and I am very excited to be part of an initiative that is focused on raising awareness for and advocating for the harms of dieting and disordered eating. As someone in recovery myself, I have a personal passion for this, and hope to one day become a therapist myself! My favorite thing to do when I'm bored is make Spotify playlists :)