BE REAL
In the Arena

On August 12, 2021 state school superintendents and other educators joined Founder and Executive Director of BE REAL, Denise Hamburger and STRIPED Director S. Bryn Austin for training on how to create Body Confident Schools using the CDC Whole Child, Whole School, Whole Community framework.
Body Confident Schools Training
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
On December 9, 2020, primary and secondary school professionals joined Founder and Executive Director of BE REAL, Denise Hamburger, and STRIPED Director S. Bryn Austin, for a free evidence-informed training on how to create a Body Confident School.
ED Matters Podcast
Denise was interviewed on ED Matters: The Gurze/Salucore podcast airing once a week where we interview the top experts in the field of eating disorders, sharing information for individuals recovering from eating disorders, their loved ones, clinicians in the field, and other individuals, professional or otherwise seeking to learn about eating disorders.
Speaking on Body Confident Schools and Body Confident Kids






Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Eating Disorder Prevention Incubator, STRIPED, for the National Association of School Psychologists, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Healthy Schools Division, Washington DC
United States Department of Agriculture for the Food and Nutrition Service Division, Washington DC
Amazon Body Positive Peers, Seattle, Washington
Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut
Society of Public Health Education (SOPHE), Washington DC
Quad Cities Eating Disorder Conference, Keynote Speaker, Bettendorf, Iowa
Eating Disorder Coalition of Iowa, Educators Conference
Pleasant Hill, Iowa
Iowa School Nurses Organization Conference, Storm Lake, Iowa
BBYO Women’s Leadership and Advisory Council, Washington DC
BBYO Midwest Conference, Youth Presentation, Deerfield, Illinois
BBYO Midwest Conference, Parent Presentation, Deerfield, Illinois
New Trier High School, BodyKind, Winnetka, Illinois
Brooklyn Center Community High School Teacher Training, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, Michigan
The Marist School, Atlanta, Georgia
Silver Creek High School, Longmont, Colorado
Madison-Champaign Educational Service Center, Madison, Wisconsin
JMG Professional Services Client Group, Oakbrook, Illinois
Sante Fe BOCES, La Junta, Colorado
Project Maria, Rock County, Wisconsin
YogaRoots, Petoskey, Michigan
Art Impact Project, Lake Bluff, Illinois
The Nourished Girls Project, Raising Nourished Girls Interview Series. Santa Rosa, California
Schuylkill Intermediate, Mar Lin, Pennsylvania
West Central Indiana Educational Service Center, Greencastle, Indiana
Strive Prep Schools, Denver, Colorado
Glencoe Public Schools, Glencoe, Illinois
Chicago Lab Schools, Chicago, Illinois
Professional Development Alliance, Joliet, Illinois
Administrator Academy, West40 Regional Office of Education (ROE), Hillside, Illinois
West40 ROE, Hillside, Illinois
ROE 3, Vandalia, Il
ROE 11, Charleston, Il
ROE 12, Robinson, Il
ROE 13, Mount Vernon, Il
ROE 20, Harrisburg, Il
ROE 21, Benton, Il
ROE 26, Macomb, Il
ROE 32, Champaign, Il
ROE 39, Decatur, Il
ROE 41, Edwardsville, Il
ROE 44, Woodstock Il
ROE 48 Peoria, Il
ROE 56, Joliet, Il
ISC South, Chicago Heights, Il
New Trier High School, Winnetka, Illinois
Highland Park High School, Highland Park, Illinois
Deerfield High School, Deerfield, Illinois
Libertyville High School, Libertyville, Illinois
Stephenson High School, Lincolnshire, Illinois
Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook, Illinois
Glenbrook South High School, Glenview, Illinois
New Lennox Schools, New Lennox, Illinois
Women’s Exchange, Winnetka, Illinois