Dear OA Family,
Today is a big day for our Fellowship. After years of planning, development, and the dedicated volunteer effort that makes Overeaters Anonymous so remarkable, we are proud to announce the launch of our completely updated oa.org website.
This is not a small refresh. From the home page to the Find a Meeting feature to the way you search for information, nearly every corner of the site has been reimagined, and we think you’re going to love what you see.
A Fresh New Look and Feel
Whether someone is visiting oa.org for the first time or returning after an absence, we want them to feel welcome and find what they need. The updated site arrives with a modern design that works beautifully on any device—phone, tablet, or desktop.
Navigation is cleaner and more intuitive, with a new menu structure and style that makes it easier to find what you’re looking for. The home page has been redesigned with new features to welcome visitors and help them quickly understand what OA is and how to get started in the program.
A Warmer Welcome for Newcomers
We’ve given special attention to the newcomer experience. The Newcomer section is more prominent on the navigation menu and features updated content to encourage visitors to explore our site further. Our OA Quiz helps visitors understand whether OA might be right for them.
A Completely Rebuilt Find a Meeting
The new Find a Meeting feature brings the meeting details together on one screen, with filters for time zone, language, meeting format, day of the week, time of day, topic, focus, literature, and visitor access.
The updated search experience supports the many ways OA meetings are held today: face-to-face, online, by phone, in hybrid combinations, and non-real-time using chat and messaging platforms. Search results may be printed, downloaded, or shared directly via email or social media.
Managing Your Meeting—Made Simple
The Add, Edit, and Cancel meeting forms have been completely rebuilt. The new forms feature a clean new look and have been designed with non-technical users in mind. They will guide you step-by-step, and the new email verification feature will allow for some of your meeting edits to appear much more quickly on oa.org. Plus, the forms now support all meeting formats, including hybrid combinations. Training videos and quick reference guides will be available soon.
Documents Where You Need Them
Our resource library has always been a powerful tool, and soon, relevant documents will also appear directly on the pages where they apply; for example, diversity and inclusion resources will be on the Unity with Diversity page, and newcomer materials will appear on the Newcomer pages. Most documents will automatically open in the language of your browser, just as it did before.
Better Navigation in News and Event Calendar
The News and Event Calendar pages have a new look too. Select a category in the onscreen menu and watch the results refresh live—no back button needed, no starting over from the main menu. It’s a much smoother way to explore what’s happening across the Fellowship.
An Improved Site Search
OA.org now has a powerful site search tool that will do a much better job of bringing up the most relevant results for your search. It recognizes partial words, tolerates minor spelling variations, and prioritizes the most useful content rather than just listing every page that contains the word you typed.
Currently, this enhanced search engine works in English. For members using our site in other supported languages, we will continue using the search tool from the previous site design to provide results for both the main site and the bookstore. We recognize all of our members deserve a quality search experience, and improving oa.org for users of all languages remains a priority.
Report Problems Using Our Contact Form
The new design and features of oa.org demonstrates huge progress, but not perfection. We invite you to report any problems using our Contact form, and we will work to fix them as soon as possible. We always appreciate when OA members report problems with the website.
With Deep Gratitude
A project of this scope does not happen without an extraordinary amount of work. The Board of Trustees and the World Service Office extend our heartfelt thanks to the Website Review Committee, whose vision, persistence, and patience over many years made all this possible.
We are also deeply grateful to the members and service bodies across our Fellowship who contributed financially to make this project possible. Your generosity is a beautiful expression of OA’s Seventh Tradition and a testament to what we can accomplish together when we invest in our common welfare.
We want to recognize three World Service Office staff members whose contributions went far above and beyond: Sandra Zimmerman, Associate Director / Member Services Manager; Lorie Laurence, Group Registrations Coordinator / IT Liaison; and Kevin McGuire, Digital Communications Manager. Their expertise, care, and deep commitment to this Fellowship shine through every corner of the new site.
Thank you for being part of this Fellowship, for your service, and for your patience as we worked to build something worthy of the community you represent. We are proud of what we’ve accomplished together.
With gratitude and joy,
The Board of Trustees and World Service Office
Overeaters Anonymous