{"id":351359,"date":"2021-06-03T11:14:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T15:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/?p=351359"},"modified":"2021-06-03T11:14:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T15:14:49","slug":"mw-students-fight-poverty-and-stigma-as-period-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlwgs.com\/mw-students-fight-poverty-and-stigma-as-period-members\/","title":{"rendered":"MW students fight poverty and stigma as PERIOD members"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>PERIOD @ Maggie L. Walker GS, VA is a chapter of PERIOD, a national organization committed to fighting period poverty and stigma through service, education, and advocacy.  We opened our chapter in the fall of 2019 as a part of the Red Cross Club, and this year, we have 60 members, who have all been instrumental in helping us carry out our various initiatives throughout the year, including a t-shirt sale, a period product drive for Diversity Richmond, and of course, 28 Days of PERIOD.<\/p>\n

Last year, as an auxiliary of the Red Cross Club, we were able to get free period product dispensers set up in all of the school’s female and unisex restrooms, and we worked with Sylvia’s Sisters to get legislation passed at the state level to require all public schools to provide free period products in their restrooms.<\/p>\n

28 Days of PERIOD was a unique initiative of our PERIOD chapter this year to spread awareness about period poverty\/stigma and menstrual inequities, both close to home and around the world.  To expand our reach as much as possible, we recruited the help of students from various schools and organizations (you can find a full list of our partner institutions here: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/28dop2021calendar<\/a>).<\/p>\n

During this event, we were able to:<\/p>\n