2022 YEARBOOK
The menstrual movement was on fire in 2022!
PERIOD. chapters presented menstrual educational classes to their peers, testified in front of legislatures, organized rallies, published policy guides and joined statewide coalitions. The only way to solve something in our lifetime is to train the next generation, and I’ve never been more confident or energized for the future.
The distribution of products is how we startedpermanent policy change is how we’ll end this crisis.
A D V O C A C Y
E D U C A T I O N
Your support and belief in this work keep our fires burning everyday.
Michela Bedard Executive Director
S E R V I C E
hen you see the blood drop on a page, click to learn or watch more!
PERIOD @ UT - Arlington, Texas
Jennifer Morris Photography - IGNITE
PERIOD @ Miami
IN 2022...
1,027,645
menstrual cycles were covered through distribution of reusable and disposable period products
47
Period Community Organizers were equipped to pass policies in their state.
62
Our 5-week grassroots training program certified youth activists as policy leaders.
119 new PERIOD. chapters from around the world.
Includes 2 Federal Bills! +
1,000
menstrual equity policies advanced in 31 states! hours of youth-led menstrual education workshops
(An average menstrual cycle is equal to 15 disposable products!)
Campaign Against Hunger, New York
PERIOD @
Jennifer Morris Photography - IGNITE
Guatemala
PERIOD @ Townsend Harris High School, New York
PERIOD. CHANGEMAKERS 400 active chapters 44 t t 32 THOUSANDS of menstrual equity activists in countries + PERIOD@OSU PERIOD@Flagstaff,Arizona PERIOD@CentralCatholicHighSchool PERIOD@Bihar,India PERIOD@ OklahomaUniversity PERIOD@NorthGwinnett HighSchool Georgia PERIOD@UniversityofTennessee PERIOD@Guatemala PERIOD@VirginiaTech PERIODMcMaster PERIOD@TownsendHarris HighSchool,NY
EDUCATION STIGMA-BUSTING CURRICULUM
SUSTAINABLE MENSTRUATION!
28,000 readers of The Rag
(by and for youth activists)
+
PUBLISHED GLOSSARY!
150,000 interactions with menstrual education on social media
+
COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULUM
ON
PERIOD @ Skopje, North Macedonia
JenniferMorrisPhotography-IGNITE
PERIOD @ Bihar, India
PERIOD @ OU YAC Member, Liz Soyemi
ADVOCACY SYSTEMIC POLICY CHANGE
IGNITE,
All
Activated advocacy campaigns and trainings in partnership with
Women's March, When We
Vote and more!
New policy partnership with the attorneys for the menstr movement!
equity policy wins in... ALABAMA CALIFORNIA COLORADO D.C. DELAWARE HAWAII ILLINOIS NEW YORK UTAH WASHINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
The Loopholes Campaign grew awareness of federal menstrual equity legislation. Menstrual
were
to lead
communities for social change. JenniferMorrisPhotography-IGNITE
online period policy trackers for activists to engage with local policies.
Youth activists
trained
their
Launched
SERVICE
DISTRIBUTION OF PERIOD PRODUCTS
186 grassroots organizations across the country.
PERIOD. chapters also distributed thousands of period products to their communities year-round!
Sustainable products kept
2,862,000
In 2022, PERIOD. sent period products in bulk to disposables out of landfills.
to The Community Cupboard in Horn Lake, Mississippi
Elica Resource Center in North Highlands, California
The Community Cupboard: Horn Lake, Mississippi
Period Action Day Packing Party: Portland, OR
Reusable products keep people out of period poverty.
H+|Hip Hop Dance Conservatory: Brooklyn, NY
PERIOD @ Duke University, North Carolina
PERIOD @ Toledo, Ohio
EVERY SECOND SATURDAY IN OCTOBER, WE TAKE ACTION AGAINST PERIOD POVERTY. Watch the 2022 recap! PERIOD @ Ohio State University PERIOD Organizer Reilly Roedel PERIOD @ Washington State University PERIOD @ Temple University, Pennsylvania Free Flow, Inc Women's March, Washington D C
YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL
PERIOD COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS
AanyaPatel-FL AlisaNudar-NY AlliUrban-MI AnanyaBhatia-LA AnnabelleJin-PA AriezChristmon-IN AydanJaneGarland-Mner-WA BrookeAmero-GA
CatalinaCarbajal-IL CatherineBrandish-MA CelineChoi-CA CindyWang-IA ClaireTimon-TX
DaphneIscher-OR HannahBarret-KY HannahDemke-UT
HannahTaylor-SC JessStrait-NC KatieClark-AR KylieHutchison-OK LizDuggan-RI ManarAlagi-CA MarinaStarikovsky-NY NehaNayak-TX
NicholasPolk-CT NikitaShrestha-TX NupurHuria-MI OliviaYoung-UT PriyankaSuresh-GA
RachelGlantzberg-NJ RabiaGhanimah-IL ReganMoss-AL ReiJia-MA ReillyRoedel-NJ RhileyJones-MD RohanaChintakindi-OH SanjanaSivaiah-FL ShrutiGautam-MO WinnieZheng-DC
CamilaRivera-MD ElizabethLefler-TN EvanGates-OH
Alyssa Stenson
Antoilyn Nguyen
Asia Brown Denia Brielle-Smith
Evan Gates Juhi Pandit Liz Soyemi Manasi Gajjalapurna
ADVOCACY
EDUCATION
SERVICE
Miranda Lu Regan Moss Salika Vummaro Stacey Johnson
PERIOD. YOUTH CHAMPION AWARDEES
Nupur
Huria
Saumya Sao
Amaya Waymon
THANK YOU
None of this would be possible without you. We are so grateful to our many partners, donors and sponsors who not only support our work, but advance it. From everyone at PERIOD. - thank you.
Together, we are eradicating period poverty and stigma.
STAFF TEAM
Ameer Abdulrahman
Michela Bedard
Nicky Dawkins
Aydan Garland-Miner
Olivia Jenkinson
Damaris Pereda
Kate Barker Swindell
Emily Swanigan
Dara Wilk
Velika Yasay
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Kirsten Brady - Chair
Asia Brown
Dr. Charis Chambers
Ally Crays
Dr. Lisa DeNike
Ajay Doshi
Shari Dunn
Regan Moss
Kristin Rios
US
FLOWWITH
PERIOD.ORG |
@PERIODMOVEMENT
PERIOD @ Case Western Reserve University, Ohio
