Service Learning
Introduction
This project focuses on supplies for menstruation as well as shelters and centers with products necessary to make it through that critical time of the month. Period products remain expensive, and some people cannot afford these necessities. Students focus on donations, assembly, and distribution of these products to those in need.
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Researching Period Poverty
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- Global Citizen Period PovertyEverything you need to know about period poverty.
- PERIOD.orgPERIOD provides free period products to communities in need.
- Period Poverty - American Medical AssocationLink to downloadable pamphlet from American Medical Association.
- Period Poverty Research StarterUngvarsky, Janine. “Period Poverty.” Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2020. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=ers&AN=89158290&site=eds-live&custid=s8460452.
- University of Michigan Period Poverty ArticleChanging the Cycle: Period Poverty as a Public Health Crisis
NWA Resources
- Women's Shelter NWAAt the Northwest Arkansas Women’s Shelter, their mission is to provide shelter and support at any hour for those affected by domestic violence in our community.
- Good Day NWA: End Period Poverty with the Flo Free FoundationA recent article from 2022 on period poverty.
- Arkansas Period Poverty ProjectList of contact information and social media for the Arkansas Period Poverty Project.
- Helping Hearts of NWAThis group includes helping with period poverty as one of their missions in NWA.
Pink Tax
- State Tampon Taxes GuideThis guide from Marie Clair breaks down the current state of the "pink" tax and what people are doing to stop it.
- Arkansas State Legislature Bill InformationThere have been previous movements towards ending the "pink" tax in Arkansas, although the the bill did not pass.
Recommended Search Terms
- "pink tax"
- "tampon tax"
- "menstrual poverty"
- "period poverty"
- "menstrual rights"
- "period rights"