American Medical Women's Association @ UNC Charlotte

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  American Medical Women's Association @ UNC Charlotte

  • Nonprofit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt | EIN# 47-2438066

  PERIOD was started in 2014 in Portland, Oregon by Nadya Okamoto while she was still in high school. During that time Nadya’s family was experiencing housing instability. Nadya spent two hours per day commuting to school, bringing her into contact with some of Portland’s most vulnerable. The girls and women she encountered were creating their own makeshift menstrual products as they could not afford to purchase them in the store. With a new understanding of the effect of poverty on menstruators, Nadya started PERIOD, a youth-led organization changing the narrative on menstruation and fighting for menstrual equity. PERIOD solves this community problem working to end period poverty through service, advocacy and education. PERIOD does this by providing free menstrual products to menstruators in need by partnering with community organizations through our global network of hundreds of PERIOD chapters. Our chapters and their advocates gather menstrual supplies and distribute them to menstruators and organizations in need in their local communities. As of early 2020, we have served almost one million periods and have been active in all 50 states and many countries around the world.
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