For the third year in a row, the Aerie Real Foundation is proud to support PERIOD. and award the menstrual equity non-profit a $100K Signature Grant. The grant will fund a full year of Speak Up PERIOD! Confidence training for their Chapter Members and support this year’s Period Action Day on October 11th. The organization is dedicated to ending period poverty and stigmas through global, youth-fueled service, education and advocacy. (Aerie is donating 500 Aerie t-shirts for Period Action Day rallies, too!)
Read below to learn more about PERIOD. & how the Aerie Real Foundation is supporting their mission.
ABOUT PERIOD.
Founded in 2014 by two high school students in Portland, OR, PERIOD. is a global youth-powered non-profit that is working to eradicate period poverty and stigma through advocacy, education, and service.
PERIOD. annually distributes millions of disposable and reusable period products in bulk to hundreds of youth-led PERIOD. chapters as well as community organizations across the country.
Via these chapters, PERIOD. trains youth advocates to end period poverty in their own communities through period product drives and stigma-busting menstrual health curriculum. PERIOD.’s youth advocacy program also equips volunteers to advocate for policy change and implementation to advance menstrual equity at local, state, and federal levels.
HOW THE AERIE REAL FOUNDATION SUPPORTS PERIOD.
PERIOD. will use this year’s $100K Aerie Real Foundation Signature Grant to fund a full year of their Speak Up PERIOD! Confidence training for their Chapter Members, equipping 300+ young advocates with media, policy and advocacy training. This grant will also support Period Action Day on October 11th, a day when rallies across the country raise awareness about the crisis of period poverty.
In addition to a $100K Signature Grant, the Aerie Real Foundation has pledged to donate 500 Aerie t-shirts for Period Action Day rallies.
MORE MENSTRUAL EQUITY INITIATIVES AT AEO
AEO is a PERIOD. Workplace Champion! This program is designed to eliminate period poverty in the workplace and support menstrual equity. As a workplace champion, AEO pledges to provide menstrual products in all restrooms (including the AEO home office, distribution centers, and stores) and make educational materials available to all employees.
Visit PERIOD.’s site to learn more about menstrual equity, how to get involved in the fight against period poverty in your community and how you can get involved in Period Action Day events near you!
How can I help?
There is a large homeless population in Texas and I would like to help these individuals to have access to some of these products especially the reusable items. How can I help them?