WEBVTT 0 00:00:00.740 --> 00:00:00.939 Yeah, 1 00:00:01.018 --> 00:00:02.890 having like 16 volunteers. 2 00:00:03.140 --> 00:00:03.380 Hi, 3 00:00:03.539 --> 00:00:04.340 my name is Laurie, 4 00:00:04.380 --> 00:00:05.449 and I'm from Santa Fe, 5 00:00:05.500 --> 00:00:06.019 New Mexico, 6 00:00:06.099 --> 00:00:08.359 and today we're gonna be packing up period kits. 7 00:00:09.220 --> 00:00:09.229 I. 8 00:00:13.010 --> 00:00:13.779 Just enough. 9 00:00:14.140 --> 00:00:16.680 Period poverty is the lack of access 10 00:00:16.940 --> 00:00:18.399 or being able to afford 11 00:00:18.899 --> 00:00:20.180 period products. 12 00:00:24.950 --> 00:00:25.219 That's 13 00:00:25.620 --> 00:00:25.629 right. 14 00:00:26.620 --> 00:00:26.719 Do you know 15 00:00:28.350 --> 00:00:28.379 what to do. 16 00:00:31.860 --> 00:00:36.119 And there is no federal program that supports the purchase of period products, 17 00:00:36.240 --> 00:00:36.909 so EBT, 18 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:37.259 WC, 19 00:00:37.479 --> 00:00:37.840 Snap, 20 00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:39.060 consider 21 00:00:39.709 --> 00:00:41.049 them luxury items. 22 00:00:41.279 --> 00:00:42.119 During the pandemic, 23 00:00:42.159 --> 00:00:44.540 there's a lot of place of uncertainty 24 00:00:44.799 --> 00:00:46.759 and things that just felt out of my control. 25 00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:47.549 So it's like, 26 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:48.619 how can I contribute 27 00:00:49.150 --> 00:00:49.720 right now? 28 00:00:49.990 --> 00:00:50.319 And I said, 29 00:00:50.400 --> 00:00:53.000 how are students getting their period products when they're not in 30 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:56.119 classrooms and able to get them from the nurses station. 31 00:00:56.939 --> 00:00:58.689 I reached out to the superintendent. 32 00:00:58.750 --> 00:00:58.930 I said, 33 00:00:59.009 --> 00:00:59.110 Hey, 34 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:01.310 how would you feel if I put together period kits? 35 00:01:01.689 --> 00:01:03.310 And she loved it. 36 00:01:04.849 --> 00:01:07.980 We originally started putting together 300 period kits a month. 37 00:01:08.129 --> 00:01:11.730 We are now up to putting together 2000 period kits, 38 00:01:11.940 --> 00:01:12.040 uh, 39 00:01:12.059 --> 00:01:15.269 which equates to 50,000 individual period products. 40 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:20.610 In each period kit there are 25 products. 41 00:01:20.849 --> 00:01:23.410 There are 5 regular tampons, 42 00:01:23.650 --> 00:01:25.239 3 super tampons, 43 00:01:25.610 --> 00:01:26.959 6 maxi pads, 44 00:01:27.080 --> 00:01:28.489 6 pads with wings, 45 00:01:28.569 --> 00:01:30.389 and then 5 liners, 46 00:01:30.769 --> 00:01:32.489 and plus our 2 flyers. 47 00:01:32.839 --> 00:01:36.849 The Free Flow wouldn't be anything without our 90 plus volunteers. 48 00:01:36.930 --> 00:01:39.110 If a woman doesn't have period products 50 00:01:40.199 --> 00:01:40.540 her 51 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:41.980 self-worth, 52 00:01:42.440 --> 00:01:43.510 her confidence, 53 00:01:43.559 --> 00:01:46.580 and her ability just to be part of our community, 54 00:01:46.709 --> 00:01:47.000 um, 55 00:01:47.160 --> 00:01:48.230 is challenging. 56 00:01:48.599 --> 00:01:50.099 To be able to 57 00:01:50.639 --> 00:01:52.949 make a small difference in their lives, 58 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:54.980 it really has a big impact. 59 00:01:55.550 --> 00:01:59.239 But the idea came up of let's create kiosks and they're called period 60 00:01:59.470 --> 00:01:59.980 pods. 61 00:01:59.989 --> 00:02:01.449 You reach in and you grab 62 00:02:01.669 --> 00:02:03.160 a bag of period products. 63 00:02:03.790 --> 00:02:04.709 Having it there 64 00:02:05.010 --> 00:02:06.160 at the library, 65 00:02:06.410 --> 00:02:07.610 at the medical clinic, 66 00:02:07.910 --> 00:02:09.869 that in itself reduces the stigma. 67 00:02:10.508 --> 00:02:12.089 My motivation and 68 00:02:12.470 --> 00:02:13.729 working with community, 69 00:02:14.070 --> 00:02:16.250 we are only good as an individual, 70 00:02:16.630 --> 00:02:19.009 as how good our village is doing.