rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/co-sponsor-sd1171-hd1783?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-co-sponsor-sd1171-hd1783' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> MA Menstrual Equity Coalition https://actionnetwork.org/groups/ma-menstrual-equity-coalition https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg Write your State Senators and Representatives to add their names as a co-sponsor to SD1171 / HD.1783: An Act to increase access to disposable menstrual products. No one should have to choose between food, a roof over their head, their education, and access to menstrual products and yet every day in Massachusetts, menstruators are forced to make exactly that choice. Approximately 1 out of 10 menstruators in MA lives in poverty and struggles to pay for menstrual products. The federal government does not allow food stamps or WIC funds to be used for menstrual products. Inability to access menstrual products affects students’ class attendance. Over half of MA school nurses reported seeing students miss class to get menstrual products. Approximately 9,100 menstruators experienced homelessness in Massachusetts in 2022 and shelters report menstrual products are among the least donated items. By ending Period Poverty we're tackling economic inequality, educational inequality & health inequality. We have models of best practices for implementation in schools, shelters & prisons right here in Massachusetts, and if passed the ‘I AM bill’ would ensure this right statewide. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/co-sponsor-sd1171-hd1783