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Cycle Alliance Is a Gender-Inclusive Period Advocacy Program
The Cycle Alliance is a menstrual equity initiative geared towards teens that aims to destigmatize and de-gender conversations about menstruation; combat period poverty; and empower teens to advocate for social causes. Teens will participate in programs where they will learn how to advocate for menstrual equity; identify misinformation; and express their creativity through writing, drawing, or developing videos for the library’s teen blog and social media accounts.
Cycle Alliance Values:
- Menstrual equity is for for all who menstruate.
- Periods are a natural and biological event that are not shameful.
- Menstruators should have access to free or low-cost menstrual hygiene products.
- New York prisons, shelters, public middle and high schools should provide free period products.
- A mandatory, accurate, and up-to-date sex ed curriculum in schools that destigmatizes menstruation.
- Avoiding superstitious, offensive or hurtful language when talking about periods.
- To teach people who “just don’t get it" by using facts.
- Accepting that menstruation begins in childhood, and shouldn't be associated with becoming an adult or the ability to have babies because that unintentionally sexualizes a child who is neither physically nor emotionally ready to think about sexual relationships or parenthood.
Resources:
- "All About Periods." Source: Nemours KidsHealth
- "Doctors Answer Commonly Googled Period Questions." Source: YouTube
- "People with Disabilities Have Periods Too, & We Need to Talk About That." Source: SheKnows
- "Period Poverty Resources at the Library." Source: Public Libraries Online
- "Understanding Your Menstrual Cycle." Source: Womenshealth.gov
- "The Launch Pad: Your go-to for Resources for Menstrual Equity Activism." Source: Period, the Menstrual Movement
- "Guidance for Providing Respectful Menstruation Related Care To TGNB Patient Populations." Source: Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
- The Pad Project, The Pad Project’s mission is to create and cultivate local and global partnerships to end period stigma and to empower women worldwide
BKLYN Incubator is supported by generous funding provided by The Charles H. Revson Foundation and Robin K. and Jay L. Lewis.
Upcoming Events
The Cycle Alliance's Period Pantry at Brooklyn Heights!
If you are are a Teen in between the ages of 13 and 18, take a look at our period pantry located in the Game Room or ask someone at the front desk.
Our period pantry is in alliance with ‘Cycle Alliance’ here at Brooklyn Public Library.
Our pantry contains pads, tampons and both…
Board Games @ The Library
Play old classics like Uno, Chess, Jenga and Connect 4
Or
try something new like Looping Louie, Love Letter, or Exploding Kittens.
Youth Power in Action: A Civic Action Planning Workshop with YVote
Want to make a difference in your community? This interactive workshop empowers young people to explore the issues they care about most and turn their ideas into action. Through hands-on activities and group collaboration led by teen peers, participants will learn how to research community needs…
Teen Tech Time
Do you consider yourself a gamer?
Are you passionate about the virtual worlds?
Come join us in the wonderful world of video games at the Arlington Library Branch!! Make new friends, create new rivals and have fun in the process!!
Choose your preference between X Box,…
Bedford Teen Study Time
Hello Teens:
What a quiet place to do homework or study? Come to the Bedford Branch and join our Teen Study Time!
An hour to do your work, hope to see you there!!
Teen PowerPoint Workshop
Teens, come to the Dyker Library to learn PowerPoint basics for school and personal use!
Teen Karaoke
Sing your heart out to classic songs and favorite hits.
Teen Time: Game On!
Teen Time: Come to the Ulmer Park Library to hang out.
Join us weekly for game time in our meeting room. Play video games, board games, cards, etc. with your peers in friendly competition. Snacks will be available while supplies last.
Ages 12-18
Staff Picks
- Ready, Steady, Flow
- Changing Bodies and Puberty
- Relationships and Sex Primer for Teens
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