Cycle Alliance: A Pro-Period Advocacy Workshop for Teens
This event has been cancelled.
Cycle Alliance is Virtual Teen Program that will empower teens to use their voices through pro-period advocacy.
During the three week program, Teens will:
- learn bystander intervention skills using Hollaback's 5 D method
- learn media literacy
- learn how to locate and contact their local politicians
- discuss media and society's portrayl of menstruation
- demystify periods and menstruation
Teens, ages 13-18, of all genders are invited to join the Cycle Alliance. This is a special three-week series of virtual workshops that will empower teens to speak about issues surrounding menstruation; challenge period shaming; and address period poverty through a social media campaign. Each week, we will address our goals through education, advocacy, and civic engagement. Teens will learn how to identify and contact their local political leaders; learn how to access trustworthy information to combat period shaming; and learn bystander intervention tools. They will also express their creativity by designing memes, gifs, and other social media ready art.
This is a three week program offered in October, November and December. Teens should indicate which month they want to partiicpate in their volunteer application. For more information and to fill out a volunteer application, click here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/event-series/cycle-alliance
- Wednesdays, October 7, 14, 21, 4-5 p.m.
- Wednesdays, November 4, 11, 18, 4-5 p.m.
- Wednesdays, December 2, 9, 16, 4-5 p.m.
BKLYN Incubator is supported by generous funding provided by The Charles H. Revson Foundation and Robin K. and Jay L. Lewis.
Cycle Alliance is Virtual Teen Program that will empower teens to use their voices through pro-period advocacy.
During the three week program, Teens will:
- learn bystander intervention skills using Hollaback's 5 D method
- learn media literacy
- learn how to locate and contact their local politicians
- discuss media and society's portrayl of menstruation
- demystify periods and menstruation
Teens, ages 13-18, of all genders are invited to join the Cycle Alliance. This is a special three-week series of virtual workshops that will empower teens to speak about issues surrounding menstruation; challenge period shaming; and address period poverty through a social media campaign. Each week, we will address our goals through education, advocacy, and civic engagement. Teens will learn how to identify and contact their local political leaders; learn how to access trustworthy information to combat period shaming; and learn bystander intervention tools. They will also express their creativity by designing memes, gifs, and other social media ready art.
This is a three week program offered in October, November and December. Teens should indicate which month they want to partiicpate in their volunteer application. For more information and to fill out a volunteer application, click here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/event-series/cycle-alliance
- Wednesdays, October 7, 14, 21, 4-5 p.m.
- Wednesdays, November 4, 11, 18, 4-5 p.m.
- Wednesdays, December 2, 9, 16, 4-5 p.m.
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