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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…
Teen T'ings...'Play Games and Chill'
Teens, Worked Hard? Now Let's Play Hard. Game Time in the Chill Zone at Flatbush Library! We may have free snacks, and you can also bring your own snacks and your team, let's have some friendly competitions. We have a PS5, PS4, X-Box One, Nintendo Switch, and tons of board games! A great place…
The Not Just Anime Club @ Windsor Terrace
It's the NEW and IMPROVED anime club at the Windsor Terrace Library! Cuz we're not gonna let Crunchyroll's new terms of service crash the party.
Yes, Sony is pulling the plug for libraries, to trust & believe, that alternatives for anime in the library exist! Translation: thank…
Anime Club!
Do you love anime?
Join us every Thursday where we'll watch anime together, draw, color, and chat about all things anime!
Teen Time
Teen Time: Come to the Bedford Library to hang out.
Snacks will be provided! Hope to see you there!!
Teen DIY: Tie Dye T-Shirt
Let's color everywhere with tie-dye! Come learn how with us.
We'll provide large tote bags to tie-dye and take home, or feel free to bring your own t-shirt to tie-dye. Don't forget to wear clothes you don't mind getting dye on.
**Supplies limited to 15 participants only-first…
Teen Tech Time
Join us at Crown Heights Library for video games, from 2K to Smash Bros and more. For teens grades 7-12.
Sign-in is required at the door. Space is limited to 20 participants at a time.
Brownsville Teen Game Night
Grab your friends and join us in the Brownsville meeting room for some video games! We'll be playing the latest versions of NBA 2K and Street Fighter plus Madden, Pac Man, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl and more on our PS4 and Xbox One. Snacks and drinks available.
Teen Time
Looking for a spot to spend time with your friends? Come to the Pacific Library for Teen Time. We have tons of video games for the PS5 and Switch, from Super Smash Bros to Just Dance! We also have crafts and snacks. Hope to see you there!
Anime Club!
Join us as we watch anime while drawing and coloring our favorite characters!
This program is for teens ages 13-17. We meet every week!
Staff Picks
- Ready, Steady, Flow
- Changing Bodies and Puberty
- Relationships and Sex Primer for Teens
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