Equity Activists News Today

Northwestern’s Menstrual Equity Activists is encouraging students to stock collection boxes across campus with period products like panty liners, tampons and menstrual cups as part of the organization’s quarterly “flow drive.”  Running through March 10, the drive includes collection points at all residential area desks on campus, as well as in Kresge Hall and the...

When Weinberg junior Vivica Lewis first learned the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, she said she stayed off social media and avoided talking to people about the news because “it just hurt so bad.” Lewis has spent the summer working on a research project about the history of birth control access in countries across...

Northwestern’s Menstrual Equity Activists are leading a campaign to provide free menstrual products in all residence hall bathrooms in an effort to combat period poverty.  Founded in 2020 and rebranded in 2021, MEA raises awareness of the barriers experienced by menstruators through donation drives and teach-ins at the grassroots level.   Weinberg senior Rwan Ibrahim, MEA’s...