What We All Deserve

🌟 This past week, WWAD joined Alliance for Period Supplies and National Diaper Bank Network at their annual U.S. Conference on Poverty and Basic Needs in Chicago, IL. This conference gathers organizations working across the nation that work on solving period product and diaper insecurity in their communities. 🎤 We presented a workshop, “Period Equity as an Intergenerational Movement” with an audience of 60+ in person and online to learn more about how to engage young advocates in the menstrual equity movement. We even featured stories of our very own youth advocates, Annika and Raksha, who began their advocacy journeys at the local level through direct service. 💙 Thank you so much to our partners at Alliance for Period Supplies and National Diaper Bank Network for giving us the platform to share youth perspectives and involvement in such pressing issues facing low-income families today. We’re excited for our continued partnership in the upcoming year to advocate for more basic needs policies across the nation!

We’re so excited to be presenting on Period Equity as an Intergenerational Movement at the U.S. Conference for Poverty and Basic Needs in Chicago, IL next week! Come join WWAD’s Co-Executive Directors, Fiona Lu and Esther L., share their experiences in the menstrual equity movement. They’ll discuss how youth organizers address menstrual equity, how adult advocates can effectively partner with them, and the importance of meaningful collaboration between adult-led organizations and young advocates to combat period poverty. The session will include insights from their work on three California bills—SB 260, AB 1810, and SB 953—covering advocacy strategies such as crafting youth-forward legislative messaging, building youth advisory boards, partnering with youth-led movements, and centering the experiences of young people facing period poverty. Thank you to Alliance for Period Supplies and National Diaper Bank Network for hosting this incredible gathering!

📣 We’re excited to announce that WWAD will be opening applications for the 2024-2025 year! Join the movement to fight for basic needs and economic justice with advocates from across the country. 📄 To read more about our open positions and apply, visit the application here: https://lnkd.in/e9gp3xFx. All applications must be submitted by 11:59 PM PT on October 20, 2024. Please reach out to esther@whatwealldeserve.org and fiona@whatwealldeserve.org if you have any questions!

This past weekend, WWAD’s Co-Executive Directors Esther L. and Fiona Lu attended the inaugural National Youth Service Summit in Chicago, IL. Thank you to The Allstate Foundation and Center for Expanding Leadership & Opportunity for your belief and investment in youth leadership, restoration, community-building, and co-creation. We’re leaving the conference feeling inspired and empowered to continue making policy more accessible and serving folks through community-centered policy! #YouthLedYouthDriven #YouthServiceSummit #YouthService

🚨 Calling young people experienced in website and media design! 🚨 WWAD is looking for a freelance website designer to work on building and launching our website. We're looking specifically for young people or students with a background in website design, and this role will be stipended ($500-750, depending on experience and work time). If you're interested, submit your information and a portfolio through bit.ly/wwadwebsitedesigner!

Thank you United Chinese Americans (UCA) and APAPA - Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association for having us at the 2024 Chinese American Convention Community and Youth Organizations Showcase! Racial justice is a huge part of our work and deeply interwoven with economic justice, and it was a pleasure to table this weekend.

Passionate about economic justice and basic needs? Have experience in social media management and graphic design? Come join our team! WWAD is recruiting two Social Media Managers to join our youth-led movement. Social media is a critical tool for mobilization, and Social Media Managers play an integral role in our advocacy by working on graphic design and crafting larger social media campaigns. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until positions are filled, but the final deadline is May 5th, 2024 @ 11:59 PM PT. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/ecVueKxc.

Calling all UCLA or LA-based students, advocates, educators, staff, etc. interested in menstrual/reproductive/basic needs/criminal justice! In partnership with the UCLA Law Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy, University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law Criminal Justice Program, UCLA Law School Prison and Policy Program, Reproductive Health Interest Group, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Bixby Center, UCLA Center for the Study of Women, PAACT, and my organization, What We All Deserve, I'm proud to have co-planned a panel discussion about menstrual product access policies in California's carceral system at the UCLA Law School for this Friday, April 19th, from 5:00-6:30 PM PT. Our panel features Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, Dr. Jody Heymann, and Ilka Rosales Perkins, Co-Founder of the People's Pottery Project, moderated by Criminal Justice Program Director Alicia Virani to discuss menstrual product access for incarcerated people, how lack of menstrual product access has vast health and wellbeing implications, and what community members and advocates can do to work towards a more equitable future for menstrual product access for all menstruators. I'm so thankful to my planning committee, Winnie Xu, Jaclyn Serpico, and Carley Towne for making this happen. Our event is open to all types of students and community members who hope to learn more about how menstrual justice requires an interdisciplinary approach and a human rights lens. Come join us this Friday-- food and drinks will be provided! Register at this link: https://lnkd.in/g3FCRr_C

Thank you to the Feminist Majority Foundation for inviting our Co-Executive Director, Esther L., to speak at the National Young Feminist Leadership Conference!

🎉🎉 #AB1810 passed the #CaAssembly Public Safety Committee today! AB 1810 requires that anyone in state prison, local detention facility, or state/local juvenile facility has direct access to personal hygiene products and reproductive care without needing to request them. Thank you to Assemblymember Isaac Bryan for introducing this bill! #CaAlliance fully supports #AB1810, which will bring California closer to menstrual health equity by requiring menstrual products are free and readily available for people who need them, without requesting access from correctional officers.