Students in the Design Justice class at Bend Senior High School are celebrating a tangible victory for a long-championed project, as free menstrual products are now in place at schools throughout Bend-La Pine Schools and now being installed in schools across the state. For more than two years, Bend Senior High students advocated for this project, testifying before state lawmakers on behalf of the Menstrual Dignity Act and, after the law's passage, helping design and edit a toolkit to implement the new guidelines. Bend Senior High sophomore Isobel McDonald has been part of the effort by students and says it's gratifying to see the dispensers in place. "It's exciting to work on projects where we get to see real time results. The menstrual product dispensers, which provide free tampons and pads, are creating equity and providing a product that all students can access easily, which hasn't always been the case. The process of working to bring dispensers to the distr
Bend Senior HS students champion statewide in-school access to menstrual products
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