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2026 Menstrual Equity Advocacy Day
Hear from legislative champions, activists and meet with your legislators to urge them to pass our legislative agenda this session!
Our menstrual equity legislative agenda:
S.2640 / H.4611: The I AM Bill - An Act to Increased Access to Disposable Menstrual Products in Schools, Homeless Shelters, and Incarcerated Facilities
S.2156 :An Act to Increase Access to Menstrual Products in Public Buildings
S.2641 / H.2375: An Act Relative to Menstrual Product Ingredient Disclosure
How do you know if your legislator co-sponsors? Find your state legislators malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator See if their name is listed on our tracker here.
Registration for Advocacy Day is still open, but if you sign up after 3/13 we cannot guarantee we will be able to schedule a meeting with your legislator!
Advocacy Day Agenda:
At Carrie Nation, 11 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02108:
10AM Check in, Networking
11AM Speakers
12PM-1PM Lunch & Advocacy Training
1PM-1:30PM walk to the State House
1:30PM Meetings with State Representatives
2 or 2:30PM Meetings with State Senators
3PM ClosingFrequently Asked Questions
Advocacy Day Speakers
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An Advocacy Day is a day-long event where you can hear from legislative champions, activists and meet with your legislators to urge them to pass our menstrual equity agenda this session!
Mass NOW schedules meetings for everyone to meet with their legislators with a small group of other constituents. RSVP by Feb. 9th to have a meeting with your legislator scheduled.
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Meeting and sharing stories with legislators is the most effective way to urge them to take action!
The Advocacy Day provides an opportunity for constituents to meet with their State Representatives and urge them to bring the menstrual equity bills to a vote in House Ways and Means before the end of the legislative session!
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Advocacy Day Schedule:
10AM-11AM - Check in, networking, breakfast
11AM-12PM - Speeches from activists and legislators
12PM-1PM - Lunch
1PM-2PM - Meeting #1 with legislators
2PM-3PM - Meeting #2 with legislators
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No! anyone can attend and volunteer to be a team leader, regardless of previous experience.
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The team leaders will co-lead a lobby day training for a small group, find the legislators offices in the State House, facilitate conversation with legislators and attendees, and be responsible for submitting feedback form.
No experience needed! We will have a team lead training about a week before the Advocacy Day. Sign up on the RSVP form on our website.
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APAPA-New England
Betsy's Club and SGA at Simmons University
Better Business Bureau
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC)
Boston Mayor Wu's Office of Women's Advancement
Bristol Black Collective
Citron Hygiene
Eleonora Cordiovani Yoga
FIHRI, Inc
Free. Hingham
Her Power Collective
Hope & Comfort, Inc.
Jane Doe Inc. (JDI)
Junior League of Boston
League of Women Voters of Massachusetts
Love Your Magic
Mass Commission on the Status of Women
Monarch Investment Advisors
MPower
MTPC
Mystic Valley Action for Reproductive Justice
O'Dell Women's Center
Our Bodies Ourselves
Partners in Sex Ed
PERIOD.
Periodic Vending Solutions, Inc.
Plymouth County Commission on the Status of Women
PowerUP01945
Protect Her Inc
Public Health Collective
Public Health Department Simmons University
Rise Up Life Coaching & Consulting
SUN
United Neighbors of Fall River
Women, Gender, and Health Interdisciplinary Concentration at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
YW Boston
YWCA Cambridge