The Flow
The Flow has a singular, innovative mission: to ensure that people in LA County who have the greatest need for menstrual cups - the most affordable, healthiest, greenest way to manage periods - have cup information, and access to them for free. Our work is at the intersection of social & racial justice, gender & health equity, and sustainability.
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CREATE ·2025 Grants ChallengeInnovative, sustainable solution to Period Poverty in LA County
Increase equity and health by flighting period poverty - the widespread unmet need for period products - in LA County. Help us provide a reusable option to the least resourced women/girls, increasing health, self-sufficiency and dignity! This program is proven, scalable and will save 3250 Angelenas $2.7 million over the next 10 years while reducing plastic waste.
LIVE ·2024 Grants ChallengeInnovative Solution to Period Poverty and Stigma in LA County
Help provide menstrual cup education & distribution of free cups - the most affordable, healthiest, greenest way to manage periods - to the least resourced women/girls in LA, giving them empowering knowledge & products they can reuse for up to 10 years! If even 1000 people switched to cups, they could save between $4-8 million & keep 12-16 million single-use products out of landfill/septic/ocean. This program addressed a basic gendered need that disproportionately impacts people of color & is unique, scalable with amazing return on investment.