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Breaking the Cycle: Menstrual Taboos, Myths and Reality
June 14, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Breaking the Cycle: Menstrual Taboos, Myths and Reality
This is the second of our quarterly events for the 2018 The Homeless Period Project + Birds Fly South: No Girl Left Behind school campaign. There are 144 Title 1 middle and high schools in South Carolina. Our total annual goal is to make 10k packs.
The June 14th event will include a period pack party and a special screening of three episodes from the new documentary, “Breaking the Cycle: Menstrual Taboos, Myths and Reality.” Donations of individually wrapped pads, liners, and wipes is greatly appreciated!
More on the Documentary
The objective of the film is to hear the voices of individuals from 7 different countries (girls, boys, men and women) from varying cultures, addressing a different aspect of the challenges surrounding menstruation in their culture or experience. Through their stories viewers will be made aware of the taboos, cultural issues and/or celebrations around menstruation that have an effect on lives around the world.
The films are produced through funding cooperation with Safe Hands for Mothers. The film will be presented in episodic format, as “chapters”. Each chapter will be approximately 7-10 minutes long, and will be a character driven story about an individual sharing a different issue or challenge about menstruation in her specific culture or circumstance. The Homeless PERIOD Project is part of the third episode, “Restoring Dignity: One Period at a Time”.