Power in the Flow: Menstrual Equity and Reproductive Justice
Our Bodies Ourselves partnered with SisterSong and Mass NOW to sponsor this conversation among menstrual health and equity activists. Sasha Goodfriend (Mass NOW/OBOS), Ja’lyn McElroy (PUPA Project), Eiko LaBoria (The Flow Initiative/OBOS), and Adele Stewart (Georgia STOMP) to discuss their education and advocacy work. Dr. Noelle E. Spencer (SisterSong/OBOS) moderated the panel. The speakers illuminate how destigmatizing menstruation, improving health outcomes, and achieving reproductive justice are all interconnected.
• AUTHOR: SisterSong, Our Bodies Ourselves, Mass NOW • LAST UPDATED: December 18, 2025
About the organizations:
SisterSong is a Southern-based, national membership organization; our purpose is to build an effective network of individuals and organizations to improve institutional policies and systems that impact the reproductive lives of marginalized communities.
Founded in 1968, the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Organization for Women (Mass NOW) is a multi-strategy grassroots feminist organization in the Commonwealth.
The Flow Initiative is a national organization committed to eradicating period poverty and achieving menstrual equity for all.
The PUPA Project is a Mississippi-based nonprofit dedicated to menstrual equity, education, and dignity. They provide free menstrual products, youth-centered education, and community support to ensure menstruators, especially girls and teens, have what they need to thrive.
The Georgia STOMP Coalition was founded to challenge the discriminatory sales tax on menstrual products in Georgia, hence the acronym STOMP – Stop Tax On Menstrual Products. Today, they are a statewide coalition of advocacy, service, and professional organizations dedicated to advancing menstrual equity and ending period poverty in Georgia.