“It’s about time”: South St. Paul high school girls get free period products in bathrooms, paving the path for state lawmakers
“A group of high school girls gave legislators an important lesson, and it led to a new statewide law. Aniyah Lumpkin, Olivia Banks and Queen Nyakelga are all juniors at South St. Paul High School and were frustrated by having little to no access to period products in their school bathrooms. With a lot of complaints from their fellow classmates, these girls brought this problem to their social group, called ‘The Women’s Society,’ who then took the issue to the district. They ended up partnering with a nonprofit, Assistance League, to get the funding to put dispensers and high-quality tampons and pads in every bathroom in the high school starting last year.”