Federation spreads its Period Poverty program to Jersey City
Janeen Maniscalco, principal of the Barack Obama Community School in Jersey City; Eiko La Boria; Assemblywoman Angela McKnight; Dr. Norma Fernandez; Jason M. Shames, CEO of Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey; Assemblywoman Shanique Speight, and Shara Nadler, director of the JFNNJ Volunteer Center.
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- Dr. Norma Fernandez, superintendent of Jersey City’s schools, addresses the crowd.
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- Jersey City Board of Education vice president Natalia Loffe; Eiko La Boria, founder and CEO of the Flow Initiative, and Jersey City Schools Superintendent Dr. Norma Fernandez
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- Assemblywomen Angela McKnight and Shanique Speight
The Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey donated 10,000 period products and 21 dispensers to Jersey City schools as part of its Period Poverty program. Period poverty is the inability to access or afford menstrual hygiene products.
Lindsey Lax was the leader of the federation’s Period Poverty Program, which works to help “change the cycle.” The initiative’s goal is to increase awareness, collect period products, and provide the necessary funds to buy dispensers for schools that need them.
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