How the Students of a TFA Alumna Ended Period Poverty In Hawai‘i Schools

In this short animated film, two members of ‘Ilima Intermediate School’s Activist Club, Riez and Alana, recount how a group of middle school students and their teacher, TFA Alumna Sarah "Mili" Milianta-Laffin (Houston ’06) came together to end period poverty in schools across the state of Hawaii.

How the Students of a TFA Alumna Ended Period Poverty In Hawai‘i Schools

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