APA is helping rally support to end period poverty
APA is helping rally support to end period poverty
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America's Promise Alliance - Making the promise of America real for every child
America's Promise Bulletin - January 24, 2020 
America’s Promise Teams Up with Always & Walmart to Help #EndPeriodPoverty
America’s Promise Alliance is joining forces with Always and Walmart to help end period poverty. Research shows that nearly 1 in 5 girls in the U.S. have missed school because they don’t have access to these products. Girls are also being forced to skip the confidence-building activities they love- like karate- without having access to products like pads. 
Join America’s Promise in the fight to help end period poverty. Watch the #EndPeriodPoverty video and for every view, Always will donate one pad to a girl in need, up to a total donation of 1 million pads!
Watch the #EndPeriodPoverty video
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
In honor of the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and our shared value of service, the America’s Promise team gave back and made this MLK Day a day on, not a day off. Our staff volunteered with Hands on D.C. and helped clean up John Hayden Johnson Middle School in Southeast Washington, D.C. We also took a moment to reflect on what service means to us and how we can help every young person achieve their full potential. 
Visit our twitter page to check out videos of APA staff- like Michelle Smith- on what service means to them.

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Mark Your Calendars:
  • The National Mentoring Summit: January 29-31, 2020, this national convening will bring together leaders to work together to strengthen mentoring relationships for young people across the country. On the 31st, America’s Promise will be hosting our very own panel on youth employment. 
  • Bridging the Opportunity Gap Webinar: February 6, 3-4 p.m. EST. Join Urban Alliance for a webinar about how closely tied social capital is to future success & how it – or the lack thereof – can widen the achievement gap for low-income & minority youth. 
  • Rural Youth Summit: April 2-5, 2020, the Rural Assembly will host fifty young adults from rural places across the country will gather to discuss the issues that they see as important to their lives and their communities. Check out more details on how you can apply- or nominate someone you know- to attend. 
Alliance Actions and Can’t-Miss Reads:
  • America can learn from Oregon’s approach to supporting students: an op-ed by APA’s Interim CEO & President, Dennis Vega, on how the efforts in Oregon to recognize that wellness — including mental health — go hand in hand with positive academic outcomes for students can show the way for communities across the nation, for The Oregonian. 
  • The Importance of Youth Voice on the Hopi Reservation: a blog by Erin Eustace, Crew Leader Ancestral Lands on the responsibility young people have to voice solutions and opinions on the direction their futures are headed, for America’s Promise.
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America’s Promise Alliance is the driving force behind a nationwide movement to improve the lives and futures of America’s youth. If you would like to help make the promise of America real for every child, consider donating below.
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