Lisa Maxwell – GrassROOTS Community Foundation

Join the Global Menstrual Equity Movement

Thank you for supporting the work of the GrassROOTS Community Foundation and our effort to #endperiodpoverty by challenging period stigma and shame. At GrassROOTS, we recognize the unique challenges girls—and later women—face as they navigate social pressures, which often results in adverse health outcomes and limits economic opportunities. As a public health and social justice organization, we invest in girls by providing training and education to help them succeed in life and stay healthy. We refined our initiatives to focus on…

Red Dot Day 2021

October 14, 2021
Lisa Maxwell
GrassROOTS News

Join the GrassROOTS SuperGirls’ public health initiative #RedDotDay: a campaign to normalize conversations about periods and support efforts to end period poverty. #RedDotDay is October 22nd The campaign aims to draw attention to matters of gender equity so we can: End the stigma and shame associated with periods Encourage all genders to become collectively informed about the importance of periods Increase free access to menstrual essentials Support legislative action to end the tampon tax

Dr. Janice Johnson Dias’s New Book: Parent Like It Matters

Parent Like It Matters: How to Raise Joyful Changemaking Girls is an accessible blueprint to embolden our daughters to be critical thinkers and problem-solvers. Published by Ballantine Books, an imprint of RandomHouse.

New Jersey Giveback

Since 2019, GrassROOTS members have provided over 100,000 sanitary napkins to thousands of girls in the US, Jamaica and Ghana—yet that is not enough. This problem of punishing women for having their periods is ubiquitous across the globe. Yet 100 percent of the population requires that women menstruate. The hypocrisy is clear. Within the US, the problem is compounded because of the sales tax placed on sanitary napkins. Of the 50 states the majority of states—more than half 37…

Jamaica Giveback

HerFlow Foundation in association with GrassROOTS will donate 600 menstrual essential kits to 3 schools in Jamaica: St. Annie’s Primary Holy Trinity High School Clan Carty High School GrassROOTS has taken a global approach to the issue of period poverty. We work in partnership with local organizations to support girls in New Jersey, Jamaica, and Ghana. In Jamaica, we partner with HerFlow Foundation to support local programs GrassROOTS Community Foundation President Dr. Janice Johnson Dias and Board…

Red Dot Day 2020 Results

Together students and administrators of West Orange School District, West Orange High School Student Council and West Orange Airforce JROTC, GrassROOTS joined forces with HerFlow Foundation to deliver training during Period Awareness Week in October . The event culminated in our inaugural Red Dot Day on October 24, 2020, where we collected nearly 20,000 pads and tampons, and delivered necessary period supplies for youth receiving free and reduced lunch.

Donate with every Amazon.com Purchase

Turn your Amazon purchases into a force for good in 2 ways: 1) Choose ‘GrassROOTS Community Foundation’ as your AmazonSmile charity. With every eligible purchase, AmazonSmile donates 0.5% to us. Simply shop at smile.amazon.com. 2) Donate products from GrassROOTS’ AmazonSmile Charity List. Help us give #1000BlackGirlBooks and #EndPeriodPoverty emergency supplies. Your purchase will be shipped directly to us. #1000BlackGirlBooks Campaign #EndPeriodPoverty Campaign

International Day of the Woman

International Day of the Woman gives us an opportunity to honor women who enhance our joy and our liberty. GrassROOTS celebrates two hardworking Supermoms who inspire our girls and embody our work. There are so many stories like these so we encourage each of you to watch these videos, then handwrite a letter and read it to a woman in your life. Call her or send a video to tell her how she helps to enhance your joy…

Annual SuperCamp and SuperGirls Society Scholarship Drive

Join GrassROOTS’ Annual SuperGirls Society Scholarship Drive to support our work of training black girl leaders in New Jersey & Philadelphia. Your generous donations make this work possible. Thank you for investing in the leaders of tomorrow TODAY! SuperCamp: Summer Intensive Leadership Training Experience For the past 9 years, GrassROOTS Community Foundation has trained 60+ black girls at SuperCamp, the summer intensive leadership training program where our SuperGirls learn the foundation of becoming changemakers. SuperCamp started with…