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Notes from Civic Engagement Workshops

These are some of our notes from the different CE Workshops and show some of the process we went through in order to get to our final product. Since a lot of our project was developed through discussion, there aren't that many notes that are relevant to the evolution of our project. However, these are still the notes that we took during these workshops and therefore should be included here.

Below, you can see the process of making the individual care packages. Each package had one pad, one tampon, and one brochure inside. We also then added handwritten notes with cheesy, empowering messages to be placed on the outside. This was to make sure that the packages were both discreet and personalized.

Group Communication

Above you can see when Whitney received a response from a teacher who would be willing to work with us. Below, we were finalizing our ideas for our approach to this project.

Group Communication

After we were stressed about not having a date to go in to the school yet, we had to change our plan last minute. This is because we originally wanted to know how many packages to make prior to making them, but this was not how we ended up doing it because of time concerns.

Outside of the Brochure

Inside of the Brochure

Above is our very first draft of the brochure. As you can see, we changed the science section to another area to put the rest of our fact checks. This was because we felt as though the school would cover the scientific process in their own teachings of menstrual health. Instead, we wanted to include more fact checks that are common misconceptions about periods. Below is the final draft of the brochure, which we put in the care packages.

Outside of the Brochure

Inside of the Brochure

Communication between Whitney and Sommer, the teacher we worked with

Since Whitney and Sommer know each other personally, their communication is very friendly, and not as professional as emails we sent to other schools. Sommer and Whitney communicated much more than these images, but these are the important ones with the key questions we had for Sommer. These include if she would help us, any limits to our brochure (e.g. birth control), and more.

Above is the end result of our product assembly.

A total of 89 care packages were assembled. Each package had one pad, one tampon, and one brochure.

Another angle of the end result of our product assembly.

Each group member wrote unique encouraging messages on colorful pieces of paper that were attached to the package.

Above are three packages

Above are two more packages

Above is the day we took all our packages to Tom McCall Upper Elementary School.

Below is a picture of us providing the packages to Sommer Johnson, the teacher that we corresponded with at Tom McCall Upper Elementary School.

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