07/22/2026
Access Period presented our five millionth period product to CIRA Center for Immigrant and Refugee Advancement’s Sophia Ibrahimi at the On Brand Conference. When we started in 2022, we weren't sure if people would cringe if "period" was in our name, let alone support our cause so fully, but the response has traveled farther and faster than we ever imagined.
Those five million products add up to over 1 million worry-free days for people who menstruate. Days spent living, learning, and working like everyone else.
We chose to mark this milestone by honoring CIRA, one of our earliest partners. CIRA serves immigrant and refugee communities across our region, where many people don't feel safe speaking up about needing period products. Their work helps people build the lives they came to this country to find, and we are so grateful for the opportunity to work alongside them and all of our partners who work every day to ensure that life is accessible for the people they serve.
Thank you to Raj Lulla for sharing his keynote stage with us for this milestone, and for expertly weaving together all the people, stories, and moments that came to create Access Period: our team, donors, volunteers, board members, partners, and most of all, the people who trust us with something as personal as their period. We will never know the real ripple effect of one million days when people could fully participate in life, but we will keep working and celebrating until access is universal.
