Lessons from the Ve'ahavta Van: How equal access to hygiene products is indeed a homelessness reduction tactic

Photo by Kat Yukawa on Unsplash When we think of people experiencing homelessness and the challenges they face, the most pressing concern...
6 April 2019
Join The Period Purse for our Toronto Spring Blitz, from April 5 to April 26, 2019
The windows are down; the sun is shining; the music is blaring; and the dark grey SUV is cruising around the city of Toronto. Is it a best frien...
22 March 2019
Marching Towards Change and Investing in Opportunities for Inclusive Representation and Equity: Important Days and Action Items in March 2019
With the warmer, steadier, temperatures hopefully on the horizon, our collective thoughts are turning to spring in anticipation of the refr...
28 February 2019
The Period Purse Turns Two!
 
Photo Credit: Danielle Kaftarian
Danielle Kaftarian drives her car filled with period products for marginalized menstruators. I m...
23 February 2019
Diverse Community Ambassadors Increase Inclusive Community Impact: Introducing Cristina Navoa and Marissa Catena
Being a community organization fueled by the power of diverse local leaders and volunteers, The Period Purse is proud to collaborate with some of C...
2 February 2019

We respectfully acknowledge the land we live and work on is the traditional territory of many nations including the Haudenosaunee, the Anishinabewaki, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Mississauga, and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.