Day on the Hill 2025
By Mihika Iyer // January 2025
On January 16th, 2025, Love For Red traveled to the Iowa State Capitol to advocate for better access to period products and better awareness of period poverty. A couple members who participated in the event shared their thoughts. Avishma Muthyapu, an Iowa City team member, stated that she felt the advocacy was successful, she mentions that the governor and many others stopped by the Love For Red table: “We also had a table in the Rotunda where we had members/supporters talk about Love For Red and why we are doing this.” She explains that the overall experience for her personally was educating and gave her the chance to clean her interpersonal skills. An advocate who attended, Zaira Ahmad, mentions Day on the Hill was an opportunity to talk to legislators about a grant proposal. The grant would “allow schools to access money for period products,” as she says. She also brings up the importance of the day: “It’s important to just speak on these topics to help educate people and create less of a stigma around them.” Not only did the members and student ambassadors of Love For Red participate in the event, but other advocates as well. Our ambassadors come from schools across Iowa—students who are passionate about advocating more about period poverty. Love For Red has and does press the issue of speaking out to our legislators. Grants and laws that can help end period poverty can be done because of advocates such as the participants on Day on the Hill speaking out to legislative groups. Overall, the Day on the Hill was fruitful—Love For Red and its members advocated for free period products and progressed in their mission to end period poverty across Iowa.