HPSH Girl's Alliance Association
Action items!
With the current school year coming to an end, the current GALA Executive Board prepares to transition to a new executive board. With this, we are announcing our upcoming elections to elect new leaders for our club.
We have copied the link to both the link to board position information and the form to apply to run for our elections. Even if you haven't attended GALA in a long time or if you know of anyone who is interested in pursuing a leadership position, please encourage them to run!
Please contact us if you have any questions!
Our Mission
The Girl’s Alliance Association (GALA) seeks to empower and provide a supportive community to the girls of Highland Park. Through this club, girls are given resources towards their success, and experience activities that can contribute to their self-growth. Our club is associated with Period, the Menstrual Movement which strives to give all girls access to their menstruation needs. While also being a chapter of Period, GALA advocates and educates girls on important issues regarding women’s health and empowerment. GALA’s inclusive environment aims to connect with every girl and allow them to confidently be themselves!
Contact Us
Our executive board can be contacted through our club email. Email us any questions you may have about the club or any ideas you have for future meetings or service projects.
Follow us on our Instagram page for frequent updates regarding events and service projects as well as photos and information.
Join our Remind and Schoology for direct messages from the executive board on upcoming events, resources, and reminders.
Schoology Join Code: CWP8-JSTX-2ZP6W
Operation Power to the Period
Our project, Operation Power to the Period, aims to propose a policy to the administration of Highland Park Senior High School to provide HPSH menstruators an easy and reliable method of getting menstrual products. Through our proposal, we hope to achieve:
Menstruators having access to free menstrual products within our bathrooms
Addressing and helping dismantle period stigmas
Empowering menstruators by giving adequate resources
Our vision is to create a community at Highland Park where all menstruators can be confident in knowing they’re being provided enough menstrual products, support, and inclusivity.
After receiving approval for the policy in the 2020-2021 school year and moving the proposal to the district level, we are beginning to look into funding this policy. Through fundraising efforts spearheaded by GALA, as well as applying for grants, we have hopes to implement this pilot program by the end of the 2021-2022 school year.
As students, we already face so many hurdles, and the ongoing pandemic has exacerbated these effects. Something as basic as a human necessity and a normal bodily function, should not be a worry we prioritize as students. By implementing this policy, we hope to remove this burden that so many face, but goes under the radar due to its associated stigma.
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