WGC's "Break the Cycle" Student Interns Discuss Women's Health with Jennifer Holland of The Horizon Foundation

Since 2022, the WGC has supported women’s health and highlighted period poverty in Howard County through the WGC’s “Break the Cycle” Period Product Drive, an effort to highlight period poverty through education, donations, fundraising, and grantmaking to support women and girls in Howard County. The WGC has chosen to continue our focus on this important issue because it's a need that is easily and often overlooked and we believe it is time to break the cycle of period poverty”.

This year we are excited to host 7 “Break the Cycle” Student Interns throughout the 2024-2025 school year, who are focusing on women’s philanthropy, the continuum of women’s health, and in particular period poverty. 

On Wednesday, December 4 we hosted our monthly, virtual WGC Break the Cycle Student Intern meeting, where we discussed the state of women's healthcare with Guest Speaker Jennifer Holland, Director of Policy and Community Engagement at The Horizon Foundation.

Jennifer discussed the Horizon's focus on women's health, and in particular Maternal and Infant Health, Mental Health, and Health Coverage and Care. Jennifer also discussed how we all can take action to fight for the things we care about, including:

• Find out who your representatives are
• Reach out to them, write to them, and set up a time to meet with them
• Develop relationships with individuals and organizations in the community that align with your values
• Build coalitions with individuals who have a passion for the things you care about
• Decide what you want to change and make a plan to change it!

WGC's "Break the Cycle" Student Interns appreciate learning about women's health from a local advocate and will continuing learning and engaging each month on these issues that they care deeply about.

Learn more about WGC's "Break the Cycle" effort here.