FREE Period Promise Workshop
Monday March 16 at 10:00AM
United Way Peterborough & District Office, 277 Stewart Street
Heather Litster founder of Moon and Bloom, and host of the Community Red Tent will teach Body Literacy Basics during our Period Promise workshop. She will dive into the menstrual health foundations that many folks were not taught in school. This informal workshop welcomes all ages and genders and will cover the anatomy of the uterus, how different period products work, what hormones are at play during menstruation and menopause and how those hormones impact mental & physical health. You can expect to leave this juicy workshop with actionable tools for cyclical compassion and a better understanding of the menstruating body’s functions.
Meagan Vaughan is the Women & HIV/AIDS Initiative (WHAI) Coordinator at Peterborough AIDS Resource Network (PARN). Meagan works with cis and trans women, and gender diverse community members who are living with HIV/AIDS and those who are at risk of acquiring HIV to build community capacity of addressing stigma, discrimination and accessibility of services with local service providers and the community at large. Through her work with women experiencing unique vulnerabilities relating to homelessness, substance use, newcomer status in Canada, and Indigenous identity, Meagan will discuss issues surrounding period poverty and inadequate access to personal wellness and hygiene necessities and ways that we as a community can work together to combat this.
If you’d like to get more involved with the United Way’s 2026 Period Promise campaign, please do not hesitate to reach out! They’d be happy to help you setup a collection at your workplace, share educational resources, or chat about any other ideas you may have.
Join us and tell every person their basic needs matter, PERIOD.
Special thanks to Peterborough & District Labour Council, Kawartha Food Share, and kawarthaNOW for their support of this year’s Period Promise campaign.
For more information, please contact:
Elisha Rubacha – Community Impact Officer
Desk: 705-742-8839 x 33
Email: erubacha@uwpeterborough.ca
Want to continue learning about menstrual cycles before joining us at the Period Promise Workshop? Check out some of the articles I’ve written below.
About Heather
Heather volunteers her time at the Red Tent once per month.
She holds a BSc in Anthropology and Biology and is a Holistic Health Practitioner with a specialization in menstrual health, reflexology, and Reiki. She is a passionate advocate for body literacy and cyclical living, working to empower everyone to better understand menstrual cycles and embrace holistic health.
Heather believes in meeting folks where they are and supporting their unique wellness journeys.