Throughout the entirety of the Spring 2021 semester at American University, the Religion and Politics Issue Group worked together to implement their social action project. Together, we agreed on the importance of investing in providing substantive access to reproductive healthcare for women. Due to that consensus, the group decided to focus their social action project on raising awareness around the topics that related to women’s access to reproductive healthcare, with an emphasis on women living in conservative states. Additionally, as well as fundraising for an organization that has a presence within the field.

The final product of the social action project was executed in three simple steps. First, the team created a social media page with the intention of posting updates on the project, as well as educational content surrounding the topic. This section of the project was most important, as it provided a view of our progress from the outside in. Originally, the group intended on finding a guest speaker who had experience in this film, but unfortunately could not achieve that.  Due to this event, we  decided to provide a status update to post on our instagram. The update contained information about their progress and the next steps of our project that still remained. It was recorded through Zoom and posted to the social media page. Lastly, we implemented a fundraiser for the organization Helping Women Period, “a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization, committed to supplying menstrual health products to people that menstruate who are either homeless or low-income.” We went through two rounds of fundraising, utilizing our social media and our own private accounts, we as a team managed to raise more than three hundred and thirty dollars for the organization. That money will be used to help supply nine women menstrual products for one year.

Overall, we are extremely satisfied with the impact of the project and the opportunity we’re given to help make an impact on our community.