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Author Archives: Trinity Hanif

Trinity Hanif is a junior at St. Michael–Albertville High School. As part of the Minnesota Youth Council, she works with nonprofit organizations to amplify youth voices on topics from comprehensive sexual education to juvenile justice. On the Governor-appointed Young Women’s Cabinet of the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota, she advocates for policies that advance gender and racial equity.

Posted inCOMMUNITY VOICES

High schooler Trinity Hanif: Minnesota lawmakers must pass legislation providing free menstrual products in schools.

by Trinity Hanif

Trinity Hanif, a student at St. Michael-Albertville High School, says students who menstruate can become distracted when they don’t have access to free menstrual products in schools. That hurts their education, she argues, adding that lawmakers must pass pending legislation that would provide the products for free in Minnesota schools.