Winter 2025

PR & M

PR & Marketing had two main goals for this semester: producing club merch and raising funds for the Book Solidarity Drive. Thanks to the dedication of our members, we designed the PBP hoodie and raised over $600 for the Book Solidarity Drive. In our solidarity for the incarcerated, the donations has been sent to Margarita, who will use the funds to purchase book, providing comfort, education, and a sense of connections to the community. We hope that through ongoing mutual aid, we can build a stronger support system—that will grow into an empowered community.

Community Outreach and activism

This semester, we used our Ginsberg Center Community Engagement grant funding to hold a menstrual hygiene drive and letter-writing event. We partnered with A Brighter Way, a non-profit in Ypsilanti to provide them with about 50 menstrual hygeine kits and over 100 hygiene kits for community members. We also presented at numerous events this semester. We tabled at the Carceral State Symposium to garner interest in PBP. We also presented our work with A Brighter Way at Michigan Institute for Progressive Politics (MIPP) Progressive Policy Summit, and the Ginsberg Center Student Grants Showcase.

RESEARCH

This semester, Gabby and Ashlyn interviewed with the Undergraduate Journal of Public Health following up on the blogs our committee worked on in the fall semester. This interview along with the second blog post should be coming out soon in the UJPH Newsletter as a Spotlight Feature! We also spent our time interviewing professionals regarding incarceration and the birthing process. Specifically, we spoke with Arnetta Ford, a Michigan doula. This conversation allowed us to gain a deeper understanding of the carceral system and how we, as students, can help promote a more equitable system. With this interview, we created a podcast episode highlighting the lessons learned from our discussion with a professional in the field.