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Happy Pride Month! Now more than ever, it is important to remember the history of Pride and what we are continuing to fight for. Look into your local LGBTQ+ organizations and businesses and support where you can. Pride month is a wonderful time to celebrate how far we have come, but it is just as important to remember the work still needed to be done.

[id: A single light blue slide displays rainbow gradient text with the words, "Happy Pride Month!" at the top center of the page. Under this text is an orange banner with the words, "In June 1969, Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera made history at the Stonewall Inn. In June 2026, it is important to remember not only what we are celebrating, but continuing to fight for." Directly under this in bold black text on the blue slide, it says, "Get involved this Pride Month!" with bullet points describing different ways to do so. The bullet points read as followed, "Educate yourself on LGBTQ+ history and current events, Call/write your local legislators and governor and and ask them to oppose any upcoming anti LGBTQ+ legislation that comes their way, Donate to organizations like HRC, The Trevor Project, ACLU Pennsylvania etc.," and "Engage with your community!" The final thing on the slide is a progress pride flag in the bottom center of the page.]

Thank you for your beautiful, rooted, loving performance at ConsentFest! Your music nourished us all.

[id: A photo of Danielle sitting on a chair outside with a guitar in her arms. She is sticking out her tongue at the camera. She is wearing a green hat and orange shirt with black jeans.]

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The seed of the idea that turned into YES! (with the help of Rebecca and Natalie) was born during a conversation between these two old friends in a childhood bedroom. Amazing to be celebrating 10 years of YES! and 5 years of ConsentFest together.

At this month's Talleres Familiares workshop, our youngest students learned about periods!

One of our favorite activities is making sea creatures and other fun friends out of pads and tampons. Check out these period pals our students created!

We also played pad tag (sticking a pad to someone makes them "it"!) and other games. The students really grasped the menstrual cycle by the end!

[id: Slide 1 - A photo of a child's hands playing with a green-soaked tampon. There are googly eyes on the tampon. A granola bar is on the table next to the tampons. Slide 2 - A photo of three pads and four tampons with googly eyes and drawings on them.Some of the tampons are spread out while others are intact.]

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