Photos by Julius Shanks
June 2020
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Check out Montgomery Advertiser and WSFA coverage as well.
July 2020
"To celebrate WIT’s first anniversary -- which coincides with our 13th birthday -- the WIT Youth Ambassadors visited historic Dexter Avenue in Montgomery, Alabama, the birthplace of the modern Civil Rights Movement. Congressman John Robert Lewis, an icon of the Civil Rights Movement or, as he called it, the Nonviolence Movement, died on July 17, 2020, exactly one year after the formation of WIT. "-Brooke & Breanna
"Congressman Lewis' body traveled heroically from Selma to Dexter Avenue in Montgomery by horse-drawn carriage, and his body laid in state at the Alabama Capitol on Sunday, July 26, 2020. Just 55 years ago, on "Bloody Sunday," March 7, 1968, then 25-year-old Lewis led the nonviolent March for Voting Rights from Selma to Dexter Avenue in Montgomery. Lewis was beaten so badly by Alabama State Troopers that his head was fractured and he thought he would die. Ultimately, Bloody Sunday led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1968." -Brooke & Breanna
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OUR FIRST YEAR
Scroll down the timeline to see WIT'S actions by-the-month for 2019-2020.
The WIT Youth Ambassadors spoke at a Juneteenth event held by the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery.
Breanna, Brooke, and Savannah taking part in a moment of honoring the ancestors at the Juneteenth event.
WIT organized a solidarity protest for justice for George Floyd and all victims of police brutality and injustice.
May 2020
April 2020
Another special WITKITS® giveaway, this time to Brantwood Children's Home.
Photo from Alabama News Network
See more on the Brantwood giveaway: Alabama News Network Coverage
As the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, WIT continued giveaways and advocacy.
Jason Brooks and Charles Mann of That's My Child receiving supplies.
Jenna King-Shepherd of Planned Parenthood Southeast works quietly behind the scenes to help make Breanna and Brooke's vision for menstrual equity a reality.
Brooke and Breanna with Jenna King Shepherd.
On Valentine's Day, Brooke and Breanna spoke about WIT and period poverty during a Shabbat service. Thank you to the Sisterhood of Temple Beth Or Montgomery for the invitation.
Photo by Jill Friedman
The twins with event moderator, Ashley Lala Edwards of Foreword South, and Dr. LaToya Clark, speaker, at the 1977 Books event.
WIT held a menstrual education session at 1977 Books, a new local bookstore.
Photo by Jill Friedman
Check out 1977 Books and their empowering materials on periods and sexual health.
WIT published A Young Woman's Guide to the Menstrual Cycle©, an engaging brochure designed to educate youth on periods and reproductive health. Written by Dr. LaToya Clark, WIT Chairwoman-Elect and Medical Director.
On October 19th, WIT attended Alabama's National Period Day Rally in Birmingham.
Brooke and Breanna with other rally attendees.
First WITKITS giveaway at the New Beginnings Educational Center, an after-school program located directly across the street from Paterson Court public housing complex, where many of the girls live.
Some of the girls from New Beginnings speaking with Brooke and Breanna. Photo by Jill Friedman
The launch of Women in Training, Inc. (WIT) on Breanna and Brooke's 12th birthday. Done with the help of their mother!
Breanna, Adeyela, and Brooke Bennett
September 2019
October 2019
November 2019
