Ada Holmes-Hidalgo

Reach out to relevant organizations on and off campus. Coordinate dates for guest speakers and keep track of their availabilities. Work with exec and other members of the committee to connect with groups at Berkeley, in the Bay Area, etc. Helped lead initiative around supplying students with free sexual health products.

Help foster safe space for marginalized members. Create educational presentations and flyers on DEIA related issues. Create cultural events in the house.

I focus primarily on the issues relating to menstrual equity on campus. Right now I am currently working on trying to get free menstrual products in all bathrooms in residence halls on campus. I am also working on collaborating with TEDxBerkeley in order to create a educational event around period poverty.

Collaborate with Planned Parenthood in order to supply students on campus with free contraception and menstrual products. Help with tabling and educational campaigns on social media and on campus.

Led initiative to put books about menstrual equity issues in 10+ libraries. Created a brand/stickers for initiative. Put stickers with brand logo on books. Created an Instagram account to educate community on issues(440+ followers) Created engaging theme.

Competitive application process. Ambassadors from 50+ countries. Created/organized event: screened documentary Period. End of Sentence. at local hall. Created posters and did outreach. Raised $730 for the Pad Project, 39 attendees. Held Q&A session after the film to stimulate conversations about the issue.

• Wrote letters to Sausalito City Council which helped pass ordinance. Advocated for local issue-smoking in multi-unit housing to press. Educated middle schoolers/youth advocacy groups about tobacco minimum price policies and how they harm local minority groups. Wrote letters to mayor/council members, requesting them to enact minimum price policies.
• Created/led online event due to experiencing teammates struggling with addiction due to stress. 7 expert speakers including professors&PhD students from leading research schools in the field. 45 attendees. Created booklets w/ ways for coaches to respond to players dealing with addiction for attendees to distribute.
• Led educational poster campaign about how LGBTQIA+ people are specifically at risk for substance abuse due to harassment and issues with mental health. I put the posters in local LGBTQIA+ shelters/centers, my school's wellness center, and in my Peer Resource classroom.

33 members. Created initiative: free tampons in school bathrooms. Received grants-used money to refill 2x each month. Lobbied for permanent dispensers-succeeded. Raised $663 to supply incarcerated women with months worth of products. Organized product drives for the unhoused. Mentor young girls wanting to start organizations.