Subject: Protect our Breasts

Description: Protect our Breasts is an educational advocacy CIO on Grounds that focuses on learning about the toxins and harmful chemicals in products that we all use every day (ex. Foods we eat, products we put on our skin and in our hair, plastics, and more) and then spreading our knowledge in a digestible format.

I’ve highlighted some things our club has done/has planned so you can see what involvement looks like:

We partner with conscious brands to pass out donations as we table on grounds. Brands have included: Dr. Bronner’s Soaps, Justin’s Peanut Butter Cups, Ethan’s Energy Shots, Lesser Evil Popcorn, and more

We create donation baskets of all clean beauty, skincare, sun care, and foods for local organizations and frontline workers during COVID-19

We work with a UVA chemistry professor to sell all-natural candles that she’s made in the greater Charlottesville area

We have started an Instagram blog sharing our research findings about different products, chemicals to avoid, recipes we love, and brands we’ve discovered.

Coming up when we get back to Grounds, we’re hoping to start a weekly newsletter to send out to friends and family about how they can live cleaner lifestyles in an affordable and sustainable way

Have a social-distancing tie dye on Mad Bowl using all-natural dyes

Work with Charlottesville youth teaching about why chemicals in plastics and processed foods are harmful

Change the plastics used at restaurants on the Corner