Young Change Makers: Why and How Breanna and Brooke Bennett of ‘Women in Training’ Are Helping To Change Our World

Be joyful! When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, there was a great deal of panic in the air. Instead of crying about this “new normal,” we sat down and we brainstormed about how we can continue serving girls, young women, and transgender and nonbinary youth who need monthly WITKITS of menstrual and hygiene supplies. Since the pandemic started, we went from delivering 25 WITKITS each month to serving more than 632 menstruators!!!

As part of my series about young people who are making an important social impact”,I had the pleasure of interviewing 14-year-old twins Breanna and Brooke Bennett, founders of Women in Training, Inc., or WIT, a youth empowerment organization based in Montgomery, Alabama. WIT’s signature program is the WITKITS Campaign to help alleviate period poverty among the 25% of American young people who skip school or miss work because they cannot afford menstrual products. Women in Training, Inc. has also developed the WIT Leadership Development Circle to groom a…