In Community is a storyteller series that spotlights local community stories and partnerships across San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial Counties, and highlights the advocacy efforts of Planned Parenthood Action Fund of the Pacific Southwest.
In Community Storytelling Series
Sanitation Justice in San Diego
Sanitation justice is a reproductive justice issue. Lack of access to safe, clean public restrooms affects people's ability to take care of themselves and their reproductive health.
Learn about the important work Planned Parenthood Action Fund of the Pacific Southwest’s community partners, Think Dignity and The Project for Sanitation Justice, are doing to address the disparities in accessing public restrooms across San Diego, and how you can get involved.
The Project for Sanitation Justice was launched in 2020 with the goal of identifying and visualizing existing public restroom facilities to drive action towards more just and equitable decision-making around public restrooms in San Diego County.
The Project’s most recent report sheds light on the low levels of accessible public restroom facilities, and confirms the public health peril limited access to clean, safe restroom facilities poses to the health and safety of communities like San Diego. Indeed, their findings indicate that less than half (47%) of the permanent restrooms in Downtown San Diego are truly open access.
Our vision at Planned Parenthood is to create a world where sexual and reproductive rights are basic human rights, where access to health care, public restrooms, and basic menstrual hygiene products doesn’t depend on who you are or where you live, and where everyone has the opportunity to choose their own path to a healthy and meaningful life.
Planned Parenthood Action Fund of the Pacific Southwest proudly stands with partners Think Dignity and The Project for Sanitation Justice, to ensure that all people have access to the health care and resources they need to live healthy, meaningful lives — no matter what.