Meet the 2025 Nielson Social Change Grant Recipients!

Student innovators, Iman Agić and Deenie Bulyalert, were awarded the 2025 Nielson Social Change Innovation Grant to support their projects “Empowering Young Girls: Menstrual Product Accessibility in Sarajevo’s Elementary Schools” and the “Table Rock Foundation Enchanted Youth Camp.” respectively.

Empowering Young Girls: Menstrual Product Accessibility in Sarajevo’s Elementary Schools

Iman Agić ’26

Project Location: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Major: Computer Science

Description: 

Iman will be working on improving access to menstrual products in Sarajevo’s public elementary schools. She’ll be installing menstrual product machines in 4–5 schools and partnering with Violeta, a regional hygiene brand, to supply pads and tampons. Iman’s project aims to empower girls with dignity, health, and equal access to education.

The project will also include workshops for teachers and staff to help support students and to help de-stigmatize menstrual health. In addition, a simple website with resources for students and families will be developed for them to access resources and information. Iman will also be collaborating with the Sarajevo Canton Department of Education, the eCommerce Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and others to make the project sustainable in the long term.

As someone who went to a few of these regional school, Iman says “I know how hard it can be when basic things like this aren’t available. My goal is to help create a more supportive and open school environment, and hopefully set a model that can be expanded to other schools in the future.”

Please join us in congratulating Iman as she implements her visions for social change! 

Table Rock Foundation Enchanted Youth Camp

Deenie Bulyalert ’27

Project Location : Grants Pass, Oregon

Major(s): Psychology, Biology, Entrepreneurship

Description:

Here in Oregon, Deenie Bulyalert will be directing the Table Rock Youth Camp, which focuses on hosting an overnight summer camp every year for 30 first-generation, low-income youth. This year, the camp’s theme will be related to art and ecotherapy, and how youth can use art and the environment to navigate the world.

The Table Rock Camp land is the original home of the Takelma, Shasta, and Latgawa peoples. Deenie’s project seeks to continue honoring indigenous connections to the land past, present, and future by providing a meaningful connection between humans and nature to build economic, environmental, spiritual, and social well-being in our local communities. 

As Deenie put it, “This land provides a safe space and opportunity to explore ways to relate to one another as humans and to the earth. It is land that is used to foster and care for people dedicated to the future and the generations to come with many generations having already lived, adored, and given their energies for all who have yet to have the opportunity to experience the space.”

These camps give youth the opportunity to be outside, learn leadership and wilderness skills, and connect with local leaders. The camp will be partnering with Project Youth Plus to host this adventure while also bringing volunteers, elders, and other community members from local indigenous tribes and other townships to collectively change a person’s life. The project hopes to continue expanding relationships to the communities and groups impacted by social and economic disparities, aiming to offer this space and education to future generations.

Please join us in congratulating Deenie for their efforts to enact social change here in Oregon!