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2010
It’s Summer – Do You Know What Your Kids Are Eating?
It’s ironic that National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month and National Hunger Awareness Month are both celebrated in June. It’s also ironic that, in America, we feel compelled to warn…
Second life for The Story Garden
How a community responds to a problem says a lot about the community. Take Binghamton. In June of 2007, the Junior League of Binghamton proudly opened The Story Garden, a…
It’s Always Nice to Get a ‘Thank You’!
As a 109-year-old organization dedicated to civic leadership and developing the potential of individual women as leaders in their communities, the Junior Leagues are usually the ones giving out the awards. So the decision by Action for Children North Carolina to honor all 11 Junior Leagues in North Carolina with the prestigious 2010 N.C. Children’s Lifetime Legacy Award was a pleasant surprise.
How Do You Become A Civic Leader in New Jersey?
Based on Kate Lee’s experience, there’s no road map.
First, she’s not from New Jersey.
Second, she was born, raised and educated in England.
Third, she never worked in politics.
Foster Care & Juvenile Justice: Stepping in Where the System Failed
In an era when a staggering 85 percent of the country’s prison population has done time in foster care, the at-risk youth who are shuttled through the foster care systems of the 50 states are once again on the minds of women.
88th Annual Conference Shines a Light on Civic Leadership and Community Impact
Gathering brings 629 delegates to Orlando to connect with one another and share best practices At approximately one o’clock on Thursday, April 15, the lights of the grand ballroom at…
Little Rock Cookbook Garners Big Awards at Paris Cookbook Fair
Big Taste of Little Rock, The Junior League of Little Rock’s fourth cookbook, clinched the award for Best Fundraising Cookbook in the World by Gourmand International at the Paris Cookbook Fair on Feb. 11.
In the Year 1910, the Winds of Change Are Blowing…
Given the Junior League’s rich history and its knack for meticulous record-keeping, we thought it would be fun to introduce a new component to Connected. Dubbed “Out of the Archives” and featured in each issue, this article will bring to light significant events in the history of the Junior League and endeavor to explain how they reflect the context of their time.
A Q&A with Chief Financial Officer Martha Ferry
Those who know her only by her cheerfully pragmatic presentations at Annual Conference or Winter Leadership, might be surprised to learn that AJLI Chief Financial Officer Martha Ferry is an intrepid traveler to some of the world’s more remote locales (the state seals of Burma, Botswana, Libya, and Laos, and many others can be found among the stamps in her passport), an able and adventurous amateur chef who once studied at La Varenne in Paris, and a devotee of alternative theater on New York’s vibrant Off-Broadway scene.
AJLI Joins Vision 2020 Gender Equality Initiative
In February, AJLI joined the Vision 2020 Gender Equality Initiative, a project of the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership® at Drexel University’s College of Medicine, which was conceived to stimulate dialogue about women and leadership in advance of the 100th anniversary, in 2020, of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.