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2014
Just how important are museums?
Very! For over 35 years, May 18 has been celebrated worldwide as International Museum Day, to raise public awareness about the role of museums in the development of society. But…
News from across the Association: Minneapolis takes the lede…
Check out The Junior League of Minneapolis’s Advocacy Blog, which was awarded an Honorable Mention for the JL Award for Marketing and Communications at AJLI’s Annual Conference last week. Through its blog…
Your Highlights from the AJLI 92nd Annual Conference
Find out what Junior League leaders experienced at the AJLI 92nd Annual Conference through their social media updates.
Junior League of Reading finds a new way to foster self-esteem in girls!
Let’s all agree that fostering self-esteem in at-risk girls is a good thing. Fine. But how do we do it? The Junior League of Reading has come up with a…
Thinking of starting your own nonprofit? Think again.
Every year, Americans start thousands of nonprofit organizations. Some are dedicated to eradicating disease, others to addressing social issues such as poverty, homelessness, or gun violence. In fact, according to…
Junior Leagues break out in song!
It’s either the power of social media or the enthusiasm of amateur singing enthusiasts, but when we put this simple question on our Facebook page recently – We at AJLI…
So what about numerical literacy?
Because reading and children’s literacy programs are the cornerstone of many Leagues’ community outreach initiatives, we try to give a shout out every March to National Reading Month. This year…
Centered Leadership
It’s that time of year in the Junior League calendar. When current leadership teams are winding down and new teams are gearing up. It’s that time when at AJLI we…
Equal Futures Partnership
March 10 – 21 marked the convening of the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Over the course of…
Katharine Hepburn, Movie Star!
In an acting career that spanned nearly six decades, Katharine Hepburn set the bar for smart, sophisticated roles that seemed to echo the woman that she was— and, in doing so,…