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Charlene Chuang: Perspectives from the Incoming President, Women of Color Affinity Group
In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I’m proud to offer my perspectives as an Asian American woman in the Junior League. I joined the New York…
4 Tips for Getting Financially Healthy in 2018
This guest post is authored by Shannon McLay, a financial planner who left a “traditional” financial services firm to start her own company, The Financial Gym , because she felt traditional…
The Junior League Transforming Lives—One Coat, Backpack and Shoe at a Time
Today’s guest post is brought to us by Julie Hall, President, The Junior League of Austin, and Amy Hurt, President-Elect, The Junior League of Austin Like a lot of things in life,…
It’s Just Equality
Even when you know how a movie is going to end, the real satisfaction comes in watching how the story unfolds. When I got the chance to attend an advance…
The New Face Of Hunger
This guest post is authored by Kelly Runzel, Director of Corporate Partnerships and Rhonda Watson, Director of Workplace Giving at Feed the Children. It is exhausting to try to pinpoint…
Building a Community in Kenya
Today’s guest post is from Jen Sapitro, founder and Executive Director of Uweza Foundation, who talks about how a scholarship from a Junior League in Illinois led to a life change…
Moving the Needle on Human Trafficking in Your Community and Across the U.S.
Many people do not recognize the critical role they can play in their workplaces and communities to fight human trafficking on a daily basis. From analyzing supply chains in your company’s complex web of services and products, to identifying farm workers or domestic workers
Feed the Children
This guest post is authored by Kelly Runzel, Director of Corporate Partnerships at Feed the Children. We all have experienced those little grumbles in our stomach that have affected our moods. …
It’s National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
This guest post is co-authored by MariBen Ramsey and Christine Benero. MariBen Ramsey is the Secretary of The National Domestic Violence Hotline. MariBen is a long-time member of the Junior…
Never tell a woman something can’t be done
This guest post is by Lynn Yeakel, founder and president of Vision 2020, a national coalition of organizations and individuals working together to achieve economic, political and social equality for women. She is a…