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Susan Danish
In a Divided Time, How The Junior League is Showing the Way
“It’s like a little hippie, mini-Austin kind of feel,” is how Carla Hallman describes her hometown—a town she still sees as defined by its inordinate amount of non-profit organizations, farmers’…
The Best in Us
As with life in general, the worst of times bring out the best in all of us. Over the last weeks as Harvey and Irma raged on, the stories began…
Hurricane Irma Update
Our thoughts are with the many who were impacted this weekend by Hurricane Irma across the Caribbean and throughout Florida and the coastal Southeastern United States. As of today, Irma…
Remembering September 11, 2001
It seems like yesterday. It seems like centuries ago. Terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington DC, and the heroism of the…
Hurricane Harvey
It is said that the name “Harvey” means “warrior.” And a warrior Hurricane Harvey has proven to be. For those of us not in Houston or the other many communities…
The way forward….
Last weekend in Charlottesville, the world watched as organizations marched under the “banners” of freedom of speech and expression. What we witnessed was not about freedom of expression as freedoms…
How Was Your National Women’s History Month?
National Women’s History Month is over…and I’m exhausted. So many events, so many conversations, so little time. So what’s the impact? What I find most interesting about participating in the…
So what’s next?
On Sunday, like many of you, I was glued to the television, watching endless interviews on a range of channels about the January 21st women’s marches. More than once I…
That is not political. That is The Junior League.
The Junior League is not (and never has been) a political organization, yet I am writing this brief message after the conclusion of an election in the United States that…
This Could Happen in Any City
In a time when civic trauma – whether civil unrest, racially motivated violence, or hate crimes – sweeps many of our cities, Junior Leagues are facing the challenge of demonstrating…