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The Nation Made History
An election season defined by record numbers of women running for public office ended with a record number of women set to serve in office in the United States. When…
Civic Engagement Matters
“We have a complex system of government. You have to teach it to every generation.” The words of, not only one of the most important jurists in our nation’s history,…
40 Million Households in the U.S. are Food Insecure
Roughly a third of all Junior Leagues have chosen to tackle the same structural challenge in their communities: food insecurity. That figure is less surprising when you consider that more…
Women’s Equality Day
Every Women’s Equality Day affords us the opportunity to reflect on the immediate and important challenges women and girls continue to face in our communities, our country and our world.…
“It’s easy to say we’re Unstoppable. Look at the membership.”
That was Jennifer Harper’s answer to the question “What does Unstoppable mean to me?” For the president of the Junior League of Morristown, all she has to do is look…
RefugeeConnect’s World Refugee Day Soccer Tournament Brings The Community Together
In 2011 the Junior League of Cincinnati conducted a community scan of unmet needs in Greater Cincinnati and discovered a lack of coordinated services for refugees. Two years later they…
The problem isn’t opioids — it’s how we’re raising our kids
Melissa Tassé, Ph.D., Chair of the Junior League of NJ State Public Affairs Committee and member of the Junior League of Summit, is also the CEO and founder of The Honey…
Back to the Future: Eleanor Roosevelt and the UDHR
This year marks the 70th anniversary of one of the most important documents you may have never heard of. On December 10, 1948, the United Nations proclaimed and adopted the…
A Tradition Starting in 1901, Reimagined on 19/01
“We have the responsibility to act, and we have the opportunity to conscientiously act to affect the environment about us.” That was how Mary Harriman described the mission of The…
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’…