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    Civic Engagement Matters

    • November 4, 2018
    “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,…
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      40 Million Households in the U.S. are Food Insecure

      • September 6, 2018
      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…
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        Women’s Equality Day

        • August 26, 2018
        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.…
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          “It’s easy to say we’re Unstoppable. Look at the membership.”

          • August 1, 2018
          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…
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            RefugeeConnect’s World Refugee Day Soccer Tournament Brings The Community Together

            • June 22, 2018
            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…
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            Opioid Epidemic
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              The problem isn’t opioids — it’s how we’re raising our kids

              • June 11, 2018
              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…
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                Back to the Future: Eleanor Roosevelt and the UDHR

                • March 8, 2018
                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…
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                  A Tradition Starting in 1901, Reimagined on 19/01

                  • October 24, 2017
                  “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…
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                    In a Divided Time, How The Junior League is Showing the Way

                    • October 19, 2017
                    “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’…
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                      It’s Just Equality

                      • September 22, 2017
                      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…
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                      Founded in 1901 by New Yorker and social activism pioneer Mary Harriman, The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (AJLI) is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

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