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    The Best in Us

    • September 13, 2017
    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…
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      Hurricane Irma Update

      • September 12, 2017
      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…
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        Remembering September 11, 2001

        • September 11, 2017
        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…
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          Hurricane Harvey

          • August 28, 2017
          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…
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            Will We Finish What the Suffragettes Started?

            • August 25, 2017
            Women’s Equality Day, celebrated in the United States every year on August 26th, is the country’s moment to acknowledge the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to…
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              The way forward….

              • August 18, 2017
              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…
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                What does it mean to ‘work together’?

                • May 15, 2017
                It’s no secret that Junior League members can accomplish more together than they can as individuals. And the same goes for their Junior Leagues when they band together as powerful…
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                  Why Do We Volunteer?

                  • April 25, 2017
                  In the U.S., April has the distinction of celebrating voluntarism twice, and in two ways. National Volunteer Month honors the function itself while National Volunteer Week, celebrated in the last…
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                    Let’s talk about something we don’t talk about much. Period.

                    • April 21, 2017
                    April 7th was the World Health Organization’s World Health Day; what better time to talk about menstrual health and hygiene? The traditionally taboo nature of this topic is changing. One…
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                      Building a Community in Kenya

                      • March 13, 2017
                      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…
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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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