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Civic Leadership
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,…
“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…
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…
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…
Will We Finish What the Suffragettes Started?
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…
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…
What does it mean to ‘work together’?
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…
Why Do We Volunteer?
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…