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What does climate change have to do with food security?
Well over one third of our 292 Junior Leagues work in their communities to fight food insecurity, addressing inequities in our food system using a wide range of strategies and…
More than “just” playgrounds and gardens.
Being a Catalyst for Lasting Community Change is harder than you think. Lasting change requires community buy-in because transformation requires deep roots and wide support. One way to build support for community change…
Equal Futures Partnership
March 10 – 21 marked the convening of the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Over the course of…
Does Earth Day Still Matter?
Forty-three years after its inception as a spring-time marker to respect our planet it’s important to ponder whether we’ve still got the passion for environmental activism that was on display…
Stiff Penalties for Record Spill
On November 15, British Petroleum plead guilty to 14 criminal charges in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, one of the worst environmental disasters…
Happy 40th Birthday, Earth Day!
Four decades after the first Earth Day, this ecological celebration is alive and well – and bigger than ever. While The Junior League is perhaps best known for our work…