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Interview with Opa Owiye Johnson, Chief of Staff at GirlTrek Inc.
Join our Manager of League Programs, Emma Briggs, for an interview with Opa Owiye Johnson, Chair of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee at the Junior League of Lexington, KY and Chief…
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…
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…
Fireworks and hunger?
The American celebration of July 4th is more than picnics and parties of course, but let’s face it…plentiful amounts of food are a big piece of it. So, let’s talk…
Education about menstruation changes everything!
Education is the theme of this year’s Menstrual Hygiene Day, which is celebrated annually on May 28. Menstrual Hygiene Day was initiated by the nonprofit WASH United in 2014 to…
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…
The New Face Of Hunger
This guest post is authored by Kelly Runzel, Director of Corporate Partnerships and Rhonda Watson, Director of Workplace Giving at Feed the Children. It is exhausting to try to pinpoint…
Take a moment in December…
It is both fitting and ironic that the official international “days” drawing attention to two of the world’s most enduring problems – AIDS and contemporary forms of slavery – occur…
Feed the Children
This guest post is authored by Kelly Runzel, Director of Corporate Partnerships at Feed the Children. We all have experienced those little grumbles in our stomach that have affected our moods. …
Beyond the ‘Baby Blues’
This is the second guest post by Joy Burkhard, a founder, Executive Director and Board Chair of 2020 Mom, a national nonprofit dedicated to closing gaps in maternal mental health…