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…
Sustainable Assets: What do you do after 15 years as a NCIS special agent?
Meet Cheri Boyle. Wife. Mother. Junior League member. And retired special agent in the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. That’s NCIS, as in the award-winning TV show. If you’re not a…
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…
Let’s talk about something we don’t talk about much. Period.
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…
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…
How Was Your National Women’s History Month?
National Women’s History Month is over…and I’m exhausted. So many events, so many conversations, so little time. So what’s the impact? What I find most interesting about participating in the…
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…
Building a Community in Kenya
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…
50/50 in 2020
As a women’s organization with over one hundred years of history, The Junior League is proud to celebrate the achievements and gains women have made since our founding in 1901.…
What would Dr. King say?
It is particularly fitting that the national holiday celebrating the life and achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. follows so soon after the end of a tumultuous year of…