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What Can “We” Do About Human Trafficking?
It’s hard to remember now, but it was only recently that human trafficking – which is a growing global problem of enormous scale – was something that most people simply…
3 Questions: Caroline Vance Bruister & Virginia Chambers, Co-Chairs of CalSPAC
Representing 17 member Leagues across the state and acting on behalf of their nearly 10,000 members, the Junior Leagues of California State Public Affairs Committee advocates for policies that improve…
3 Questions: Caroline Vance Bruister & Virginia Chambers, Co-Chairs of CalSPAC
Representing 17 member Leagues across the state and acting on behalf of their nearly 10,000 members, the Junior Leagues of California State Public Affairs Committee advocates for policies that improve…
Mitigating a hazard to Florida’s children
Thanks to a decade of statewide activism by child advocates including The Junior League of Gainesville, Florida became the forty-ninth state to enact laws requiring child safety restraints for children five years old…
Recognition they deserve
Despite the gloomy pall of a faltering economy, an immobilized government, and the looming threat of debt default, there is sunny news for women and the recognition they’re receiving for…
AJLI’s 91st Annual Conference raises the roof
DELEGATES RALLY UNDER BANNER OF “LEADERSHIP EMPOWERED” From May 15 to 18, more than 600 delegates attended AJLI’s 91st Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. where the Junior Leagues of Washington,…
Reno takes a stand against human trafficking in Nevada
You’ve heard a lot from us lately on what The Junior League is doing about human trafficking, particularly in terms of sexual trafficking of women and minors. It was an…
The power of Junior Leagues united!
Junior Leagues have long valued their identities as independent organizations, tied together by a common heritage and served and supported by AJLI as an umbrella organization. And that’s good! But…
Your Highlights from the 2013 AJLI Annual Conference
What did Junior League leaders see and do when they gathered in Washington, DC for the 2013 AJLI Annual Conference? Find out by viewing their personal photos and tweets.
Junior Leagues Adopt External Policy Resolutions Process
At AJLI’s Winter Leadership conference in Las Vegas late last month, delegates voted in favor of adopting an External Policy Resolutions Process by which the Junior Leagues could agree to…