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    What Can “We” Do About Human Trafficking?

    • January 13, 2016
    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…
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    • Civic Leadership

    3 Questions: Caroline Vance Bruister & Virginia Chambers, Co-Chairs of CalSPAC

    • December 18, 2014
    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…
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    • Civic Leadership

    3 Questions: Caroline Vance Bruister & Virginia Chambers, Co-Chairs of CalSPAC

    • December 18, 2014
    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…
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      Mitigating a hazard to Florida’s children

      • October 17, 2014
      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…
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        Recognition they deserve

        • October 15, 2013
        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…
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        • Out of the Archives

        AJLI’s 91st Annual Conference raises the roof

        • September 27, 2013
        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,…
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        • Projects That Inspire

        Reno takes a stand against human trafficking in Nevada

        • July 9, 2013
        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…
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        • Civic Leadership

        The power of Junior Leagues united!

        • May 29, 2013
        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…
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        • Out of the Archives

        Your Highlights from the 2013 AJLI Annual Conference

        • May 22, 2013
        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.
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        Junior Leagues Adopt External Policy Resolutions Process

        • February 21, 2013
        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…
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