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civic leadership
In a Divided Time, How The Junior League is Showing the Way
“It’s like a little hippie, mini-Austin kind of feel,” is how Carla Hallman describes her hometown—a town she still sees as defined by its inordinate amount of non-profit organizations, farmers’…
Basic rights can be long in coming
In the last few months, we’ve been reminded by several key events just how precious are our rights as human beings—and how long and hard some have fought to secure…
What Can Katrina Teach Us About Sandy? Susan Danish Responds to That Question Today in the Huffington Post
Today’s Huffington Post featured a piece by AJLI Executive Director Susan Danish entitled ‘Developing “Civic Capital’ — What Can Katrina Teach Us About Sandy?” In it she posits that well-trained…
Webinar Wednesdays gets into gear
Webinar Wednesdays gets into gear, Wednesday, Oct. 5, with insights from Heather McLeod Grant, co-author of Forces for Good The Webinar Wednesdays program, one of the exciting offerings in AJLI’s…
Tweet this: Tell us why you joined #JuniorLeague!
The Junior League of Napa-Sonoma sent out that Tweet at a little after 1:30 p.m. PDT on August 17. Within minutes, retweets started coming in from all over The Association.…
Are you ready for prom season?
They have fun names like Princess for a Night, Butterfly Project, Cinderella’s Closet and All Dressed Up, but the purpose of each program is serious…providing dresses, accessories and, often, hair…
Why not do something different this Valentine’s Day?
Maybe it’s worth taking a minute on Monday to think about the flip side of Valentine’s Day cards, flowers, and pink teddy bears. The flip side is domestic violence. Everyone…
Steel MagNOL(i)As
Post-Katrina, the women of The Junior League of New Orleans took on corruption and injustice and advocated for coastal restoration, ultimately securing funding for the ecosystem and helping to reform…
What Do We Stand For?
Good question. And it’s one that the Junior League of Atlanta (JLA) is embracing head on. It started out innocently enough. League leadership, in beginning to think about ways to…
From Utah, a very smart idea celebrates its 18th birthday
Eighteen years ago, the Junior League of Salt Lake City started an annual, two-day event for Utah families needing routine medical services and community assistance information. The event, called CARE Fair, brings together more than 50 different community agencies to provide free medical examinations and immunizations as well as physicals, hearing, vision and dental screening, diabetes and cholesterol screening, breast exams and HIV testing. Vouchers for free mammograms off-site are made available. Participants may be eligible for health- and safety-related items such as car seats and bike helmets.