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What’s the value of ‘volunteer experience’?

  • January 12, 2012
Just ask Olivia Thomas. Corporate finance executive, single mother, legislative insider, and life-long volunteer, Olivia Thomas has played a variety of impactful roles. Now serving as the executive director of…
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Yes, We Did Do More than ‘Just Play Bridge’ Back Then

  • August 10, 2011
One of this year’s hottest summer movies looks to be The Help, the entertaining screen version of the best-seller of the same name. Because The Junior League—or at least a…
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Why not do something different this Valentine’s Day?

  • February 11, 2011
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…
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So how do you make an impact?

  • February 10, 2011
Good question.  Like many Leagues, the Junior League of Oakland-East Bay (JLOEB) has wrestled with it for decades.  And the answer, at least in the past, has been: Start something…
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How strong is the power of association?

  • November 5, 2010
Call it the multiplier effect.  Sure, one League out of 292 can make a difference in its own community, but harness the power of 292 Junior Leagues and you can…
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What if they renamed “domestic violence?”

  • July 25, 2010
Would that make it any better? They did – it’s now called “intimate partner violence.” Ask Mel Gibson. Allegations of violence, threats, intimidation and racist ranting aired in media coverage…
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