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Prioritizing Racial Healing for Human Trafficking Survivors
Racial minorities are disproportionately affected by human trafficking Today is National Day of Racial Healing in the United States, where communities discuss racial healing, equity, and justice. The Association of…
From Coast to Coast, here’s how The Junior League is fighting the scourge of human trafficking
The numbers alone tell the story. 21 million people in the world are victims of human trafficking. 71% of human trafficking victims are women and girls. And when it comes…
Spotlight: Isabel Dewey on Tampa’s Voter Registration Effort
When it comes to women running for public office, 2018 is already shaping up to be a historic year. The Associated Press reported that as of April 6, the number…
Do we still need public libraries?
Good question. Some people think that the Internet and the all-encompassing digital age it brought means that we don’t. After all, information is available to anyone, at any time, with…
3 Questions: Lee Lowry of The Junior League of Tampa
The Junior League of Tampa made a big impression on the Tampa Bay community this year with an aggressive, multi-media awareness campaign called AbolishMovement.com with the theme Abolish Child Sex…
The fight against human trafficking is big enough for all of us…and then some
Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery. Its victims are subjected to force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of commercial sex or forced labor. They are young children,…
‘And the winner is…’
Every year, The Junior League has our own little Academy Awards presentation. Held at the AJLI Annual Conference, the Junior League Awards program recognizes individual Leagues and League members for…