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    National Volunteer Month: Junior League Members Are Never Far Away

    • April 19, 2022
    Since our founding in 1901 by social activist Mary Harriman, The Junior League has embraced voluntarism as a way to raise quality of life at the community level, while setting…
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      Junior League History is Women’s History

      • March 15, 2022
      Join Rachel Zanfardino, Manager, League Programs for a conversation around celebrating the trailblazing impacts of our past to motivate the impact of our future, and AJLI CEO Patsy Doerr as…
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        Happy Birthday Mary Harriman

        • November 16, 2021
        On November 17, 2021, we celebrate the 140th birthday of our founder, Mary Harriman. It’s a monumental birthday in its own right, but even more amazing when it takes place…
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          Interview with Dr. Julia Siebel, Vice President, CCS Fundraising; Ph.D. in US History and Gender Studies

          • March 16, 2021
          In honor of Women’s History Month, join Rachel Zanfardino, AJLI League Programs team lead, for a conversation with Dr. Julie Siebel about the impact volunteer women have had as civic leaders in the 20th Century. Listen…
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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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            Mary Harriman Enters the Women’s Hall of Fame!

            • October 2, 2015
            This athlete became a world class figure skater after overcoming polio. This woman promised her dying sister she would help find a way to eradicate breast cancer. This dance entrepreneur’s…
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            • Projects That Inspire

            September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month (Pass the word!)

            • September 28, 2015
            In case you missed it, President Obama has again proclaimed September as National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. And you probably did miss it, as the media seem to have moved…
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            Altruette’s Junior League Charm Challenge

            • January 21, 2015
            Tap your creativity with Altruette’s Junior League Charm Challenge! The winning design will recognize and benefit the work of Junior League women around the world. Here’s the story: Altruette produces…
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            • Projects That Inspire

            The fight against human trafficking is big enough for all of us…and then some

            • October 1, 2014
            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,…
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            • Civic Leadership

            Who Was Mary Harriman? Part 2: The public service years begin

            • July 15, 2014
            When Mary Harriman graduated from Barnard College in 1905 her work with the New York Junior League continued, and in 1909 she founded a sanitarium for Brooklyn’s “consumptives,” an early…
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            Founded in 1901 by New Yorker and social activism pioneer Mary Harriman, The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (AJLI) is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

            The Association of Junior Leagues International supports individual Leagues in their fulfillment of The Junior League mission.

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