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Your Highlights from the 2015 Winter Leadership Conference
Junior League Presidents and Presidents-Elect traveled to Orlando, Florida to kick off 2015 with a long weekend of leadership training. Here is the conference through their words and images.
Does Hunger Stop in Summer?
No. Maybe that’s why June is National Hunger Awareness Month. But, at The Junior Leagues, we believe that hunger – and its companion, childhood obesity – is a year-round concern.…
88th Annual Conference Shines a Light on Civic Leadership and Community Impact
Gathering brings 629 delegates to Orlando to connect with one another and share best practices At approximately one o’clock on Thursday, April 15, the lights of the grand ballroom at…
Girls in Juvenile Detention: Our Problem or Theirs?
Almost without noticing, girls have become a major component of the juvenile justice system – but once inside the walls, they are jammed into a system designed for men and boys. And the problem is getting worse, not better, with the dramatic cutback in state funding for projects like the award-winning Girl’s Advocacy Project (GAP), one of the only comprehensive projects in the state of Florida serving girls since 1999 while they are in detention.
Government + the Junior League: a Natural Fit?
The answer is yes, at least for Mary Norwood, heading into a mayoral runoff in her hometown of Atlanta. The Democrat and member of the Junior League of Atlanta turned…