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    Planting the seeds of women’s leadership

    • November 4, 2014
    In an opinion piece for the Tennessean a few weeks ago, former Federal Communications Commissioner Debi Tate wrote about how important it is that leadership reflect what we look like…
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      A petition to give volunteers a seat at the world’s table

      • October 28, 2014
      Just back from the 23rd conference of the International Association of Volunteer Effort, inveterate volunteer and AJLI Executive Director Susan Danish added her voice to the organization’s petition of the…
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        Equal Futures Partnership

        • March 25, 2014
        March 10 – 21 marked the convening of the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Over the course of…
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        How much do you know about Shirley Temple Black?

        • March 1, 2013
        Child actress. Diplomat. And member of the Junior League of Palo Alto•Mid-Peninsula. In life, unlike her many movie roles, Shirley Temple played against type. Born in 1928, in Santa Monica,…
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