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    Why Do We Volunteer?

    • April 25, 2017
    In the U.S., April has the distinction of celebrating voluntarism twice, and in two ways. National Volunteer Month honors the function itself while National Volunteer Week, celebrated in the last…
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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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        3 Questions: Mari Ellen Reynolds Loijens of the Junior League of San Jose

        • November 4, 2015
        How valuable is Junior League leadership training? As soon as we heard that Mari Ellen Reynolds Loijens, former president (2009-2010) of the Junior League of San Jose was recently named…
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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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          Guest Post: Enhancing Cultural Competence by Volunteering Abroad

          • March 17, 2015
          The following guest post was authored by Brittany Kutz, Junior League of Ogden. My first realization that there were other cultures than my own was when I was 9 or…
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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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            Let’s hear it for the world’s volunteers!

            • December 5, 2013
            It’s something we often take for granted; something that is in our organizational DNA… volunteering is not only a “good” thing, it is a powerful force for change in our…
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            AJLI Executive Director Susan Danish takes on the media and not-for-profits–and the power of voluntarism

            • July 1, 2013
            AJLI Executive Director Susan Danish has been unusually prolific in the last week. First she penned a piece entitled “If a Nonprofit Falls in the Forest” for Stanford Social Innovation Review on the disappearance…
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            What Can Katrina Teach Us About Sandy? Susan Danish Responds to That Question Today in the Huffington Post

            • April 25, 2013
            Today’s Huffington Post featured a piece by AJLI Executive Director Susan Danish entitled ‘Developing “Civic Capital’ — What Can Katrina Teach Us About Sandy?” In it she posits that well-trained…
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            What is the value of a trained civic leader?

            • December 7, 2012
            That’s a question we ask ourselves a lot at AJLI. And the answer is (drum roll, please!) a great deal, even if difficult to measure in traditional professional terms. Voluntarism…
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