The Junior League of Atlanta Celebrates Centennial Anniversary with Grant Donation to Area Organizations To celebrate 100 years of service to the Atlanta community, The Junior League of Atlanta, Inc (JLA) announced today three Centennial Grants to local nonprofits totaling $1 million and targeted to assist residents struggling through food insecurity, generational poverty and the […]
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DARE to Dream Big: Break Free of Your Comfort Zone to Reach Your Full Potential
As humans, we naturally gravitate to our comfort zone. But, it is the most dangerous place we can live. If you stay inside your comfort zone, you will never stretch yourself and do what is necessary to reach your full potential and impact.
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The Struggle, The Solution
Atlanta’s efforts to address the link between childhood literacy and adult poverty are beginning to investigate outside factors that are possible contributors to low graduation and high crime rates. One influence may only be a family member away.
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Girls Need Support to Be Fearless
The harsh reality is that sexual exploitation of children is more common than anyone wants to believe. At least 100 children are bought and sold for sex every night in Atlanta.
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GAIN Offers Safety Net to Immigrant Trafficking Victims
By Cara Hergenroether January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness of what the Department of Homeland Security calls modern day slavery, both around the world and in the city of Atlanta. In recognition of Human Trafficking Awareness Month, we’re recognizing Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network (GAIN), one of the Junior League […]
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A Gap in Resources Difficult to See
Most present for me this season is the sense that we may be forgetting the very folks we see every day. They become invisible. We may not even know they are struggling to take care of themselves and their families.
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100 Years, Thousands of Voices
The passage of the Safe Harbor Fund during the JLA Centennial year serves as a reminder that advocacy is integral to the past century of service.
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Building Capacity Through Training for 100 Years
Those serving inside the League gain key management skills like developing a line budget, managing volunteers, and advocating for important issues. The constant question is what more can we do to train the next generation of women leaders?
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Four Incomparable Atlanta Leaders Pay Homage to 100 Years of JLA
This weekend, the Junior League of Atlanta celebrated the 100th anniversary of Isoline Campbell gathering her fellow debutantes and challenging them to use their talents to improve the lives of the less fortunate.
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Georgia’s Safe Harbor Law is Consistent with Federal Trends
The proposed “Safe Harbor” fund in Georgia is consistent with a growing national movement to build better and more specialized services for young people who have been trafficked.
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Grabbing Your Seat at the Table
Since the nomination of Hillary Clinton as the first woman presidential candidate from a major party last week, the phrase “breaking the glass ceiling” has been big news around the world.
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Reach out and Read
Imagine what kind of difference it might make in our area if the playing field were leveled and all children had access to literacy tools and adults who understand the importance of reading.
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Let’s Address Human Trafficking Through a Human Rights Framework
Atlanta has been on the forefront of addressing domestic sex trafficking for almost two decades. One thing we know is that ending child sex trafficking calls for a shift in behaviors and actions of adults.
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Celebrate Freedom by Serving One Another
Our annual celebration of our country’s freedom may be over, but this is just the start of the Junior League of Atlanta’s (JLA) 100th year of service to our city.
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JLA Involvement to End Human Trafficking
By Stacey Chavis, Vice President, Training and Development In 2008, the Junior League of Atlanta (JLA) adopted the commercial sexual exploitation of children as a pilot project. The involvement started to work toward the elimination of the surge of commercial sexual exploitation and human trafficking of girls and young women in the Atlanta area. Not […]
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The Junior League of Atlanta – Service in Action
By Joy Dyess, JLA VP of Community The Junior League of Atlanta is committed to serving our neighbors in need! As we enter our second century of service to the Atlanta community, the JLA continues our focus on serving women and children in need through impactful, meaningful and transformative service. In addition to community service, […]
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This Memorial Day, Sacrifices of the Past Serve As Inspiration for the Future
Looking back on the Junior League of Atlanta’s 100-year history, one cannot help but notice the tremendous amount of work JLA volunteers did in service of our military.
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Empowering At-Risk Women
This year’s recipient of the Empowerment Award is Ronika Ward, who came to the Atlanta Children’s Shelter in August 2013 seeking childcare for her two daughters.
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Strength in Numbers
This year’s AJLI’s Annual Conference theme “All In” was the perfect lens through which to understand the power of the Junior League.
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Are we willing to harness the power of all women?
Too often, we fail to empower others. As you consider how you can leave a legacy for all women, consider the following tips from the JLA Women’s Forum.
