Protecting Children. Helping Mothers. Saving Lives.
This April marks the 35th anniversary of Child Abuse Prevention Month. While the spotlight on this crisis has been bright over this period of time, child abuse remains a persistent…
4 Tips for Getting Financially Healthy in 2018
This guest post is authored by Shannon McLay, a financial planner who left a “traditional” financial services firm to start her own company, The Financial Gym , because she felt traditional…
Back to the Future: Eleanor Roosevelt and the UDHR
This year marks the 70th anniversary of one of the most important documents you may have never heard of. On December 10, 1948, the United Nations proclaimed and adopted the…
Reflections of Monica Kaufman Pearson
Monica Kaufman Pearson is quick to tell to you that she was not the first black member of The Junior League of Atlanta. She was the second, and in the…
Building Business Leaders, One Volunteer CEO at a Time
A recent Harvard Business Review article authored by three leaders in the executive staffing firm Egon Zehnder addressed the critical question of why women are still underrepresented at the corporate…
The Junior League Transforming Lives—One Coat, Backpack and Shoe at a Time
Today’s guest post is brought to us by Julie Hall, President, The Junior League of Austin, and Amy Hurt, President-Elect, The Junior League of Austin Like a lot of things in life,…
A Tradition Starting in 1901, Reimagined on 19/01
“We have the responsibility to act, and we have the opportunity to conscientiously act to affect the environment about us.” That was how Mary Harriman described the mission of The…
In a Divided Time, How The Junior League is Showing the Way
“It’s like a little hippie, mini-Austin kind of feel,” is how Carla Hallman describes her hometown—a town she still sees as defined by its inordinate amount of non-profit organizations, farmers’…
It’s Just Equality
Even when you know how a movie is going to end, the real satisfaction comes in watching how the story unfolds. When I got the chance to attend an advance…
The Best in Us
As with life in general, the worst of times bring out the best in all of us. Over the last weeks as Harvey and Irma raged on, the stories began…